Manipulating Quantum Systems: An Assessment of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics in the United States (2020)
Chapter: Appendix F: Acronyms
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"Appendix F: Acronyms." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2020. Manipulating Quantum Systems: An Assessment of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics in the United States. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/25613.
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Acronyms
| 1D | one-dimensional |
| 2D | two-dimensional |
| 3D | three-dimensional |
| AFM | atomic force microscopy |
| AFOSR | Air Force Office of Scientific Research |
| ALMA | Atacama large millimeter/submillimeter array |
| ALP | axion-like particle |
| AMO | atomic, molecular, and optical |
| APS | American Physical Society |
| APV | atomic parity violation |
| ARIADNE | axion resonant interaction detection experiment |
| ARO | Army Research Office |
| ATAS | attosecond transient absorption spectroscopy |
| ATI | above threshold ionization |
| BASE | baryon-antibaryon symmetry experiment |
| BEC | Bose-Einstein condensate |
| BES | Basic Energy Sciences |
| BI | Bell inequality |
| BSM | beyond the Standard Model |
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix F: Acronyms." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2020. Manipulating Quantum Systems: An Assessment of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics in the United States. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/25613.
| CAMOS | Committee on Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Sciences |
| CASPEr | cosmic axion spin precession experiment |
| CDI | coherent diffractive imaging |
| CEP | carrier envelope phase |
| CFT | conformal field theory |
| CI | configuration interaction |
| CI | conical intersection |
| CMOS | complementary metal oxide semiconductor |
| CMP | condensed-matter physics |
| COLTRIMS | cold target recoil ion momentum spectroscopy |
| COT | commercial off-the-shelf technology |
| CPA | chirped pulse amplification |
| cQED | cavity quantum electrodynamics |
| CSGB | chemical sciences, geosciences, and biosciences |
| CSR | cryogenic storage ring |
| CSS | coherent spin state |
| DAMOP | Division of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics |
| DARPA | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency |
| DFG | degenerate Fermi gas |
| DFT | density functional theory |
| DIQKD | device independent quantum key distribution |
| DM | dark matter |
| DMRG | density-matrix renormalization group |
| DoD | Department of Defense |
| DOE | Department of Energy |
| EBIT | electron-beam ion trap |
| EDM | electric dipole moment |
| eEDM | electron EDM |
| EIT | electromagnetically induced transparency |
| ELI | extreme light infrastructure |
| EM | electromagnetic |
| EPR | electron paramagnetic resonance |
| ETH | eigenstate thermalization hypothesis |
| EWP | electron wave packet |
| FB | Floquet-Bloch |
| FEL | free-electron laser |
| FRET | fluorescence resonance energy transfer |
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix F: Acronyms." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2020. Manipulating Quantum Systems: An Assessment of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics in the United States. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/25613.
| GHZ | Greenberger-Horn-Zeilinger |
| GNOME | global network of optical magnetometers to search for exotic physics |
| GPU | graphical processing unit |
| GPV | group velocity distribution |
| GR | general theory of relativity |
| GW | gravitational wave |
| HCI | highly charged ion |
| HEP | high energy physics |
| HHG | high harmonic generation |
| HHS | high harmonic spectroscopy |
| HL | Heisenberg limit |
| ITAMP | Institute for Theoretical Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics |
| ITER | International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor |
| JWST | James Webb space telescope |
| LCLS | Linac Coherent Light Source |
| LF | light filamentation |
| LHC | Large Hadron Collider |
| LIBS | laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy |
| LIED | laser-induced electron diffraction |
| LIGO | Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory |
| LINAC | linear accelerator |
| LISA | Laser Interferometer Space Antenna |
| LLI | local Lorentz invariance |
| LV | LLI violation |
| MBL | many-body localization |
| MBPT | many-body perturbation theory |
| MCSCF | multiconfiguration self-consistent field |
| MFM | magnetic force microscope |
| ML | machine learning |
| ML | mode-locked |
| MPS | mathematical and physical sciences |
| MRFM | magnetic resonance force microscopy |
| MRI | magnetic resonance imaging |
| MRS | Materials Research Society |
| MTB | magnetotactic bacterium |
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix F: Acronyms." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2020. Manipulating Quantum Systems: An Assessment of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics in the United States. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/25613.
| NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| NIR | near-infrared |
| NIST | National Institute of Standards and Technology |
| NMR | nuclear magnetic resonance |
| NNI | National Nanotechnology Initiative |
| NPI | National Photonics Initiative |
| NQI | National Quantum Initiative |
| NRC | National Research Council |
| NSF | National Science Foundation |
| NV | nitrogen vacancy |
| OCT | optical coherence tomography |
| OFC | optical frequency comb |
| OM | optomechanics |
| ONR | Office of Naval Research |
| OPM | optically pumped magnetometer |
| OPO | optical parametric oscillator |
| OSTP | Office of Science and Technology Policy |
| PAH | polyaromatic hydrocarbon |
| PDK | process design kit |
| PEA | phase estimation algorithm |
| PI | principal investigator |
| PIC | photonic integrated circuit |
| PQS | programmable quantum simulator |
| QAOA | quantum approximate optimization algorithm |
| QCD | quantum chromodynamics |
| QED | quantum electrodynamics |
| QIP | quantum information processing |
| QIS | quantum information science |
| QIST | quantum information science and technology |
| QKD | quantum key distribution |
| QMC | quantum Monte Carlo |
| QND | quantum nondemolition |
| QR | quantum repeater |
| QRNG | quantum random number generator |
| qubit | quantum bit |
| R&D | research and development |
| RABBITT | reconstruction of attosecond beating by interference of two-photon transitions |
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix F: Acronyms." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2020. Manipulating Quantum Systems: An Assessment of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics in the United States. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/25613.
| RC | reservoir computing |
| RNG | random number generator |
| RV | radial velocity |
| SASE | self amplified stimulated emission |
| SERF | spin-exchange relaxation free |
| SiV | silicon vacancy |
| SLAC | Stanford Linear Accelerator Center |
| SM | Standard Model |
| SOC | spin-orbit coupling |
| SOFIA | Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy |
| SPI | single-particle imaging |
| SQCAMscope | scanning quantum cryogenic atom microscope |
| SQL | standard quantum limit |
| SQUID | superconducting quantum interference device |
| SSS | squeezed spin state |
| STED | stimulated emission depletion |
| STEM | science, technology, engineering, and mathematics |
| TDDFT | time-dependent density functional theory |
| TEM | transmission electron microscope |
| TMDC | transition metal dichalcogenide |
| UED | ultrafast electron diffraction |
| URM | underrepresented minorities |
| VMI | velocity map imaging |
| VQE | variational quantum eigensolver |
| VQS | variational quantum simulation |
| VUV | vacuum ultraviolet |
| WIMP | weakly interacting massive particle |
| XFEL | X-ray free-electron laser |
| XUV | extreme ultraviolet |
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix F: Acronyms." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2020. Manipulating Quantum Systems: An Assessment of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics in the United States. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/25613.
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix F: Acronyms." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2020. Manipulating Quantum Systems: An Assessment of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics in the United States. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/25613.
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix F: Acronyms." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2020. Manipulating Quantum Systems: An Assessment of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics in the United States. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/25613.
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix F: Acronyms." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2020. Manipulating Quantum Systems: An Assessment of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics in the United States. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/25613.
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix F: Acronyms." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2020. Manipulating Quantum Systems: An Assessment of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics in the United States. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/25613.
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