Abbreviations/Acronyms

alternating current

automatic current control

adaptive differential pulse code modulation; varies the binary step interval for the required bandwidth for a given signal-to-noise ratio.

coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering; coherent amplified Raman spectroscopy

current-controlled oscillation

current mode logic

coherent optical adaptive techniques

coherent oscillator

coherent light detection and ranging

current transfer ratio; cloud-top radiometer

differential absorption scattering; detector angular subtense; dual attachment station

direct current

differential absorption lidar

differential interference contrast

differential pulse code modulation

differential phase shift keying

electron-beam-induced current

fiber optic current transformer

integrated double differentiated sampling

kilovolt direct current

laser-beam-induced current

low-operating-current light-emitting diode

low-voltage differential signaling

linear variable differential transformer

milliampere (or milliamp in English) which represents one thousandth, i.e. 10-3, of the SI unit for electric current that is the ampere (also commonly referred to as amp).

milliamperes-second - unit measure of electric charge acquired when multiplying the electric current in milliamperes (one thousandth or 10-3 of the standard unit for electric current the ampere) by the time in seconds. It is commonly used to describe the length of time that electrons are produced or passed through a given circuitry.

mutual coherence function — The mutual coherence function is a complex quantity that is the time-averaged value of the cross correlation function of a light field at two points within an aperture with a time delay that relates the path difference to the point of observation of the interference fringes. The mutual coherence function is the key function in coherence theory and the study of partially coherent light.

mercury cadmium telluride — Mercury cadmium teluride (HgCdTe) is a specific alloy combination that allows one to obtain any optical absorption bandgap of the material between 0 and 1.5 electron volts (eV) making it completely transparent at photon energies and wavelengths below the energy gap in the infrared.

noncoherent oscillator

transparent electrophotographic

volts direct current