Abbreviations/Acronyms

Bureau of Export Control

Coordinating Committee for Multilateral Export Controls

charge-transfer efficiency; coefficient of thermal expansion

electron-beam-exposure system

exposure index

exponential function of

global ozone-monitoring experiment

Long Duration Exposure Facility

laser-energized explosive device; low-energy electron diffraction

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.

many-element laser; maximum excess loss (MEL) — the many element laser is a laser unit that consists of N like elements of active materials for support with the mode selection of the laser output. The mode selection properties of a many element laser have been experimentally exploited with as many as 10 like elements. Maximum excess loss is the maximum power lost within a give system (typically a fiber optic communication system) including scattering, dispersion, absorption and coupling loss.

maximum permissible exposure

noise equivalent energy; noise equivalent exposure

Office of Aeronautics, Exploration and Technology

private automatic branch exchange

private branch exchange

serial advanced technology attachment — redundant array of inexpensive discs

Space Exploration Initiative

semiconductor laser intersatellite link experiment