Abbreviations/Acronyms

heat-assisted detection and ranging

advanced communication technology satellite

Association Nationale de la Recherche Technique

acceptance test plan; Advanced Technology Plan

basic energy reduction technology; bit-error-rate test

business EDR system technique

Basic Research in Industrial Technology for Europe

coherent optical adaptive techniques

compressed coherency detection

common optoelectronics laser detection system

coherent light detection and ranging

carrier sense multiple access/collision detection

charge-transfer efficiency; coefficient of thermal expansion

Czochralski technique

detectivity

differential absorption scattering; detector angular subtense; dual attachment station

detective quantum efficiency

Defense Technical Information Center

error detection code

European Photonics Association; Environmental Protection Agency

earth resources technology satellite

European Strategic Programme for Research in Information Technology

flat panel display; flame photometric detector

global horizontal and sounding technique

International Electrotechnical Commission

laser detection and ranging

laser radar intelligence acquisition technology

linear imaging device; laser injection diode; local injection detection

light detection and ranging

lightcraft technology demonstrator

molecular beam epitaxy — A well-controlled thin film technique for growing films with good crystal structure in ultra high vacuum environments at very low deposition rates. MBE is also commonly used in the manufacture of semiconductor devices and solar cells.

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.

minimum detection limit (MDL) — In chemistry, the minimum detection limit is the lowest concentration of a chemical substance that can be discerned from the absence of that substance.

normalized angle error detector

National Institute of Standards and Technology

National Technical Information Service

Office of Aeronautics, Exploration and Technology

open-face detector

Optoelectronic Industry & Technology Development Association (Japan)

optical detection and ranging

Office of Technology Assessment

parallel detection polychromator

proportional integral derivative; pulse interference detector

photorefractive keratectomy

position-sensing detector; pseudo-second derivative

phototherapeutic keratectomy

quadrant avalanche photodetector

quantum-well infrared photodetector

radio detection and ranging

retroreflective projection technology