Abbreviations/Acronyms

acoustic traveling wave lens

back focal length

birefringent wavelength division multiplexing

clear air turbulence; catadioptric; computerized axial tomography

constrained run length algorithm

coarse wavelength division multiplexing

dense wavelength division multiplexing

equivalent direct radiation; effective data rate

ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid

effective focal length; equivalent focal length

equivalent noise input

equivalent passband

equivalent quantum efficiency

focal length; femto-

front focal length

finished lens molding

high-index-contrast subwavelength grating

high-density wavelength division multiplex

intraoccular lens

linear low-density polyethylene

Leningrad Optical Mechanical Organization

local thermodynamic equivalent

long-wavelength infrared

micron (also referred to as the micrometer)- which represents one millionth, i.e. 10-6 of the SI unit for length that is the meter.

meter;mass;milli- m is the standard unit symbol for length in the International System of Units (SI). 1 meter is equivalent to 3.28 feet. m is also the standard symbol for mass; m is also the standard SI metric unit prefix milli- which represents one thousandth i.e. 10-3, of a given unit.

milliamperes-second - unit measure of electric charge acquired when multiplying the electric current in milliamperes (one thousandth or 10-3 of the standard unit for electric current the ampere) by the time in seconds. It is commonly used to describe the length of time that electrons are produced or passed through a given circuitry.

megabit — The megabit (also expressed as Mbit) is equivalent to one million (or 106) of the standard unit for digital information storage in telecommunications which is the bit.

megabyte — The megabyte (also expressed as Mbyte) is equivalent to one million (106) of the standard unit for digital information storage in computing which is the byte.

megabytes per second — The megabyte per second (not to be mixed up with the Mb/s -- megabits per second) is a unit of data transfer rate equivalent to one million (106) bytes per second over a given information network.

megabits per second — The megabit per second (not to be mixed up with the mbit/s – millibit per second, or Mbitps- megabit picosecond) is a unit of data transfer rate equivalent to one million (or 106) bits per second over a given information network.

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.

millicandela — The millicandela is equivalent to one thousandth (or 10-3) of the standard unit of luminous intensity that is the candela, which is the power emitted by a given light source in a particular direction.

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.

mega-electronvolt — A unit of energy that is equivalent to one million (106) of the unit of energy which is the electron volt (eV).

milli-electronvolt — A unit of energy that is equivalent to one thousandth (10-3) of the unit of energy which is the electron volt (eV).

millifarad — A unit of capacitance that is equivalent to one thousandth (10-3) of the standard unit for capacitance which is the farad.

medium-wavelength infrared; mid-wave infrared

negative-electron affinity; noise equivalent angle

noise equivalent bandwidth

noise equivalent delta temperature

noise equivalent energy; noise equivalent exposure

noise equivalent irradiance

noise equivalent power

noise equivalent temperature

single-lens reflex

spherical microintegrated lens

short-wavelength infrared

through-camera-lens

transforming lens

twin-lens reflex