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demuxdemultiplexer
DESCDefense Electronics Supply Center
DEUdisplay electronics unit
DEWdirected energy weapon
DFBdistributed feedback
DFSMdispersion-flattened single mode
DFTdiscrete Fourier transform
DGdiode gate
DGaODeutsche Gesellschaft für angewandte Optik (German Society for Applied Optics)
DHdouble heterostructure
DHEdihematoporphyrin ether
dialdifferential absorption lidar
diamdiameter
DICdifferential interference contrast
DICOMDigital Imaging and Communications in Medicine
DIDdigital information display
DILdual in-line
DIMSdigital imaging medical systems
DINDeutsche Industrie Norm (standard)
DIPdual in-line package
DIRdispersive infrared
DIVADdivision air defense
DLdiffraction-limited; diode logic
DLCdiamondlike carbon; digital-loop carrier
DLIPdirect laser interference patterning
DLLdynamic link library
DLPdigital light processing
DLSdamped least squares
DMAdirect memory access
DMDdeformable membrane device
DMIdirect measuring interferometry
DMMdigital multimeter
DMPdigital map processor; digital micromirror device
DMSdynamic scattering
DMTFdiffraction-limited modulation transfer function
DNADefense Nuclear Agency; deoxyribonucleic acid
DNPdry nonpolish
DOdark operate
DoCDepartment of Commerce
DoDDepartment of Defense
DoEDepartment of Energy
DOESdouble-heterostructure optoelectronic switch
DOTdesignating optical tracker
DPCMdifferential pulse code modulation
DPHdouble-phase hologram
dpidots per inch
DPLdiode-pumped laser
DPPMdynamic pulse position modulation
DPSKdifferential phase shift keying
DPSSLdiode-pumped solid-state laser
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