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modemmodulator-demodulator
ABGThe ABg model or Harvey-Shack is a method of describing bidirectional scattering from isotropic or polished surfaces.
ATMasynchronous transfer mode
CDMcapacitive discharge mode
CMLcurrent mode logic
CMScladding mode suppression
CPMcolliding pulse mode
DEMdigital elevation model
DFSMdispersion-flattened single mode
DSMdynamic scattering mode
EMDequilibrium mode distribution
EMRLDexcimer moderate-power Raman shifted laser device
MDMmetal-dielectric multilayer (MDM) — Periodic nanofilm structures for optical mode confinement and tunneling of resonant surface plasmons.
MELmany-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.
MFDmode-field diameter
MLmodelocked
MMmultimode
MMLDmultimode laser diode
MPDmode-power distribution
PMDphysical media-dependent; polarization mode dispersion
PMDCpolarization mode dispersion compensator
PTMphoton tunneling microscope; pulse transmission mode
SLMsingle longitudinal mode; spatial light modulator
SMsingle mode
SMSRside mode suppression ratio
STMscanning tunneling microscope; synchronous transfer mode
VRMLvirtual reality modeling language
XMODexternal modulator
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