Abbreviations/Acronyms

The ABg model or Harvey-Shack is a method of describing bidirectional scattering from isotropic or polished surfaces.

birefringent wavelength division multiplexing

computer-aided engineering

computer-aided manufacturing

coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering; coherent amplified Raman spectroscopy

computer input from microfilm; computer-integrated manufacturing

coordinate measuring machine

computer-output microfilm; Center for Optical Manufacturing

color rendering index

differential absorption scattering; detector angular subtense; dual attachment station

direct measuring interferometry

dynamic scattering mode

electronic news gathering

fringes of equal chromatic order

fast steering mirror

global ozone-monitoring experiment

ion-beam sputtering

Illuminating Engineering Society

laminated object manufacturing

laser sintering; logical sum

Manufacturing Automation Protocol; measurement assurance program

media access unit — A media access unit (MAU) is a unique device utilized to connect token ring devices from multiple network stations into a star topology. There are two types of MAUs, passive and active. Passive MAUs are powered from their network connections while active MAUs are powered electrically from an external source.

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.

modulation contrast microscopy; multichip module — modulation contrast microscopy is a unique illumination technique that enhances contrast in an imaging microscope by converting optical gradients into variations in light intensity. Modulation contrast microscopy is found most commonly in live cell imaging, polarization microscopy, phase contrast, and oblique illumination of stained, unstained and birefringent specimens. A multichip module is an electronic packaging system where multiple discrete electronic components (integrated circuits, semiconductor diodes, etc.) are packaged in various ways onto a single substrate.

many-element laser; maximum excess loss (MEL) — the many element laser is a laser unit that consists of N like elements of active materials for support with the mode selection of the laser output. The mode selection properties of a many element laser have been experimentally exploited with as many as 10 like elements. Maximum excess loss is the maximum power lost within a give system (typically a fiber optic communication system) including scattering, dispersion, absorption and coupling loss.

optical measuring unit

point focusing and centering

printed wiring board

Rutherford backscattering spectrometry

ring-laser gyroscope

Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering

stimulated Brillouin scattering; satellite business system

Society of Manufacturing Engineers

International Society for Optical Engineering

vapor density monitoring

wedge ring detection