Abbreviations/Acronyms

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

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

ammonium dihydrogen phosphate, adaptive Doppler processing

ampere-hour

avalanche photodiode

active pixel sensor; active pixel system; Advanced Photon Source; American Physical Society; atom probe spectroscopy; autocorrelated photon spectroscopy

background-limited infrared photoconductor

cathode-ray tube automatic direction finding

Comité Consultatif International Telegraphique et Telephonique

charge-coupled photodiode array

computer-generated hologram

computer-generated holographic optical element

computer-generated holographic scanner

computer-generated volume hologram

cathodoluminescence

coherent oscillator

computer polarization holography

cathode potential stabilization

concentrator photovoltaic

cathode ray; command register; control relay; coupling ratio; crystal rectifier

cathode-ray direction finding

cathode-ray oscilloscope

cathode-ray tube

chromium thulium holmium

dynamic cross-field photomultiplier

double-phase hologram

electro-absorption avalanche photodiode

extended boundary condition method

electron-hole pair

electroluminescent-photoconductive

electrostatic latent image photography

European Photonics Association; Environmental Protection Agency

calcium fluorophosphate

fast advanced spin echo

Fourier color hologram

fiber optic self-homodyne

Fraunhofer line depth

focused laser lithographic system

flat panel display; flame photometric detector

fluorescence recovery after photobleaching

fiber to the home

global horizontal and sounding technique

henry; hecto-; hour; Planck constant

holographic beam sampler

hybrid electromagnetic wave; heat exchange method

hot isostatic pressing

holographic nondestructive testing

holographic optical element

holographic particle velocimetry

holographic scanning unit