Abbreviations/Acronyms

numerical aperture

nanoampere

normalized angle error detector

nonlinear amplifying loop mirror

National Association of Photographic Manufacturers

National Academy of Science

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

National Space Development Agency (Japan)

Defense Nuclear Agency; deoxyribonucleic acid

dynamic magneto-optical correlator

linear accelerator

launch numerical aperture; low-noise amplifier

sound navigation and ranging

Förster resonance energy transfer

absolute (kelvin degrees), absorption, acoustic, alpha particle, analog, anode, ampere, amplitude, area, atomic, atomic mass, Helmholtz free energy, mass number, nucleon number

analog-to-digital

analog to analog, anti-aliasing (AA optical filter e.g. low pass filter), approximate absolute temperature, atomic absorption

Analog Adaptive Resonance Theory

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

alternating current

analog-to-digital converter; allyl diglycol carbonate

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

aeronautics

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

adaptive learning image analysis system

American National Metric Council

Association Nationale de la Recherche Technique

American National Standards Institute

acousto-optic tunable filter

Abbe refractometer; acoustic radiometer; acoustic resonance; active region; alpha ray; amplitude ratio; antireflective; aperture ratio; applied research; argon; aspect ratio; atomic reactor; augmented reality

antiresonant reflecting optical waveguide

automatic spectrum display and signal recognition system

automatic system for kinematic analysis

advanced tactical air reconnaissance system

automatic tracking laser illumination system

binary digit (bit)

barium magnesium germanate garnet

binary coded decimal

binary frequency shift keying

binary digit

binary

binary phase-only filter

binary phase shift keying

bidirectional reflectance distribution function

bidirectional scatter distribution function

bidirectional transmission distribution function

conventional band

Center for Autonomous and Man-Controlled Robotics and Sensing Systems (NASA)

community antenna television

Comité Consultatif International des Radiocommunications