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ADM – Add Drop Multiplexer
FET – Field Effect transistor
DWDM – Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing
CDS – Correlated Double Sampling
AWG – Arrayed Waveguide Grating
EMCCD – Electron Multiplying Charge Coupled Device
LOQC – Linear Optical Quantum Computation
OLED – Organic Light Emitting Diode
LD – Laser Diode
PIC – Photonic Integrated Circuit
OPA – Optical Phased Array
PDG – Polarization Dependent Gain
MEMS – Micr0electromechanical system
FSO – free space Optics
DFA – Doped Fiber Amplifier
SCH – Separate Confinement Heterostructure
MCA – Multi Channel Analyzer
SCA – Single Channel Analyzer
EML – Externally Modulated Laser
LCD – liquid Crystal Display
VECSEL – Vertical External Cavity Surface Emitting Laser
ICL – Interband Cascade Laser
CEM – Channel Electron Multiplier
SOA – Semiconductor Optical Amplifier
BPVE Bulk Photovoltaic Effect
OET – Optoelectronic Transducer
CPA – Chirped Pulse Amplification
TFT Thin Film Transistor
MCP – Microchannel Plate
EDFA – Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifier
PLED – Polymer Light Emitting Diode
DLP – Digital Light Processing
SSL – Solid State Lighting
IRFPA – Infrared Focal Plane Array
PCB – Printed Circuit Board
TID – Total Ionizing Dose
NEP – Noise Equivalent Power
FSP – Free Space Photonics
SQW – Single Quantum Well
MQW – Multiple Quantum Well
OPSL – Optically Pumped Semiconductor Laser
ILD – Injection Laser Diode
GRINSCH – Graded Index Refraction Separate Confinement Heterostructure
DCR – Dark Count Rate
TCSPC – Time Correlated Single Photo Counting
EDWA – Erbium Doped Waveguide Amplifier
DH – Double Heterostructure
APE – Anomalous Photovoltaic Effect
QCL – Quantum Cascade Laser
VCSEL – Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser