1 Revised 02/02/17 LLE Spelling/Hyphenation Guide *This guide is specific to LLE and LLE-related publications. Please check a dictionary or other grammar guide if preparing a manuscript for other purposes.* (-) means to hyphenate as a modifier, but leave open as a noun. Most predicate adjectives are not hyphenated. a posteriori (inductive; from facts) (no-) a priori (deductive; from reasoning) (no-) ab initio (“from the beginning”) Abel-inverted density ablated plasma (-) ablation-front region ablation-front variable ablation interface (-) ablation-pressure modulation ablation-surface instability ablation velocity (v abl ) (-) ablator–signature-layer interface or ablator/signature-layer interface aboveground abscissa absolute detector (-) absolute-SRS emission absolute stimulated (no -) absorbed-light wavelength absorbing-glass sphere absorption-annealing absorption-coefficient gradient absorption-line manifold absorption-spectroscopy experiment ac (alternating current) acceleration-phase instability acknowledgment ACSL (aperture-coupled stripline) acousto-optic modulator (AOM) active mirror (-) active–passive active shock breakout (ASBO) ad hoc adapter (preferred over “adaptor”) adaptive linear phase conjugation adaptive-mesh-refinement (AMR) simulation adaptive-optic phase technology ADC (analog-to-digital converter) adiabatic advanced-ignition (adj.) AFM (atomic force microscopy) AFR (angular filter refractometry) after-cooler air-curing airflow air gap air-isolation table air–tissue interface Airy disk Alfvén alignment sensor package (ASP) (-) all-DT, high-gain target all-fiber rotator all-reflective (adj.) alphanumeric alpha heating (-) alpha particle (-) α-quartz alpha transport (-) alternating current (ac) AM (amplitude modulation) ambient temperature (-)
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1 Revised 02/02/17
LLE Spelling/Hyphenation Guide *This guide is specific to LLE and LLE-related publications. Please check a dictionary or
other grammar guide if preparing a manuscript for other purposes.* (-) means to hyphenate as a modifier, but leave open as a noun. Most predicate adjectives are not hyphenated.
a posteriori (inductive; from facts) (no-) a priori (deductive; from reasoning) (no-) ab initio (“from the beginning”) Abel-inverted density ablated plasma (-) ablation-front region ablation-front variable ablation interface (-) ablation-pressure modulation ablation-surface instability ablation velocity (vabl) (-) ablator–signature-layer interface or
ART (ablative RT) code ASBO (active shock breakout) ASE (amplified spontaneous emission) ASP (alignment sensor package) aspect ratio (length to width) assist ion gun ASTER AstroBEAR astrophysical opacity table (AOT) asymmetry asymptote atm [atmosphere (unit of pressure)] atomic force microscopy (AFM) atomic percent (at. %) attenuation autocorrelation autoranging auxiliary av [average (as a subscript)] average atom (-) average ion (-) AWG (arbitrary waveform generator) (-) axial-averaging interval axial-averaging rate axial-wave phase axisymmetric azimuthal β-activated β-heating β-layering β-quartz B field (-) B-integral (ΣB) B ray (-) back-fill backlighter back plane (-) back-propagated
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back-reflection backscatter back side back surface (-) backup (noun; Sci. Dict.) Bakelite bake-out ball-valve assembly band edge band gap (-) (AIP) band-limited modulator bandpass (AIP) band shape band shift band-tail state bandwidth (but “d-band width”) bang time (peak of neutron production) (-) bar code (-) barrier layer (-) barrier-suppression ionization basal baseline BASIC (dated computer language) BBO (beta-barium borate) BBXRD (broadband x-ray diffraction) bcc (body-centered-cubic) bcc-to-hcp phase transformation beam aperture (-) beam balance (-) beam combiner (-) beam-configuration flexibility beam-diagnostic subsystem beam-diagnostics package beam-divergence angle beam dump (-) beam energy (-) beam expander (-) beam fluence (-)
beam-incidence direction beam intensity profile beam mistiming (-) beam overlap (-) beam-passage aperture beam-path enclosure beam pointing (no hyphen as an adj.) beam repointing (no hyphen as an adj.) beam-shaping module (BSM) beam smoothing (-) beam splitter beam spot (no hyphen as an adj.) beam spot point design beam spot radius beam-timing system beam-to-beam fluence variation beam-transport optics beam uniformity (no hyphen as an adj.) beam waist BEAMER Beamlet laser (scientific prototype of NIF) beamline Beamline 1 (capitalize numbered beamlines) Beamlines Executive (BLE) (per Eng’g Div.)
beamwidth (AIP) BEARCLAW behavior below-band-gap probe pulse benchmark bend loss (-) Berezinsky–Kosterlitz–Thouless (BKT) best fit (-) best-focus spot size beta-barium borate (BBO) beta particle (-) biannual (twice each year; see “biennial”) bias current (-) bias pulse (-)
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bias-tee biaxial biconical biennial (every other year; see “biannual”) bi-exponential bilayer bimonthly binary-amplitude pixel birefringence bis-MSB [(p-bis-(o-methylstyryl)-benzene] bistability bit rate BKT (Berezinsky–Kosterlitz–Thouless) blackbody blastshield BLE (Beamlines Executive) (per Eng’g Div.) blow-by blow-by light blow-off (adj.) blowoff (italic bo; per Knauer) (noun) blow-up (adj.) blowup (noun) BMXS (bremsstrahlung MeV x-ray
collisional-radiative (adj.) collisional-radiative-equilibrium (CRE) (adj.) collocate (occur in conjunction with) colocate (to locate together) column 4 (l.c. in the body of a sentence) comb-pulse generator Commissariat à l’énergie atomique
et aux énergies (CEA) common-path nature common wave (-) compatible complement (completes) complementary metal-oxide semiconductor
constant (italic per R. Sobolewski) constant density (-) constant-derivative Newton method constant-fluence laser pulse constant intensity (-) construct (noun; verb) continuous-contour phase plate (CPP) continuous, deep-surface-relief phase plate continuous drive (-) continuous-pressure profile continuous wave (cw) (-) continuum-photon contribution contrast ratio (-) Control Room Control System convergence ratio (CR) conversion cell (-) conversion efficiency converter (preferred over “convertor”) cooldown (noun) co-op Cooper-pair density cooperate coordinate coordinate-covalent bond coplanar strip (CPS) co-procurement co-propagation (coaxial propagation) core–cladding ratio core electron temperature core-emission image core-mix (amt. of shell mass mixed into the
drag–wipe technique drier (dryer refers to an appliance) drive-laser beam drive-pressure nonuniformity drive pulse (-) drive-radiation spectrum driven-foil trajectory driver-beam energy driver line (-) dry-foam density DS (decaying shock) (-) DSF (down-scattered fraction) DSR (down-scatter ratio) DT (deuterium–tritium) (material; target fill) DT fuel (-) DT-fuel–layered target DT fusion reaction DT gas mixture DT High-Pressure System (DTHPS) DT ice (no hyphen as adj. except DT-ice shell) DT neutron (-) DT-neutron–induced (adj.) DTRA (Defense Threat Reduction Agency) DT-wetted CH foam (-) dual amplitude modulators (DAM’s) Dual-Channel Delay Module (per Eng’g Div.)
dual-crystal cell dual-crystal spectrometer (DCS) dual-element target dual-frequency (adj.) dual-path design dual-tripler (two tripler crystals) (adj.) DUT (device-under-test) dynamic-charge transfer e (electron charge) Dynamic Compression Sector (DCS) e (extraordinary) axis E (electron energy)
e-beam EBD (electron-beam deposition) e–e (roman font) E field (-) e folding e.g., (“for example,”) E-IDI-300 e-mail e–ph (roman font) e wave (LLE) EA (electron-acoustic) wave or EA (electron-
acoustic) wave scattering EAM (electro-absorption modulator) early-time (adj.) earth (dirt, soil) (per R. Knox) the earth (the planet Earth) (per R. Knox)
Earth (proper noun; use when omitting “the”) ebook echoes edge beam (-) effective focal length (EFL) eigenenergy eigenstate eigenvalue eikonal elastic modulus (modulus of elasticity) electric-field–induced (adj.) electrical-field intensity electrical-field vector (denoted by E) electrical-waveform generator electro-absorption modulator (EAM) electrodeposition electromagnetic (EM) electromagnetic pulse monitor (EPM) electromechanical electron-acoustic (EA) wave electron-acoustic (EA)-wave scattering electron atom (-)
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electron beam (-) electron-beam deposition (EBD) electron-cooling rate electron density (ne) (no hyphen as adj.) electron-deposition rate electron distribution function (no -) electron–electron (e–e) electron-fluid equation electron heating (-) electron hole (-) electron–ion (e–i) electron number density electron–phonon (e–ph) energy electron plasma frequency electron plasma wave (EPW) electron–positron plasma electron pulse (-) electron spin resonance electron temperature (-) electron thermal conduction electron-transport code electron velocity (-) electron volt (eV) electronic (adj.) electronics (noun; singular in number) electro-optic (EO) (adj.) electro-optics (noun; singular in number) electrowetting EM (electromagnetic) embedded interface (-) emission-line energy emissivity-averaged (adj.) end-cap end-line reflection end mirror (-) end point (-) end-use energy-balance model
energy-barrier concept energy conversion (no hyphen as adj.) energy coupling (-) energy density (noun; no hyphen) energy distribution (-) energy-relaxation time constant energy stability (-) energy transfer (-) enhanced balance (-) enhanced-fluence balance enhanced intensity balance enhanced single-beam uniformity enhanced Thomson scattering (ETS) entangled-photon source entrance pupil (-) envelope-approximation procedure EO (electro-optic) (adj.) EOS (equation of state) (-) EOSI (electro-optic spectral-shearing
interferometry) EPM (electromagnetic pulse monitor) EP OPAL (no -) EPW (electron plasma wave) Eq. (1) Eqs. (1)–(3) Eqs. (1), (2), and (5) Equation (1) (spell out at beginning of sentence)
equation of state (EOS) (-) equimolar equivalent target plane (ETP) (-) error-diffusion algorithm error function (-) (abbrev. erf in Roman font)
error signal (-) ESE (Experimental System Executive) et al. etalon etc. (set off by commas in a sentence) etch pit (-)
ex situ (-) exchange gas (-) excitation pulse (-) excited-carrier nonlinearity excited-state population excluded-volume effect exercised exit-pupil function exit-surface damage expanded-volume absorption process Experimental System Experimental System Executive (ESE) exploding-foil target exploding-pusher backlighter exponential (e or exp) extended x-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) external-load condition extraordinary (e) axis eyepiece f number (no hyphen as noun) (per Sci. Dict.) 4F3/2 F-ASP (stage-F alignment sensor package) Fabry–Perot interferometer FABS (full-aperture backscatter station) face-on faceplate Facility Interlock Executive (FIE) fail-safe failure-strength formulation
fall off (verb) falloff (noun) fall time false-color representation fan-out far field (-) far infrared (-) Faraday rotator farthest fast-electron beam fast-electron generation fast-electron-preheat efficiency fast Fourier transform (FFT) fast ignition (FI) (-) fast ignitor (-) fast ion (-) fast proton (-) fast-refreeze technique fast-wave SBS FCC (frequency-conversion crystal) FDR (final design review) (per Eng’g Div.) FDT (functional damage threshold) feedback feedback-stabilized regen amplifier feed gas (-) feed-in feed out (verb) feedout (noun) feedthrough femtosecond-pulse optical radiation Fermi-degenerate pressure FESAC (Fusion Energy Science Advisory
Committee) FET (field-effect transistor) FFLEX (filter fluorescer x-ray) (diagnostic) FFT (fast Fourier transform) FHG (fourth-harmonic generation) FI (fast ignition) (-)
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fiber-amplifier system fiber Bragg grating fiber-bundle bandwidth fiber-core diameter fiber-coupled waveguide fiber laser (-) fiber optic (-) fiber-optic laser beam FIE (Facility Interlock Executive) field-effect transistor (FET) field of view (FOV) field-perturbation parameter Fig. 1 Figs. 1, 2, and 5 Figs. 1–5 Figure 1…. (spell out at beginning of sentence) figure of merit (Sci. Dict.) file transfer protocol (FTP) fill state (-) Fill/Transfer Station (FTS) Fill/Transfer System [associated with the
Cryogenic Target Handling System (CTHS)] fill tube (-) film–air interface film density (-) filter fluorescer x-ray (diagnostic) (FFLEX) final design review (FDR) (per Eng’g Div.) fine-line-transfer replication fine-pointing mode fine structure (-) fine-tune finite amplitude (-) finite-contrast Pockels cell finite density gradient (-) finite-difference equation finite element code finite-plate (adj.) finite-thickness slab
free-bulk geometry free-carrier-absorption phenomenon free-carrier concentration free-charge (adj.) free fall (AIP) (-) free-fall (verb) free–free (FF) free-particle node free-running (adj.) free-space (adj.) freestanding free-surface velocity FreonTM frequency coding frequency conversion (-) frequency-conversion crystal (FCC) frequency-dependent (adj.) frequency-detuning parameter frequency domain (-) frequency-feedback loop frequency-integrated (adj.) frequency matching frequency-modulated (FM) or frequency
modulation (FM) frequency-resolved optical gating (FROG) frequency-spectrum analysis Fresnel friction drive (-) fringe position (-) (FROG) frequency-resolved optical gating front end (of the laser system) (-) front-loaded (adj.) front side Froude (Fr) frozen-fuel layer FSD (focal-spot diagnostic) fs laser–pumped (adj.) fs-pulsed laser
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FTIR (Fourier transform infrared) FTP (file transfer protocol) FTS (Fill/Transfer Station) fuel areal density (-) fuel-assembly experiment fuel-bearing (adj.) fuel core (-) fuel glass (-) fuel ion temperature fuel layer (-) fuel–pusher mix fuel-shell adiabat fuel–shell interface fuel system (-) fulfillment full-aperture backscatter station (FABS) full beam smoothing full-contact lap full-contact polisher full single-beam smoothing full system (-) full-time full well capacity full width at half maximum (FWHM) (-) functional damage threshold (FDT) fundamental-mode loss fused-silica substrate fusion driver (-) Fusion Energy Science Advisory Committee
high-aspect-ratio (adj.) high-bandwidth electrical-waveform generator high-bit-rate (adj.) high-convergence implosion high conversion efficiency (-) high-current re-shock high damage fluence (-) high damage threshold (-) high-density carbon (HDC) high-density complementary metal-oxide
semiconductor (HCMOS) high-density target implosion high dielectric constant (-) high dynamic range high-electron-mobility transistor (HEMT) high energy coupling high energy density (HED) (noun) high-energy-density (adj.) high-energy-density laboratory physics
(HEDLP) high-energy-density physics (HEDP) high energy-extraction efficiency high-energy-nitrogen–implanted GaAs high-energy petawatt (HEPW) laser high-energy-physics laser high-energy radiography imager (HERIE) high energy stability high-field magnet high fill pressure high fluence (-) high gain coefficient high-gain ignition high-gain target high harmonic conversion high harmonic plateau high index (-) high-intensity-contrast (adj.) high irradiation uniformity (no -)
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high ℓ mode high ℓ-mode number (-) high laser-damage threshold (-) high-mix (adj.) high-mode-number (adj.) high neutron-averaged fuel ρR high-order mode (-) high-numerical-aperture objective high-pass filter high-peak-power laser high-performance direct-drive fusion capsule high-poloidal-flow regime high-power (adj.) high-pressure–filled target high-purity fused silica high-reflectivity (adj.) high-refractive-index (adj.) high-resolution (adj.) high-spatial-frequency (adj.) high-speed (adj.) high-temperature (adj.) high temperature gradient (no -) high-vacuum environment high-velocity-matter backlighting high-Verdet-constant (adj.) high voltage (-) high-yield–implosion shot high-Z element high-Z–layered (adj.) higher-lying energy level higher-multipole (adj.; from OSA) highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG)
index matching index-of-refraction profile indexes (book-related) indices (variables) indirect-band structure indirect drive (-) indirect-drive–implosion symmetry experiment indispensable individual-beam smoothing individual-beam uniformity individual-shot asymmetry induced birefringence (-) induced spatial incoherence (ISI) inductive adder (-) inertial confinement fusion (no -) (ICF) inertial fusion energy (IFE) inertial fusion target infinite-medium Landau theory infinitesimal inflate in-flight aspect ratio (IFAR) infrared (IR) in-house initial-density perturbation initial total rms finish of the ice layer initiation-point separation injection-pulse shape in-line inner DT-ice surface inner ice layer (-) inner ice surface (inner surface of the ice) inner-ice-surface roughness innermost inner shell surface inner shroud (-) in-plane (adj.) input current pulse input-fraction factor
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input-intensity profile input/output (I/O) input-pulse rise time input-pulse shape input sensor package (ISP) input-signal intensity input-waveguide width inside-shell perturbation inside surface (-) The Institute of Optics insulator–conductor intact integrated-circuit (adj.) integrated front-end system (IFES) integrated-optics (IO) modulator integrated spherical experiment (ISE) integrating-sphere calorimeter integro-differential (per AIP) intense-energy coupling intense-field–matter interaction (or /) intensity contrast ratio intensity-imprinted (adj.) intensity-impulse response intensity modulation (-) interaction beam (-) inter-atomic interband interconnection interdigitated inter-ion (the) Internet or the Net intersystem (into the core) intervalley intracavity-pumping (adj.) intrinsic-defect–driven damage intrinsic-nanoabsorber role inverse bremsstrahlung absorption (-) I/O (input/output)
ion-acceleration scheme ion-acoustic damping rate ion-acoustic wave (IAW) ion-assist ion-assist voltage ion beam (-) ion–electron (adj.) ion etch (-) ion exchange (-) ion-fluid equation ion heat (-) ion-implementation technique ion–ion collision ion kinetic ion plasma frequency ion sound mode ion source (-) ion-temperature-gradient instability ion wave (-) IR (infrared) IRIS IRIS2D irradiation (exposure to radiation) irradiation-intensity disturbance irradiation-uniformity measurement irrotational ISE (indentation-size effect or integrated
spherical experiment) isentropic ISI (induced spatial incoherence) isodensity isoelectronic isotropic ISP (input sensor package) ITF (ignition threshold factor) J (abbreviation for joule) joule (l.c. when referring to units) Joule (proper name as adj.; e.g., Joule heat)
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JPEG (Joint Photographics Experts Group) judgment (preferred by Webster’s) Kα-emission spectrum Kα imaging (Kβ imaging) Kα line (Kβ line) K band K edge (-) K shell (-) k-vector Kapton KBframed (per C. Sangster) KD*P (deuterated p-d-ph) KDP (potassium dihydrogen phosphate) (-) Kelvin (adj.) kelvin (noun; formerly “degree Kelvin”; abbrev.
des Lasers Intenses) luminescence lumped-circuit (-) lumped-element example LW (Langmuir wave) Lyα , Lyβ M band (-) M shell (-) Mach–Zehnder interferometer macro-zone
MagLIF (magnetized liner inertial fusion) magnetic (B) field magnetic-confinement experiment magnetic field (-) magnetic-field–compression experiment magnetic-flux density magnetic-flux–compression experiment magnetic imaging (-) magnetic-momentum state magnetic proton-recoil spectrometer magnetic recoil spectrometer (MRS) magnetized liner inertial fusion (MagLIF) magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) magneto-inertial fusion electrical
discharge system (MIFEDS) magneto-optic (MO) magnetorheological finishing (MRF) main amplifier chain (-) main-cavity amplifier main-drive pulse main-pulse performance makeup (noun; AIP, Sci. Dict.) make-up (noun; OMEGA EP document) MALAPROP (computer code) manageable mandrel many-body (adj.) mass ablation rate (-) mass-absorption coefficient mass-conservation argument mass-density profile mass-equivalence result mass flowmeter mass-flow rate mass-flux rate mass-limited (adj.) mass-modulated accelerated foil mass-perturbation growth
grazing-incidence spectrograph) MCTC (Moving Cryostat Transfer Cart) MD (molecular-dynamics) study mean field (-) mean free path (mfp) (-) mean life mean pulse (-) mean-square relative displacement (MSRD) measurable MEDUSA mega-electron-volt (MeV) melt-back process (per D. Harding) meso-structure metal-colloid–seeded polymer metal–dielectric mirror metal–insulator phase boundary metal–semiconductor–metal (MSM) (adj.) metastable-state lifetime
discharge system) millimeter (or mm)-wave device minimal-stress mounting minimum yield-over-clean (MYOC) minute (abbrev. “min”; no period) mirror-core assembly mission-critical requirement mix mass (-) mix model mix-motion energy mix region (mixing of fuel & shell) mix-transport model mix-width region mixed-material cell MIXER MLD (multilayer diffraction) grating MMI-1 MO (magneto-optic) mobility–lifetime product
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mock-up (noun) modal dispersion mode-amplitude spectrum mode control (-) mode-locked mode-locking mode number (ℓ-mode number) modeled moderate-convergence capsule implosion modulation-function fidelity modulation transfer function (MTF) modulator (J. Marozas abbreviates with a non-italic M)
moiré moisture barrier (-) molded-coupon surface molecular-dynamics (MD) study molecular flow (-) molecular sieve skid assembly (MSSA) momentum-conservation equation monatomic monochromator monoenergetic monolayer-coated surface monolayer thin film monotonic Monte Carlo (no hyphen) MOPA (master-oscillator, power-amplifier)
architecture MOR (Master Oscillator Room) Mössbauer motherboard motion-control system movable Moving Cryostat Transfer Cart (MCTC) MPD (multiple-pulse driver line) MRF (magnetorheological finishing) mrr (material-removal rate) MRS (magnetic recoil spectrometer)
multi-rate multisegment multishock multi-target multiterawatt Multi-Terawatt (MTW) laser multiview MYOC (minimum yield-over-clean) n,2n (no italics) N-on-1 N wave ne (electron density) N.A. (numerical aperture) (per Sci. Dict.) namelist (T. Collins) nano-absorber nanoaluminum nano-bilayer nanochannel nanohardness nano-indentation nanoparticle size distribution nanopattern nano-ring nanosecond (ns) nanosecond-laser–generated (adj.) nanosecond-pulse data nanostripe nanowire narrowband (adj.) narrow-energy-band x-ray image narrow gap (-) (the) Nation National ICF Program National Ignition Campaign (NIC) National Ignition Facility (the NIF) National Nuclear Security Administration
(NNSA) National User Facility Organization (NUFO)
nd (neutron-to-deuteron conversion) Nd:glass laser (also neodymium glass laser) Nd:YLF near-backscatter-imaging (NBI) diagnostic near-bulk film density near constant (-) near critical (-) near-critical-surface region near Fermi-degenerate (-) near field (-) (“before focusing”) near-field scanning optical microscope near-IR (adj.) near-IR-wavelength (adj.) near-polar beam near-single-crystal layer near-surface residual stress field NEEC (nuclear excitation by electron capture) NEET (nuclear excitation by electronic
transition) negative amplitude (-) negative-dispersion (adj.) negative-feedback–controlled (adj.) negative-feedback voltage negative ion (-) negative-transfer replication negligible nematic–isotropic noise-equivalent power (NEP) Neuron™ neutral density (-) neutron-burn signal neutron–deuteron (n–2H) neutron-imaging (NI) system neutron-production rate neutron temporal diagnostic (NTD) (-) neutron time-of-flight (nTOF) detector neutron–triton (n–3H) neutron yield (no hyphen as adj.)
amplifier) normal-incidence ray trace normal-state resistance nose cone (-) noticeable Nova Nova Petawatt NTD (neutron temporal diagnostic) nth degree nTOF (neutron time-of-flight) detector nuclear excitation by electron capture (NEEC) nuclear excitation by electronic transition (NEET) nuclear-particle production nucleon–nucleon (NN) nucleus (n) NUFO (National User Facility Organization) o (ordinary) axis o direction O ring (Sci. Dict.) O wave (“ordinary wave”) O-wave component OD (optical depth or outer diameter) object-beam-intensity change oblique incidence (-) occurrence occurring odd-order pair OFHC (oxygen-free, high conductivity) of the order of (NOT “on the order of”) off-axis parabola off-diagonal off-line off-load
(per Petrasso website) OMAN (the Optical Mfg. Group) OMEGA OMEGA Control System OMEGA EP (extended performance) OMEGA EP Control Room Omega EP Facility OMEGA EP Laser Bay OMEGA EP Laser System OMEGA EP Shot Executive OMEGA EP Shot Operations OMEGA EP Sources Bay OMEGA EP Target Bay Omega Laser Facility (encompasses all lasers) OMEGA Laser System OMEGA Transport Instrumentation System
or OMEGA Transport Integrating System (OTIS)
on-capsule uniformity on-line on-site on-target-beam-energy (adj.) on-target fluence one color cycle (-) one-dimensional (1-D) (spell out at the beginning of
sentence; abbrev. within sentence) one-group model one-half ongoing OPA (optical parametric amplifier)
shock-coalescence burn shock-compressed material shock-compression experiment shock front (-) shock ignition (-) shock-propagation stage shock-seeded (adj.) shock-speed measurement shock-spike implosion shock-timing experiment shock transit time shock velocity (-) shock wave (-) shocked-shell material shocked-shell velocity short circuit (-) (noun) short-circuit (verb) short ellipse axis short pulse (-) short-pulse diagnostics path (SPDP) short-pulse laser-damage threshold short-pulse laser interaction experiment short-range (adj.) short-wavelength-laser–matter interaction or
short-wavelength laser/matter interaction short-wavelength-mode growth Shot 37190 (no #) (l.c. within sentence) shot diagnostic (-) Shot Director (per Eng’g Div.) Shot Executive (SE) (per Eng’g Div.) Shot Request Form (per Eng’g Div.) shot to shot (-) shrink wrap (noun) shrink-wrap (verb) shut down (verb) shutdown (noun) shut off (verb) shutoff (noun)
sideband sidelighter side lobe (-) side-on radiography sidescatter side-stream sidewalk signal beam (-) signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) or S/N ratio signature-layer–ablator interface or signature
layer/ablator interface silica fiber (-) silicon dangling bond (-) silicon-on-sapphire silk mode (-) simmer pulse (-) sine wave single-active-electron (SAE) approximation single-albedo assumption single-beam-irradiation (adj.) single-beam laser single-beam nonuniformity single-beam smoothing single clump (-) single color cycle (-) single crystal (-) single dye molecule (-) single-dye-molecule fluorescence single-electron dynamics single-electron event single-fiber modal dispersion single-flux-quantum (SFQ) (adj.) single frequency (-) single-hit detector single-ion-species (adj.) single-longitudinal-mode (SLM) (adj.) single-microbridge structure single-mode perturbation
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single-mode RT growth single-molecule fluorescence single-particle equation of state single-pass gain single-photon–counting (adj.) single-photon detection single-photon source (SPS) single-photonics application (Sobolewski) single-picosecond response single-plane EM wave single polarization (-) single-quantum (adj.) single-seed crystal single-segment amplifier (SSA) single-shock experiment single-shot measurement single-sideband (adj.) single-spike response single spindle (-) single-surface reflectance single-turn coil single-turn transformer sinusoidal six degrees of freedom sizable slab-geometry (adj.) slant-distance mismatch slit width SLM (single-longitudinal-mode) (adj.) or
(spatial light modulator) slope-controlled slow down (verb) slowdown (noun) slowing-down (adj.; do not use as a noun) slow-ramp module slow-wave SBS small-particle indentation small-scale self-focusing
small-signal gain small-spatial-scale (adj.) SML (self-mode-locking) (adj.) smoothing by spectral dispersion (SSD) snapshot SNL (Sandia National Laboratories) SNOM (scanning near-field optical microscope) SNR (signal-to-noise ratio) or S/N ratio soccer ball (-) soft x ray (noun) soft x-ray (adj.) sol-gel (suspended silica molecules) sol-gel–dipped (adj.) sol-gel layer solid-CH ablator solid-density material solid DT density solid DT target solid-fuel-layer (adj.) solid glass target solid plastic (-) solid state (-) solid-target plasma solution-cast polyimide solution dipping solution mining solution wetting SOP (streaked optical pyrometer) SOS (spherical Offner stretcher) sound wave (-) source image (-) source laser Sources Bay space-charge force space-charge screening effect space–time or space/time SPARK (computer code) spark gap (-)
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spark-out spatial spatial amplitude (-) spatial beam (no hyphen as adj.) spatial-chirp smoothing spatial domain (-) spatial filter (-) spatial frequency (no hyphen as adj.) spatial gain (no hyphen as adj.) spatial-integration algorithm spatial intensity perturbation spatial light modulator (SLM) spatial profile (-) spatial resolution (-) spatiospectral spatiotemporal SPDP (short-pulse diagnostics path) SpecFROG (EP diagnostic) speckle-averaged (adj.) Spect3D spectral phase interferometry spectral phase interferometry for
autocorrelator) test bed test particle (-) textbook TFS (Tritium Fill Station) THD (tritium–hydrogen–deuterium) thermal-conductivity coefficient thermal-electron-transport model thermal-energy distribution thermal-expansion mismatch thermal flux (-) thermal plasma (-) thermal shock (-) thermal-shock resistance thermal-shock test thermal-transport model thermoelastic thermoelectric thermoluminescent thermomechanical thermonuclear THG (third-harmonic generation) thick cryogenic DT layer
thin crystal (-) thin film (-) (AIP; Sci. Dict.) thin-optic transformation thin-walled shell (or “thin-wall”) third harmonic (-) third-harmonic generation (THG) Thomas–Fermi equation of state Thomson parabola ion energy (TPIE) Thomson parabola ion spectrometer (TPIS) Thomson scattering (-) three-body recombination (TBR) three-branch junction (TBJ) three-color-cycle (adj.) three color cycles (no -) three-rate-equations model three-dimensional (3-D) (spell out at the beginning
of a sentence; abbrev. within sentence)
three-stacked beams three-stacked–beams pulse threshold through-foil radiography throughput THz (terahertz) TIE (transport-of-intensity equation) tiled grating assembly tiling-apodizer array tiling beam (-) tilted planet (-) TIM (ten-inch manipulator) TIM-4 (not TIM4) time-advanced (adj.) time-averaged (adj.) time base time constant time-delay phenomenon time dependence time–direction ambiguity
(TESSA) time frame time-gated-imaging diagnostics time–intensity ambiguity time line time of flight (TOF) (-) time-resolved (adj.) time scale time-series signal time step (-) timetable time-to-space encoding tip–tilt stage TIR [total internal reflection (-)] Ti:sapphire Titan TNSA (target normal sheath acceleration) tokamak Tokamak (DOE-funded lab at UCLA) top-down (adj.) top hat (-) torr (l.c. in running text w/o a numeral) Torr (u.c. with a numeral) Torus total-energy balance total-reflection cutoff toward (not “towards”) TPa (terapascal) TPD (two-plasmon decay) (–) TPIE (Thomson parabola ion energy) TPIS (Thomson parabola ion spectrometer) track detector (-) track-etch detector track-path trade name trade-off (noun)
trans state (rodlike) transfer function (-) transferred transform-limited pulse width transient-scattering-mode (TSM) device transit time (-) transition edge (-) transition-metal dithiolene transition metal–hydrogen system transition radiation diagnostic (TRD) transmission grating (-) transmission-line termination transmission mode (-) transmitted-beam axis transmitted-wavefront quality transparent conductive oxide (TCO) transport-cavity-filter injection mirror transport-of-intensity equation (TIE) transport spatial filter (TSF) transport theory (-) transverse electromagnetic or
transmission electron microscopy (TEM) transverse frequency (-) transverse intensity profile transverse spatial-hole burning (TSHB) trapped particle (-) traveling traveling wave TRD (transition radiation diagnostic) triple-orifice triple-picket laser pulse triple-point temperature tritium-bearing complexes tritium–hydrogen–deuterium (THD) Tritium Fill Station (TFS) Tritium Removal System (TRS) triton (nucleus of tritium) triton-stopping region
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TRS (Tritium Removal System) TSF (transport spatial filter) TSHB (transverse spatial-hole burning) TSM (transient-scattering-mode) device tunability tunneling tunnel-junction detector turnaround turning-point density TVS (Target Viewing System) TW (terawatt) two-dimensional (2-D) (spell out at the beginning of
a sentence; abbrev. within sentence) two-dimensional matrix X2 twofold two-plasmon decay (the) two-plasmon–decay (TPD) instability type 4A (l.c. within sentence) (-) type II (l.c. within sentence) (-) U-bed U ray (-) U.S. (United States) ultra-broadband ultrafast optical-to-electrical transducer ultrafast streak camera (UROSS) ultrafast temporal diagnostic (UTD) ultrahigh ultra-intense ultrapure ultrashort ultrastrong ultra-uniform ultrawide underdense under way (adv.) underway (adj.) uniform density (-) uniform illumination (-)
un-ionized unit-step-response (adj.) unwound-helix state UP (upper pylon) up-conversion up-converted up-converter up-scattering up-spin uptime upper-laser-level population upper pylon (UP) (-) upper-state lifetime upshift UROSS (ultrafast streak camera) usable UTD (ultrafast temporal diagnostic) UV (ultraviolet) UV-laser–induced (adj.) UV-laser irradiation UV-laser–plasma (adj.) UV-laser–produced (adj.) UV–NIR UV visible (-) UVETP (UV equivalent-target-plane) monitor vacancy-capture model vacuum Vacuum Manifold Subsystem (VMS) vacuum-roughing (adj.) Van de Graaff Van der Waals (Sci. Dict.) VAP (vortex–antivortex pair) vapor-deposition method or technique variable-air-volume (VAV) unit variable-flow control valve variable impedance (-) variance-mean plot VBG (volume Bragg grating)
velocity-gradient length velocity-mismatch (adj.) versus (preferred) [or vs (no period; use to
save space)] vertex (plural: vertexes or vertices) VH (vortex hopping) vice versa Vickers view-angle effect view-factor code VISAR (velocity interferometer system for
any reflector) viscous visible-blind feature visible-light–scattering technique visoelastic viz. (“that is to say”; “namely”) VMS (Vacuum Manifold Subsystem) voltage–current (V–I) voltage source (-) voltage-step waveform volume Bragg grating (VBG) volume-fraction contouring volume percent (vol %) vortex (plural: vortexes or vortices) vortex–antivortex pair (VAP) vortex hopping (VH) vortex ring (-) Waasikwa’ walk-off walk-off–compensated geometry wall-diffusion model warm dense matter (no comma) warm-dense–matter experiment warm dense plasma warm plastic shell (-) warm up (verb)
warm-up (noun) watchbill watchstander water-jacket wall wave-envelope method waveform wavefront wavefront-insensitive (adj.) wavefront-measurement technique wave function waveguide waveguide-coupled (adj.) wave-interaction solver wavelength (Å) wavelength-division multiplexer wave number wave packet wave–particle energy transfer wave plate wave vector (-) weak-coupling regime weak probe (-) Web, Web site, or World-Wide Web wedge range filter (WRF) (-)
wrt (with respect to; always spell out) wt% (no period) x axis XCCS (x-ray CEA crystal spectrometer) X coefficient (Sci. Dict) x component x coordinate x direction X-IMP (x-ray image plate) diagnostics XOPS (Experimental Operations) XPM (cross-phase modulation) XPS (x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy) X ray (noun); X-ray (adj.) (at the beginning of a
sentence or in a title)
x ray (noun); x-ray (adj.) (in the body of a sentence)
YOC (yield-over-clean) ratio Young’s modulus (E; ital. E in equation) Zakharov model z axis Z-Beamlet laser Z coefficient z coordinate z direction zinc sulfide (ZnS) Z machine Z scan (-) z width zero-field region zero-point volume zeros zeroth-order (adj.) Zhizhoo' ZnS (zinc sulfide) ZVH (zinc Von Hamos) Δ (shell) ΔE/E ΔR (shell thickness) ρΔR (shell’s areal density) 2d (no italics) 3ω (no space) 3ω/2 frequency (per Craxton 11/10/99) 3/2-harmonic radiation 351 nm (IR) 1054 nm (UV) 0°C = –273.15 K = 32°F (AIP-1978) 45° (no space between number and degree sign) 1s–3p { } operator Caviton, deuteron, electron, ion, neutron, proton, and triton are abbreviated as c, d, e, i, n, p, and t, respectively, in a roman font. An italic e is used for “elementary” or “electron charge” or “experimental.”
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fuel density (ρ) × radius (R) = fuel’s areal density (ρR) A “1-ns square pulse” is actually a “1-ns-wide, square-shaped pulse.” Examples of number or group (collective) nouns: A fraction of ……are The fraction ……is A number of …… are The number .….. is A series of .….. are The series of .….. is A variety .….. are The variety .….. is (exception to the above: a set ... is) An “acronym” is pronounced as a word. An “initialism” is pronounced letter by letter.