Abbreviations/Acronyms

antiresonant reflecting optical waveguide

coherent optical adaptive techniques

Earth observation satellite; electro-optic system; European Optical Society

ground-based electro-optical deep space surveillance system

mega;magnification -SI metric unit prefix which represents one million, 106, also the standard symbol for the magnification of a given optical system.

megacycles per second — Megacyces per second is an oscillation rate equivalent to one million (or 106) of the standard unit of a single optical period over a second which is an optical cycle.

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.

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.

modulation-inducing retrodirective optical system

optical continuous wave reflectometer

quarterwave optical thickness

reconfigurable optical interconnect device

resonant optical waveguide

simplified antiresonant reflecting optical waveguide

variable optical attenuator