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OAoptical axis
OADMoptical add-drop module
OAETOffice of Aeronautics, Exploration and Technology
OALMoptical address light modulator
OAMPoptical-analog matrix processing
OARoff-axis rejection; open area ratio
COATcoherent optical adaptive techniques
coaxcoaxial cable
LOAlaser optoacoustic
NOAANational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
ROADMreconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexer
SOAsemiconductor optical amplifier
VOAvariable optical attenuator
A-Oacousto-optic
aAattoampere
BBARbroadband antireflection
BBMbroadband mirror
BIDSbroadband integrated distributed star
BISDNbroadband integrated services digital network
BPONbroadband on passive optical network
COBchip on board
CWDMcoarse wavelength division multiplexing
EBCelectron-beam coating
EMMAelectron microscopy and microanalysis
FLIPfloating index point; floating point interpretive program
FLOPfloating octal point
FLOPSfloating point operations per second
FPPfloating point processor
IBAinhomogeneously broadened absorber
IBCintegrated broadband communications
MLARmultilayer antireflection coating
nAnanoampere
pApicoampere
PAIphotoacoustic imaging
PASphotoacoustic spectroscopy
PWBprinted wiring board
RTGradioactive thermoelectric generator
SRCscratch-resistant coating
SVCSociety of Vacuum Coaters
YALOyttrium orthoaluminate
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