AAMI |
Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation |
AAPM |
American Association of Physicists in Medicine |
ACR (ACRii) |
Absolute Cryogenic Radiometer (second upgrade) |
ACS |
American Chemical Society |
ACTS |
Automated Computer Time Service |
ADCL |
Accredited Dosimetry Calibration Laboratory |
ADMIT |
Analytical Detection Methods for the Irradiation Treatment of foods |
AECL |
Atomic Energy Canada Limited |
AEDC |
Arnold Engineering Development Center |
AFB |
Air Force Base |
AFGL |
Air Force Geophysics Laboratory |
AFM |
Atomic Force Microscope |
AFOSR |
Air Force Office of Scientific Research |
AFPL |
Air Force Phillips Laboratory |
AFRRI |
Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute |
AI |
Associative Ionization |
AIAA |
American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics |
AIGER |
American Industry Government Emissions Research Consortium |
AIP |
American Institute of Physics |
ALG |
Advanced Lithography Group |
AM |
amplitude modulation |
AM1 |
First Launch in the morning series of EOS platforms |
AMMAC |
Mexican Metrology Association |
AMO |
Atomic, Molecular and Optical |
AMS |
Accelerator-Mass Spectrometry |
ANS |
American Nuclear Society |
ANSI |
American National Standards Institute |
ANSOM |
Apertureless Near-Field Scanning Optical Microscopy |
ANVIS |
Aviator Night Vision Imaging System |
APAS |
Astrophysical, Planetary and Atmospheric Sciences |
APHIS |
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service |
APOMA |
American Precision Optics Manufacturers Association |
APRF |
Army Pulse Radiation Facility |
APS |
American Physical Society or Advanced Photon Source |
APT |
Annular Proton Telescope |
ARO |
Army Research Office |
ARPES |
Angle Resolved Photoelectron Spectroscopy |
ART |
Algebraic Reconstruction Technique |
ASCA |
Advanced Satellite for Cosmology & Astrophysics |
ASCA |
Japan-NASA X-ray Satellite |
ASME |
American Society for Mechanical Engineers |
ASSI |
Airglow Solar Spectrometer Instrument |
ASTER |
Advance Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflectance Radiometer |
ASET |
Association of Super-advanced Electronics Technologies |
ASTM |
American Society for Testing and Materials |
AT&T |
Atlantic Telephone & Telegraph |
ATD |
Above-Threshold Dissociation |
ATI |
Above-Threshold Ionization |
ATLAS |
Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science |
ATP |
Advanced Technology Program |
ATW |
Accelerator Transmutation of Waste |
AURA |
Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy |
AXAF |
Advanced X-ray Astrophysical Facility |
AXAF-I |
Imaging Advanced X-ray Astrophysical Facility |
AXAF-S |
Spectroscopy Advanced X-ray Astrophysical Facility |
BARC |
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre |
BB |
Blackbody |
BB |
Broad-bandwidth |
BBIR |
Broad Band Infrared |
BBO |
Beta-Barium Borate |
BBXRT |
Broad-Band X-Ray Telescope |
BCC |
Broadband Calibration Chamber |
BCS |
Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer theory of superconductivity |
BCS |
Bragg Crystal Spectrometer |
BEB |
Binary-encounter-Bethe |
BEC |
Bose-Einstein Condensation |
BED |
Binary-encounter-dipole |
BEEM |
Ballistic Electron Emission Spectroscopy |
BEV |
Bundesamt für Eich- und Vermessungswesen, Vienna, Austria |
BFRL |
Building & Fire Research Laboratory |
BGSM |
Bowman Gray School of Medicine |
BIB |
Blocked Impurity Band |
BIFL |
Burst Integrated Fluorescence |
BIPM |
Bureau International des Poids et Mesures |
BL |
Beam Line at SURF-III |
BMDO |
Ballistic Missile Defense Organization |
BNL |
Brookhaven National Laboratory |
BNM |
National Bureau of Metrology, France |
BOMAB |
Bottle Manikin Absorber |
BRAN |
Boulder Research and Administrative Network |
BRDF |
Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function |
BSDF |
Bidirectional Scattering Distribution Function |
BSS |
Beta Secondary System |
BSS.2 |
Beta-Particle Secondary Standards System |
BTI |
Bubble Technology, Inc. |
BWO |
Backward Wave Oscillator |
BXR |
BMDO Transfer Radiometer |
CAD |
Computer Aided Design |
CAM |
Computer Aided Machining |
CAMOS |
Committee on Atomic, Molecular and Optical Sciences |
CAO |
Carlsbad Area Office |
CARB |
Center for Advanced Research in Biotechnology |
CARS |
Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Spectroscopy |
CASS |
Calibration Accuracy Support System |
CAST |
Council of Agricultural Science and Technology |
CBNM |
Central Bureau for Nuclear Measurements |
CCD |
Charged Coupled Device |
CCDM |
Consultative Committee for the Definition of the Meter |
CCDS |
Consultative Committee for the Definition of the Second |
CCE |
Consultative Committee on Electricity |
CCEMRI |
Consultative Committee for Ionizing Radiations, CIPM |
CCG |
Calibration Coordination Group |
CCP6 |
Collaborative Computational Project 6 |
CCPR |
Consultative Committee on Photometry and Radiometry |
CCRI |
Comité Consultatif des Rayonnements Ionisants |
CCTF |
Consultative Committee for Time and Frequency |
CDRH |
Center for Devices and Radiological Health |
CEL |
Correlated Emission Laser |
CEMRC |
Carlsbad Environmental Monitoring Research Center |
CERES |
Clouds and Earth's Radiant Energy System |
CFS |
Constant-Final-State Spectroscopy |
CHEM-1 |
Chemistry |
CIAQ |
Committee on Indoor Air Quality |
CIE |
Commission Internationale De L'Éclairage |
CIPM |
International Committee of Weights and Measures, France |
CIRMS |
Council on Ionizing Radiation Measurements and Standards |
CIRRPC |
Committee on Interagency Radiation Research and Policy Coordination |
CIS |
Constant-Initial-State Spectroscopy |
CMC |
Calibration Measurement Capabilities |
CMR |
Colossal Magnetoresistance |
CNIF |
Californium Neutron Irradiation Facility |
CNRF |
Cold Neutron Research Facility |
CODATA |
Committee on Data for Science and Technology |
CORM |
Council for Optical Radiation Measurements |
COSPAR |
Committee on Space Research |
CPIC |
International Physics Center, Elba |
CPT |
conjugation, parity, and time |
CPU |
Central Processing Unit |
CR |
Cascaded Rectifier Accelerator |
CRADA |
Cooperative Research and Development Agreement |
CRCPD |
Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors |
CRDS |
Cavity-Ring-Down Spectroscopy |
CRI |
Cambridge Research Instrumentation |
CRP |
Coordinated Research Program |
CRT |
Cathode Ray Tube |
CRYRING |
Electron Accelerator and Storage Ring Facility (Stockholm, Sweden) |
CSDA |
Continuous-Slowing-Down Approximation |
CSEWG |
Cross Section Evaluation Working Group |
CSI |
Compton Scatter Imaging |
CSIC |
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas |
CSIR |
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research |
CSTL |
Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory |
CT |
Computed Tomographic |
CTI |
Critical Technologies Institute |
CU |
University of Colorado |
CVD |
Chemical Vapor Deposition |
cw (CW) |
continuous wave |
CXRO |
Center for X-Ray Optics at Berkeley, CA |
CY |
Calendar Year |
EBIS |
Electron Beam Ion Source |
EBIT |
Electron Beam Ion Trap |
ec |
electron-capture |
ECP |
Effective Core Potential |
ECPR |
Electrically-Calibrated Pyroelectric Radiometer |
ECR |
Electron Cyclotron Resonance |
ECRIS |
Electron-Cyclotron-Resonance Ion Source |
ECS |
Energy-Corrected-Sudden |
ECSED |
Electronic Commerce in Scientific and Engineering Data |
EDX |
Energy-Dispersive X-ray Analysis |
EEEL |
Electronics & Electrical Engineering Laboratory |
EELS |
Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy |
EEO |
Equal Employment Opportunity |
EEP |
Einstein Equivalence Principle |
EM |
Environmental Management |
ENEA |
Ente per le Nuove Tecnologie, L'Energia E L'Ambiente |
ENDF |
Evaluated Nuclear Data File |
ENDL |
Evaluated Nuclear Data Library |
ENSDF |
Evaluated Nuclear Structure Data File |
EOM |
Electro-Optic Modulator |
EOS |
Earth Observing System |
EPA |
Environmental Protection Agency |
EPIC |
Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera |
ERATO |
Exploratory Research for Advanced Technology Office |
EROS |
Electric Resonance Optothermal Spectrometer |
ESA |
European Space Agency |
ESB |
Electrical Substitution Bolometer |
ESDIAD |
Electron-Stimulated Desorption Ion Angular Distributions |
ESO |
European Southern Observatory |
ESR |
Experimental Storage Ring or Electrical Substitution
Radiometer |
ESR |
Electron Spin Resonance (EPR now preferred) |
ETI |
Environmental Technology Initiative |
ETRAN |
Monte Carlo computer code for Electrons and Photons through Extended Media |
EURADOS |
European Radiation Dosimetry Group |
EURATOM |
European Nuclear Energy Organization |
EUROMET |
A European collaboration in measurement standards |
EUV |
Extreme Ultraviolet |
EUVE |
Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer |
EUVL-LLC |
EUV Lithography - Limited Liability Corporation |
EXAFS |
Edge X-ray Absorption Fine Structure |
FAA |
Federal Aviation Administration |
FACSS |
Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies |
FAD |
FASCAL Absolute Detector |
FARCAL |
Facility for Advanced Radiometric Calibrations |
FASCAL |
Facility for Automatic Spectroradiometric Calibrations |
FCCSET |
Federal Coordinating Council Science, Engineering and Technology |
FCDC |
Fundamental Constants Data Center |
FCPM |
Fundamental Constants and Precision Measurements |
FDA |
U.S. Food and Drug Administration |
FEA |
Field-Emitter Array |
FED |
Field-Emitter Display |
FEL |
Free Electron Laser |
FEMA |
Federal Emergency Management Agency |
FET |
Field Effect Transistor |
FIMS |
Fissionable Isotope Mass Standards |
FIR |
Far Infrared |
FLIR |
Forward Looking Infrared Radiometer |
FM |
Frequency Modulation |
FNR |
Ford Nuclear Reactor |
FOS |
Faint Object Spectrograph |
FOV |
Field of View |
FPC |
Fullerene Production Chamber |
FR |
Filtered Radiometer |
FRET |
Fluorescence Resonant Energy Transfer |
FT |
Fourier Transform |
FT-IRAS |
Fourier Transform-Infrared Reflection Absorption Spectroscopy |
FTIR |
Fourier Transform Infrared |
FTMS |
Fourier Transform Microwave Spectroscopy |
FTMW |
Fourier Transform Microwave |
FTS |
Fourier Transform Spectroscopy |
FUSE |
Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer |
FUV |
Far Ultraviolet |
FWHM |
Full Width at Half Maximum |
FY |
Fiscal Year |
HACR |
High Accuracy Cryogenic Radiometer |
HALO |
Hypersonic Aircraft Launch Option |
HBM |
Hybrid Bilayer Membrane |
HCCD |
Mono-deuterated Acetylene |
HDR |
High Dose Rate |
HECT |
High-Energy Computed Tomography |
HFIR |
High Flux Isotope Reactor |
HID |
High Intensity Discharge |
HIRDLS |
High Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder |
HPGe |
High Purity Germanium |
HPLC |
High Pressure Liquid Chromatographic |
HPS |
Health Physics Society |
HPSSC |
Health Physics Society Standards Committee |
HR3DCT |
High Resolution 3-D Computed Tomography |
HRTS |
High Resolution Telescope Spectrograph |
HSST |
Heavy Section Steel Technology |
HST |
Hubble Space Telescope |
HTBB |
High-Temperature Black Body |
HTD |
Heat Transfer Division |
HTS |
High-Temperature Superconductivity |
HUT |
Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope |
HVL |
Half-Value Layer |
IAEA |
International Atomic Energy Agency |
IAG |
International Association of Gravity |
IAU |
International Astronomical Union |
IC |
Integrated Circuit |
ICAMDATA |
International Conference on Atomic and Molecular Data |
ICP |
Inductively Coupled Plasma |
ICPEAC |
International Conference on the Physics of Electronic and Atomic Collisions |
ICRM |
International Committee for Radionuclide Metrology |
ICRP |
International Commission on Radiological Protection |
ICRU |
International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements |
ID (id or i.d.) |
inside diameter |
IDMS |
Isotope Dilution Mass Spectrometry |
IEC |
International Electrotechnical Commission |
IEEE |
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
IEN |
Istituto Elettrotecnico Nazionale (Italy) |
IES |
Illumination Engineering Society |
IESNA |
Illumination Engineering Society of North America |
IGC |
International Gravity Commission |
IHPRPTP |
Integrated High Payoff Rocket Propulsion Technology Program |
ILL |
Institut Laue Langevin |
ILS |
International Laser Spectroscopy |
IMECE |
International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition |
IMGC |
Istituto di Metrologia "G. Colonnetti" (Italy) |
IMS |
Institute for Molecular Science |
INDC |
International Nuclear Data Committee |
INISO-TTC |
Experimental Radiochromic Film |
INM |
Institute National de Metrologie |
INMM |
Institute for Nuclear Materials Management |
INMRI-ENEA |
Istituto Nazionale di Metrologia delle Radiazioni Ionizzanti
- Ente per le Nuove Tecnologie |
IPNS |
Intense Pulsed Neutron Source |
IPSN |
L'Institut de Protection et de Sûreté Nucléaire |
IPTS |
International Practical Temperature Scale |
IQEC |
International Quantum Electronics Conference |
IQI |
Image Quality Indicators |
IR |
Infrared |
IRAS |
Infrared Astronomical Satellite or Infrared Reflection
Absorption Spectroscopy |
IRB |
Institutional Review Board |
IRDCF |
Infrared Detector Calibration Facility |
IRMM |
Institute of Reference Materials and Measurements |
ISCC |
Inter-Society Color Council |
ISO |
International Organization for Standardization |
ISP |
International Specialty Products |
ISCC |
Information System to Support Calibrations |
ISS |
International Space Station |
ISSI |
International Space Science Institute (Bern, Switzerland) |
ITAMP |
International Meeting of Theory of Atomic and Molecular Physics |
ITL |
Information Technology Laboratory |
ITEP |
Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics |
ITER |
International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor |
ITS |
International Temperature Scale |
ITU |
International Telecommunication Union |
IUCr |
International Union of Crystallography |
IUE |
International Ultraviolet Explorer |
IVBT |
Intravascular Brachytherapy |
IVR |
Intramolecular Vibrational Relaxation |
IVR |
Intramolecular Vibrational Redistribution |
IWG |
Investigators Working Group |
LAGOS |
Laser Gravitational-Wave Observatory in Space |
LAMPF |
Los Alamos Meson Physics Facility |
LAMSCAL |
Large Area Monochromatic Source for Calibrations |
LANL |
Los Alamos National Laboratory |
LANSCE |
Los Alamos Neutron Scattering Center |
LASP |
Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado |
LBIR |
Low Background Infrared Radiometry |
LBL |
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory |
LBRS |
Low Background Reference System |
LCD |
Liquid Crystal Display |
LCIF |
Laser-Collision-Induced Fluorescence |
LED |
Light Emitting Diode |
LEED |
Low Energy Electron Diffraction |
LEI |
Laser-Enhanced Ionization |
LET |
Linear Energy Transfer |
LF |
Low Frequency |
LIF |
Laser Induced Fluorescence |
LIGO |
Laser Interferometric Gravitational-Wave Observatory |
LISA |
Laser Interferometer Space Antenna |
LLNL |
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
LMR |
Laser Magnetic Resonance |
LMRI |
Laboratoire de Mesure des Rayonnements Ionisants (France) |
LO |
Laser Optics |
LOA |
Letter of Authorization |
LORAN-C |
A Radio Navigation System Operated by the U.S. Coast Guard |
LPM |
Light-Particle Monitor |
LPRI |
Laboratoire Primaire des Rayonnements Ionisants, Gif-sur-Yvette,
France |
LPRT |
Light-Pipe Radiation Thermometers |
LPTF |
Laboratoire Primaire du Temps et des Fréquencies |
LS |
Liquid Scintillation |
LSC |
Liquid Scintillation Counting |
LTE |
Local Thermodynamic Equilibrium |
LT |
Low-Temperature |
LTEC |
Lamp Testing Engineers Conference |
LTG |
Low-Temperature Growth |
LVIS |
Low Velocity Intense Source |
LWIR |
Long Wave Infrared |
MARLAP |
Multi-Agency Radiological Laboratory Procedures |
MARS |
Multiple-Angle Reference System |
MBE |
Molecular Beam Epitaxy |
MBIR |
Medium Background Infrared Facility |
MBOS |
Molecular-Beam Optothermal Spectrometer |
MCNP |
Monte Carlo Neutron Photon (computer code) |
MCQDT |
Multi Channel Quantum Defect Theory |
MCT |
Mercury-cadmium-telluride |
MCU |
Mobile Calibration Unit |
MDRF |
Materials Dosimetry Reference Facility |
MEA |
Materials Engineering Associates |
MEA |
membrane electrode assembly |
MEDEA |
Microelectronics Development for European Applications |
MEIBEL |
Merged Electron-Ion Beam Energy Loss |
MEL |
Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory |
MEMS |
Micro Electro Mechanical Systems |
MET |
Medium Energy Telescope |
MEVVA |
Metal Vapor Vacuum Arc |
MIDAS |
Modular Interactive Data Acquisition System |
MIL |
Military |
MIM |
Metal-Insulator-Metal (Diode) |
MIRD |
Medical Internal Radiation Dose (committee) |
MIRF |
Medical and Industrial Radiation Facility |
MISR |
Multi-angle Imaging Spectroradiometer |
MIT |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
MJD |
Modified Julian Date |
MMI |
Mallinckrodt Medical, Inc. |
MOBY |
Marine Optical Buoy |
MOCVD |
Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition |
MODIL |
Manufacturing Operations Development & Integration Laboratory |
MODIS |
Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer |
MOEMS |
Micro Optp Electro Mechanical Systems |
MOKE |
Magneto-Optical Kerr Effect |
MOPITT |
Measurement of Pollution In The Troposphere |
MOS |
Marine Optical System or Marine Optical Spectrograph |
MOSFET |
Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor |
MOT |
Magneto Optical Trap |
MQDT |
Multichannel Quantum Defect Theory |
MPD |
Multiphoton Detector |
MPI |
Multiphoton Ionization |
MPP |
Multi-Pinned Phasing |
MQA |
Measurement Quality Assurance |
MQDT |
Multichannel Quantum Defect Theory |
MQSA |
Mammography Quality Standards Act |
MRA |
Mutual Recognition Arrangement |
MRI |
Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
MRT |
Minimal Resolvable Temperature |
MSEL |
Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory |
MSX |
Midcourse Space Experiment |
MTG |
Methanol To Gasoline |
MURR |
University of Missouri Research Reactor |
MW |
Microwave |
NAMP |
National Analytical Management Program |
NAMT |
National Advanced Manufacturing Testbed |
NAPM |
National Association of Photographic Manufacturers |
NAS |
National Academy of Sciences |
NAS/NRC |
National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council |
NASA |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
NATO |
North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
NBS |
National Bureau of Standards, now NIST |
NBS-4 |
Older Primary Frequency Standard (retains the NBS name) |
NBS-6 |
Previous Primary Frequency Standard (retains the NBS name) |
NBSR |
National Bureau of Standards' Reactor (retains the NBS name) |
NCAR |
National Center for Atmospheric Research |
NCI |
National Cancer Institute |
NCNR |
NIST Center for Neutron Research |
NCRP |
National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements |
NCSCANS |
National Steering Committee for the Advanced Neutron Source |
NCSL |
National Conference of Standards Laboratories |
ND |
Neutron Density |
NDT |
Nondestructive Testing |
Nd:YAG |
Neodymium: Yttrium-Aluminum-Garnet (YAG doped with Nd) |
NEANDC |
Nuclear Energy Agency Nuclear Data Committee |
NEANSC |
Nuclear Energy Agency Nuclear Science Committee |
NEC |
Nippon Electric Corporation |
NED |
Nuclear Effects Directorate |
NEI |
Nuclear Energy Institute |
NELAC |
National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Conference |
NEOS |
Newport Electro-Optic Systems |
NERI |
Nuclear Energy Research Initiative |
NESDIS |
National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service |
NEWRAD |
New Radiometry |
NG6, NG-6 |
Monochromatic Beam Line near the end of NG6 |
NG6M |
Neutron Guide No. 6 |
NG7 |
Neutron Guide No. 7 |
NGS |
National Geological Society |
NICE-OHMS |
Noise-Immune Cavity Enhanced Optical Heterodyne Molecular Spectroscopy |
NI&D |
Nuclear Interactions and Dosimetry |
NIDR |
National Institute of Dental Research |
NIF |
National Ignition Facility |
NIH |
National Institutes of Health |
NIM |
Normal-Incidence Monochromator or National Instrumentation
Methods |
NIOF |
Neutron Interferometry and Optics Facility |
NIPDE |
National Initiative for Product Data Exchange |
NIR |
Near Infrared |
NIST |
National Institute of Standards and Technology |
NIST-7 |
Former NIST Primary Frequency Standard |
NIST-F1 |
Current NIST Primary Frequency Standard |
NISTAR |
NIST Advanced Radiometer |
NMI |
National Metrology Institute or National Measurement
Institute |
NML |
National Measurement Laboratory (Japan) |
NMR |
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance |
NMS |
Natural Matrix Standard |
NOAA |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
NOAO |
National Optical Astronomy Observatory |
NOBCChE |
National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and
Chemical Engineers |
NORA |
Non-Overlapping Redundant Array |
NORAMET |
A North American regional collaboration in national measurement standards and
services |
NPL |
National Physical Laboratory (U.K.) |
NPOESS |
National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite |
NPSS |
Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society |
NRC |
National Research Council |
NRC |
Nuclear Regulatory Commission |
NRCC |
National Research Council Canada |
NREL |
National Renewable Energy Laboratory |
NRIP |
NIST Radiochemistry Intercomparison Program |
NRL |
Naval Research Laboratory |
NRLM |
National Research Laboratory of Metrology (Japan) |
NRRS |
Near Resonance Rayleigh Scattering |
NSA |
National Security Agency |
NSBP |
National Society of Black Physicists |
NSCANS |
National Steering Committee for the Advanced Neutron Source |
NSF |
National Science Foundation |
NSLS |
National Synchrotron Light Source, Brookhaven National Laboratory |
NSOM |
Near-Field Scanning Optical Microscopy |
NTSB |
National Transportation Safety Board |
NVIS |
Night Vision Imaging System |
NVLAP |
National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program |
OAI |
Optical Associates, Inc. |
OCLI |
Optical Cooling Laboratory Incorporated |
OD |
Optical Density |
OE |
Optical Engineering |
OFS |
Österreichisches Forschungszentrum |
OIML |
International Organization of Legal Metrology |
OMEGA |
24-Beam Laser Facility at Rochester |
OMH |
National Office of Measures (Hungary) |
ONR |
Office of Naval Research |
OPA |
Optical Parametric Amplifier |
OPO |
Optical Parametric Oscillator |
OPTCON |
International conference sponsored by 3 agencies: Optical Society of America;
Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers; and Institute of Electrical
and Electronics Engineers |
ORM |
Office of Radiation Measurement |
ORELA |
Oak Ridge Electron Linear Accelerator |
ORNL |
Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
OSA |
Optical Society of America |
OSL |
Optical Stimulated Luminescence |
OSRD |
Office of Standard Reference Data |
OSTP |
Office of Science and Technology Policy |
OTD |
Optical Technology Division |
PA |
Proton Affinity |
PADE |
Parallel Applications Development Environment |
PARCS |
Primary Atomic Reference Clock in SPACE |
PC |
Personal Computer |
PCB |
polychlorinated biphenyl |
PDC |
Parametric down-conversion |
PDE |
Product Data Exchange |
PDML |
Photovoltaic Device Measurement Laboratory |
PE |
Performance Evaluation |
PECVD |
Plasma-Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition |
PEM |
polymer-electrolyte-membrane |
PES |
Photoelectron Spectroscopy |
PET |
Positron Emission Tomography |
PFID |
Perturbed Free Induction Decay |
PID |
Proportional, Integral, and Derivative |
PIXE |
Particle Induced X-ray Emission |
PL |
Physics Laboratory |
PM |
phase modulation |
PMG |
Precision Measurement Grant |
PMMA |
polymethylmethacrylate |
PMS |
Particle Measurement System |
PMT |
Photomultiplier Tube |
PNL |
Pacific Northwest Laboratory |
PNNL |
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory |
PNR |
Polarized Neutron Reflectivity |
POC |
Physical Optics Corporation |
POP |
Plasma Oscillation Probe |
POPA |
Panel on Public Affairs of American Physical Society |
PREP |
Professional
Research Experience Program |
PRF |
Petroleum Research Fund |
PRL |
Physical Review Letters |
PRM |
Precision Radiation Measurement |
PS |
Polystyrene |
PSD |
Photon-Stimulated Desorption |
PSL |
Polystyrene-latex |
PT |
Performance Testing |
PTB |
Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (Germany) |
PTCA |
Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty |
PTFE |
Polytetrafluoroethylene |
PTI |
Proxima Therapeutics, Inc. |
PUD |
Paired Uranium Detector |
PWR |
Pressurized-Water Reactor |
PWS |
Primary Working Standard |
PZT |
Piezoelectric Transducer |
SACR |
Space-based Active Cavity Radiometer |
SAM |
Self-Assembled Monolayer |
SANS |
Small-Angle Neutron Scattering |
SBIR |
Small Business Innovation Research |
SCAMPY |
Scanning Micro Pyrometer |
SCATMECH |
Consortium of 14 U.S. Semiconductor Manufacturers |
SCC |
Standards Coordinating Committee or Spectral Calibration
Chamber |
SCF |
Spectral Comparator Facility |
SCLIR |
Secondary Calibration Laboratories for Ionizing Radiation |
SDI |
Strategic Defense Initiative |
SDIO |
Strategic Defense Initiative Organization |
SDL |
Space Dynamics Laboratory |
SEAWIFS (SeaWiFS) |
Sea-Viewing of Wide Field Sensor |
SEBA |
Standards' Employees Benefit Association |
SEM |
Scanning Electron Microscope |
SEMATECH |
Consortium of 14 U.S. Semiconductor Manufacturers |
SEMPA |
Scanning Electron Microscopy with Polarization Analysis |
SFA |
Sachs Freeman and Associates |
SFCP |
Special Foreign Currency Program |
SFG |
Sum Frequency Generation |
SI |
Système International d' Unités or International System
of Units |
SIA |
Semiconductor Industry Association |
SID |
Society for Information Display |
SIMS |
Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry |
SIRCUS |
Spectral Irradiance and Radiance Calibration with Uniform Sources |
SIRREX-3 |
SeaWiFS Intercalibration Round-Robin Experiment |
SKACR |
Superconducting Kinetic-inductance Absolute Cryogenic Radiometer |
SLM |
Synthetic Layer Microstructure |
SME |
Solar Mesosphere Explorer |
SM |
Single Molecule |
SNOM |
Scanning Near Field Optical Microscope |
SOG |
Spin-on Glass |
SOLSPEC |
Solar Spectrometer |
SOLSTICE |
Solar Stellar Irradiance Comparison Experiment |
SPIE |
Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers |
SPP |
Storage Photostimulable Phosphor |
SQL |
Structured Query Language |
SRAM |
Static Random Access Memory |
SRDP |
Standard Reference Data Program |
SRM |
Standard Reference Material |
SSBUV |
Shuttle Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet |
SSC |
Superconductor Super Collider |
SSDL |
Secondary Standard Dosimetry |
SSPM |
Solid State Photomultipliers |
SSRCR |
State Suggested Regulations for Controlling Ionizing Radiations |
SSTR |
Solid State Track Recorder |
SSUV |
Shuttle Solar Ultraviolet |
STARR |
Spectral Tri-function Automated Reference Reflectometer |
STD |
Standard |
STM |
Scanning Tunneling Microscope |
STP |
Standard Temperature Pressure |
STScI |
Space Telescope Science Institute |
SUNY |
State University of New York |
SURF |
Summer Undergraduate
Research Fellowship program |
SURF-III (SURF II) |
The NIST Synchrotron Ultraviolet Radiation Facility Electron
Storage Ring |
SUSIM |
Solar Ultraviolet Spectral Irradiance Monitor |
SVGL |
Silicon Valley Group Lithography |
SWIXR |
Short Wave Infrared Transfer Radiometer |
SWIR |
Short Wave Infrared |
SXR |
SeaWiFS Transfer Radiometer |
TAG |
Technical Advisory Group |
TAI |
International Atomic Time |
TAMOC |
Theoretical Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics Community |
TASSII |
Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance Investigation |
TC |
Technical Committee |
TCAP |
Time-Correlated Associated Particle |
TDCR |
Triple-to-Double Coincidence Ratio |
TEPC |
Tissue Equivalent Proportional Counter |
TEXT |
Texas Experimental Tokamak |
TFTC |
Thin-Film Thermocouple |
TFWM |
transient four-wave-mixing |
TGM |
Toroidal-Grating Monochromator |
TIMED |
Thermosphere Ionosphere Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics |
TLC |
Thin Layer Chromatography |
TLD |
Thermoluminescent Detector |
TMA |
Tri-methyl-aluminum |
TOF |
Time-of-Flight Spectrometer |
TOMS |
Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer |
TOP |
Time-Orbiting-Potential Trap |
TPB |
Tetraphenyl Butadiene |
TPD |
Temperature Programmed Desorption |
TQM |
Total Quality Management |
TRIGA |
Training, Research and Isotope Reactor, General Atomics |
TRU |
Transuranic |
TuFIR |
Tunable Far Infrared (Radiation) |
TXR |
Thermal-infrared Transfer Radiometer |
WAFAC |
Wide-Angle Free-Air Chamber |
WERB |
Washington Editorial Review Board |
WG |
Working Group |
WHC |
Washington Hospital Center |
WHO |
World Health Organization |
WIPP |
Waste Isolation Pilot Plant |
WISE |
Women in Science and Engineering |
WKB |
Wentzel-Kramers-Brillouin |
4WM |
Four Wave Mixing |
WMO |
World Metrological Organization |
WPMA |
Working Party on Measurement Activities |
WSTC |
Westinghouse Science and Technology Center |
WWV |
Call letters for NIST short-wave radio station in Colorado |
WWVB |
Call letters for NIST lf radio station in Colorado |
WWVH |
Call letters for NIST short-wave radio station in Hawaii |
WWW (www) |
World Wide Web |
WYSIWYG |
What You See Is What You Get |