AAPM | American Association of Physicists in Medicine |
AC | alternating current |
AFM | atomic force microscope |
Al | aluminum |
AMO | atomic, molecular, and optical |
APD | Applied Physics Division |
ASD | Atomic Spectra Database |
BEOL | back-end-of-line |
BIPM | Bureau International des Poids et Mesures |
BMF | Boulder Microfabrication Facility |
cavity QED | cavity quantum electrodynamics |
CIPM | International Committee for Weights and Measures |
CIRMS | Council of Ionizing Radiation Measurements and Standards |
CMOS | complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor |
C-NOT | controlled-NOT |
CODATA | Committee on Data for Science and Technology |
CT | computed tomography |
DARPA | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency |
DC | direct current |
DHS | Department of Homeland Security |
DOC | Department of Commerce |
DoD | Department of Defense |
DOE | Department of Energy |
DWSS | DoD-focused DoD-wide strategic sourcing |
EBIT | electron beam ion trap |
EDM | electric dipole moment of the electron |
EPD | Engineering Physics Division |
EPRI | Electric Power Research Institute |
FDA | Food and Drug Administration |
FTS | Fourier transform spectrometer |
GaN | gallium nitride |
HFIR | high flux isotope reactor |
Hg | mercury |
HgCdTe | mercury cadmium telluride |
HIA | highly ionized atom |
HPS | Health Physics Society |
HSI | hyperspectral imaging |
IEEE | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
ILMP | International Legal Metrology Program |
IR | infrared |
ISO | International Organization for Standardization |
ISS | International Space Station |
ITL | Information Technology Laboratory |
IUPAP | International Union of Pure and Applied Physics |
JHU | Johns Hopkins University |
JILA | joint institute between NIST and the University of Colorado, Boulder |
JQI | Joint Quantum Institute |
KRb | ultracold potassium-rubidium |
LBIR | low-background infrared |
LIDAR | light detection and ranging |
LMDP | Legal Metrology Devices Program |
low-SWaP | low size, weight, and power |
mAb | monoclonal antibody |
MBE | molecular beam epitaxy |
MDA | Missile Defense Agency |
MEMS | microelectromechanical system |
MRI | magnetic resonance imaging |
NCNR | NIST Center for Neutron Research |
NCSLI | National Conference of Standards Laboratories International |
NCWM | National Conference on Weights and Measures |
NGA | National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency |
NIH | National Institutes of Health |
NIST | National Institute of Standards and Technology |
NMI | national metrology institute |
NML | national measurement laboratory |
NMR | nuclear magnetic resonance |
NOAA | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
NPOESS | National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System |
NRC | National Research Council |
OCT | optical coherence tomography |
OIML | International Organization of Legal Metrology |
OWM | Office of Weights and Measures |
PACE | preaerosol, clouds, and ocean ecosystem |
PET | positron emission tomograph(y) |
PIF | precision imaging facility |
PML | Physical Measurement Laboratory |
PMU | phasor measurement unit |
PTB | Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt |
QED | Quantum Electromagnetics Division |
QI | quantum information |
QMD | Quantum Measurement Division |
QMS | quality management system |
QPD | Quantum Physics Division |
QuICS | Quantum Information and Computer Science |
R&D | research and development |
RF | radio frequency |
RPD | Radiation Physics Division |
RSNA | Radiological Society of North America |
SANS | small-angle neutron scattering |
SEMI | Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International |
SGIP | Smart Grid Interoperability Panel |
SI | international system of units |
SIM | Sistema Interamericano de Metrología |
SIRCUS | spectral irradiance and radiance responsivity calibrations using uniform sources |
SNMMI | Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging |
SQUID | superconducting quantum interference device |
SS | solid state |
SSD | Sensor Science Division |
SURF III | Synchrotron Ultraviolet Radiation Facility |
TDCR | triple-to-double coincidence ratio |
TES | transition edge sensor |
TFD | Time and Frequency Division |
UTC | coordinated universal time |
UV | ultraviolet |
VIIRS | visible infrared imaging radiometer suite |
VUV | vacuum ultraviolet |
Yb | ytterbium |
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