AOM: acousto-optic modulator
APD: Avalanche Photo Diode
APM: Additive-Pulse Mode Locking
ASE: amplified spontaneous emission
AWG: arrayed waveguide grating
BPP: Beam Parameter Product
CEO: Carrier-Envelope Offset
CPA: chirped pulse amplification
CW: continuous wave
CWDM: Coarse Wavelength Division Multiplexing
DBR: distributed Bragg reflector
DCM: Dispersion Compensation Module
DCM: Double-Chirped Mirror
DFB laser: Distributed Feedback Laser
DFG: difference frequency generation
DOS: density of states
DPSS: diode-pumped solid state
DWDM: Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing
ECDL: external cavity diode laser
EDC: Electronic Dispersion Compensation
EDFA: Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifier
EOM: electro-optic modulator
ErYAG: Erbium-Doped Yttrium Aluminium Garnet
ESA: excited state absorption
FEL: Free Electron Laser
FREAG: Frequency-Resolved Electro-Absorption Gating
FROG: Frequency-resolved optical gating
FWM: four-wave mixing
GRENOUILLE: Grating-Eliminated No-Nonsense Observation Of Ultrafast Incident Laser Light E-Fields
HeNe: Helium-Neon Laser
IR: Infrared
KLM: Kerr-Lens Modelocking
LASEK: laser-assisted subepithelial keratectomy
Laser: Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
LASIK: Laser-Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis
LBO: Lithium Triborate
LLLT: Low Level Laser Therapy
maser: microwave amplification by stimulated emission of radiation
MIIPS: Multiphoton Intrapulse Interference Phase Scan
NdYAG: Neodymium-Doped Yttrium Aluminium Garnet