The Adaptive Optics Revolution: A History

List of Acronyms

xxv LIst oF ACRoNyMs AAS American Astronomical Society ABL Airborne Laser ABLE ACE Airborne Laser Extended Atmospheric Characterization Experiment ABLEX Airborne Laser Experiment ACE Atmospheric Compensation Experiment ACT Advanced Concepts Testbed ADONIS AMOS Daytime Optical Near-Infrared Imaging System AEOS Advanced Electro-Optical System AFRL Air Force Research Laboratory AFSC Air Force Systems Command AFSPC Air Force Space Command AFWL Air Force Weapons Laboratory ALL Airborne Laser Laboratory AMOS ARPA Maui Optical Site APRA Midcourse Optical Observatory Station ARPA Midcourse Observation Station Air Force Maui Optical Station Air Force Maui Optical Site Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing Site APAC astral point ahead compensation ARPA Advanced Research Projects Agency (see also DARPA) | xxvi ARS active ranging system ARTO Advanced Radiation Technology Office BILL beacon illumination laser BMDO Ballistic Missile Defense Organization BUPRL Boston University Physical Research Laboratory CCD charge-coupled device CIA Central Intelligence Agency CIS Compensated Imaging System CLASP Closed-Loop Adaptive Single Parameter COIL chemical oxygen iodine laser DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (see also ARPA) DDR&E Director, Defense Research & Engineering DE Directed Energy (AFRL Directorate) DEER Directed Energy Experimental Range DELTA Drone Experiment Laser Test and Assessment DoD Department of Defense FAA Federal Aviation Administration fasor frequency addition source of optical radiation FFRDC Federally Funded Research and Development Center FSSS Future Security Strategy Study FTT Field Test Telescope GBFELTIE Ground-Based Free Electron Laser Technology Integration Experiment GEN I Generation I Closed-Loop Experiment GEN II Generation II Closed-Loop Experiment GEODSS Ground-Based Electro-Optical Deep Space Surveillance HARP High Altitude Reconnaissance Platform HoPE Horizontal Path Experiment ICBM intercontinental ballistic missile IDA Institute for Defense Analyses IRST infrared search and track LAAT Large Aperture Acquisition Telescope LACE Low-Power Atmospheric Compensation Experiment laser light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation List of Acronyms xxvii LDEF Long Duration Exposure Facility LFAT Large Field Acquisition Telescope LITE Laser Integration Technology Program maser microwave amplification by stimulated emission of radiation MDA Missile Defense Agency MHPCC Maui High Performance Computing Center MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology MOMS mobile optical measurement system MPM monolithic piezoelectric mirror MSSC Maui Space Surveillance Complex MSSS Maui Space Surveillance System NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration Nd:YAG neodymium: yttrium aluminum garnet Nd:YLF neodymium: yttrium lithium fluoride NOAO National Optical Astronomical Observatory NoDyCE Non-cooperative Dynamic Compensation Experiment NOP North Oscura Peak NRO National Reconnaissance Office NSF National Science Foundation OCULAR Optical Compensation of Uniphase Laser Radiation PA&E program analysis and evaluation PL Phillips Laboratory PSSC Physical Science Study Committee PZT lead zirconate titanate RADC Rome Air Development Center RAND Research and Development RME Relay Mirror Experiment RPAC ray point-ahead compensation RTAC Real-Time Atmospheric Compensation SAB Air Force Scientific Advisory Board SAGE Semiautomatic Ground Environment SAM surface-to-air missile SDI Strategic Defense Initiative SDIO Strategic Defense Initiative Organization | xxviii SFG sum frequency generation SOML Steward Observatory Mirror Laboratory SOR Sandia Optical Range Starfire Optical Range SWAT Short-Wavelength Adaptive Techniques THAAD Theater High Altitude Area Defense TILL track illumination laser TRAPAF Target Return Adaptive Pointing and Focus USSPACECOM U.S. Space Command USSTRATCOM U.S. Strategic Command WDD Western Development Division WIYN Wisconsin, Indiana, Yale National Optical Astronomy Observatory XLD Experimental Laser Device Yb:YAG ytterbium: yttrium aluminum garnet ...