ab initio (“from the beginning”)
ablation-front region
ablation-front variable
ablation interface (-)
ablation-pressure modulations
ablation-surface instability
ablation velocity (V_a) (-)
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-line manifold
absorption-spectroscopy experiments
ac (alternating current)
acceleration-phase instability
acknowledgment
active mirror (-)
active–passive
active shock breakout (ASBO)
adapter (preferred over “adaptor”)
adaptive-mesh-refinement (AMR) simulation
adaptive-optic phase technology
ADC (analog-to-digital converter)
ad hoc
adiabatic
AFM (atomic force microscopy)
after-cooler
air-curing
airflow
air gap
air-isolation table
air–tissue interface
Airy disk
Alfvén
alignment sensor package (ASP) (-)
all-DT, high-gain targets
all-reflective (adj.)
alphanumeric
alpha particle (-)
alternating current (ac)
aluminum
ambient temperature (-)
amplification-factor fluctuation
amplified spontaneous emission (ASE)
amplitude-feedback loop
amplitude-modulation (AM) technique
AMRCLAW

AMR (adaptive-mesh-refinement) simulation
analog
analog-to-digital converter (ADC)
“angel-hair” tracking
angle jamming
angle tuned (-)
angle tuning
angstrom (10^–10 meters; wavelength)
angular emission pattern
angular-momentum component
anisotropy
anomalous
ansatz (lower case per AIP)
Ansätze (plural); Ansatz (singular) (per R. Knox)
antechamber
anteroom
antibonding
antireflection
antireflective (AR)
aperture-coupled strip line (ACSL)
a posteriori (inductive; from facts)
appendices
Appendix A
a priori (deductive; from reasoning)
AR (antireflective)
arbitrary waveform generator (AWG) (-)
areal-density modulation
areal mass (-)
argon-ion laser
Arrhenius
ASBO (active shock breakout)
ASE (amplified spontaneous emission)
ASP (alignment sensor package)
aspect ratio (length to width)
AstroBEAR
asymmetry
asymptote
atm [atmosphere (unit of pressure)]
atomic force microscopy (AFM)
atomic percent (at. %)
attenuation
autocorrelation
autoranging
auxiliary
av [average (as a subscript)] < >
average ion (-)
axial-averaging interval
axial-averaging rate
axial-wave phase
axisymmetric
azimuthal

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backlighter
backlit
back plane (-)
back-propagated (McKinstrie)
back-reflections
backscatter
back side
back surface (-)
backup (noun; Sci. Dict.)
Bakelite
ball-valve assembly
band gap (-)
band-limited modulator
bandpass (AIP)
band shape
band shift
bandwidth (but d-band width)
bang time (peak of neutron production)
bar code (-)
barrier layer (-)
barrier-suppression ionization
baseline
BASIC (dated computer language)
BBO (beta-barium borate)
bcc (body-centered-cubic)
bcc-to-hcp phase transformation
beam aperture (-)
beam balance (-)
beam combiner (-)
beam-configuration flexibility
beam-diagnostics package
beam-diagnostic subsystem
beam energy (-)
beam expander (-)
beam fluence (-)
beam-incidence direction
beam-intensity profile
Beamlet laser (scientific prototype of NIF)
beamline
Beamline 1 (capitalize numbered beamlines)
Beamlines Executive (BLE) (per Eng’g Div.)
beam mistiming (-)
beam-passage apertures
beam-path enclosure
beam-shaping module (BSM)
beam smoothing (-)
beam splitter
beam splitting
beam-spot radius
beam-to-beam fluence variation
beam-transport optics
beam uniformity (no hyphen as an adj.)
beam waist
beamwidth (AIP)
BEARCLAW
behavior
benchmark
best fit (-)
best-focus spot sizes

ß-activated
ß-heating
ß-layering
beta particle (-)
biannual (twice each year; see “biennial”)
bias current (-)
bias-tee
biaxial
biconical
biennial (every other year; see “biannual”)
bi-exponential
B-integral (ΣB)
birefringence
bistability
bit rate
blackbody
blastshield
BLE (Beamlines Executive)
blow-by
blowoff (italic bo; per Knauer)
Boltzmann
bond angle (-)
bootstrap heating
bounce pan (-)
bound-abrasive (adj.)
boundary-layer method
bound–bound transition
bound-diamond-abrasive ring tool
bound–free transition
box-beam structure
branch point
breakout (noun)
break out (verb)
breakthrough (noun)
break through (verb)
breakup (noun)
break up (verb)
breech-lock mechanism
bremsstrahlung
Brewster’s angle
Brillouin scattering
broadband (AIP)
broadband-frequency-conversion
     performance
BSM (beam-shaping module)
buildup (noun)
build up (verb)
bulk ion (-)
bulk phase modulator
bulk scattering (-)
bump on tail (-)
burn depth
burnthrough (noun)
burn through (verb)
burnup fraction
burnwidth
BUTTERCUP
bypass
by-product

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calc [calculated (as a subscript)]
CAMAC
canceled
cancellation
cannot (one word)
capacitance
capacitor-bank voltage
Capacitor Bay
capsule-areal-density asymmetry
carbon activation system
card cage (-)
carrier-spin dynamics
Cart Maintenance Room (CMR)
catch-up (adj., noun)
catch up (verb)
cavity spatial filter (-)
c axis (-)
c.c. (complex conjugate)
CCD (charge-coupled device)
CD-1, CD-2, etc.
CDR (critical design review)
CEA (Commissariat à l’Énergie Atomique)
center line (-) (Sci. Dict.)
cesium
cf. (compare)
chain locker
change-out
channeling
Chap. 2 (abbrev. within sentence)
Chapter 2 (spell out at beginning of sentence)
Characterization Station (CS)
charge-carrier density
charge-coupled device (CCD) (-)
charged-particle spectrometer
charge-injection device (CID)
charge-injection-device (CID) camera
charge state (-)
charge-transfer model
charging effect (-)
chemisorption
CH-foil drive target
chiral-nematic (adj.)
chirped-picket SSD
chirped pulse (-)
chirped-pulse–amplified (CPA) laser
chirped-pulse–amplification (CPA) technology
CH layer (-)
cholesteric–nematic phase transition
CID (charge-injection device)
clam-shell defect
Cl-doped-ablator target
clean room
cleanup (noun)
clean up (verb)
cleaved-float-glass surface
closed-form expressions
closed-loop control
closed-ring form
close-out (noun)
close out (verb)
close-pack pattern
close-up (noun)
close up (verb)
CMR (Cart Maintenance Room)
Coating Shop: the University’s thin-
film coating facility
coaxial-to-WR-90 waveguide adaptor
COBOL (dated computer language)
co-chair
co-deposited
coefficient
cold shell (-)
colinear (genetics term; see “collinear”)
collet
colliding-pulse, mode-locked (adj.)
collimate
collinear (math term; see “colinear”)
collisional-radiative (adj.)
collisional-radiative-equilibrium (adj.)
column 4 (l.c. in the body of a sentence)
comb-pulse generator
common-path nature
compatible
complement (completes)
complex conjugate (c.c.)
complex-valued field
compliment (praises)
compressed-core density
compressed-pulse duration
compressed shell (-)
compressed-target thickness
compression grating (-)
compressive-force direction
compressor grating (-)
computer modeling capabilities
concomitant
conduction-band Bloch function
cone angle (-)
consistent
constant (italic per R. Sobolewski)
constant density (-)

constant intensity (-)
constant-fluence laser pulses
continuous, deep-surface-relief phase plates
continuous wave (cw) (-)
continuum-photon contribution
contrast ratio (-)
controlled
Control Room
Control System
convergence ratio (CR)
conversion cell (-)
conversion efficiency
converter (preferred over “convertor”)
cooldown (noun)
co-op
cooperate
Cooper-pair density
coordinate
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 core)
core−shell mix
core temperature–density profile
corollary
coronal physics (-)
coronal plasma physics
counterbalance
counterclockwise
counter-rotate
coupled-mode equations
Courant condition
course-pointing mode
covalent
co-worker
CPA (chirped-pulse amplification)
CPM (colliding-pulse mode-locking)
CR (convergence ratio)
CR-39 nuclear track detector
crack-geometry parameters
crack-growth kinetics
crack-propagation fluence
crater depth (-)
critical current (I_c)
critical current density (J_c)
critical density (-)
critical-flaw-size calculation
crossbar
cross-calibration
cross-correlation
crossed-beam irradiation
cross hair
crosshatched
cross-link
crossover
cross-phase modulation (XPM)
cross-reference
cross section
crosstalk (Sci. Dictionary)
cross term
cross-time (verb)
CRSA (catalytic reactor skid assembly)
cryo capsule (-)
cryocooler
cryoelectronics
cryogenic-deuterium target
cryogenic-DT-fuel (adj.)
cryogenic-fuel, glass-ablator capsules
cryogenic-fuel target
Cryogenic Target Detection System (CTDS)
Cryogenic Target Handling System (CTHS)
cryoNTD (per Stoeckl)
cryopump
cryo-slab-related
cryo target
cryo target design
cryotrap
cryo-vibe
CryoView
crystallize
crystal-order properties
crystal-phase transformation
CS (Characterization Station)
CTHS (Cryogenic Target Handling System)
current-biased samples
current density (-)
current-mode detector
current-pulse perturbation
current-voltage
curve B
curved-wave effect
cutoff
cutoff-waveguide-coupled (adj.)
cw (continuous wave)
cw laser (-)
cw mode-locked (adj.)

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D₂ (preferred over DD) (material; target fill)
     (per D. Meyerhofer)
D-D (reaction; yield)
D³He (material; target fill) (per S. Craxton)
D-³He (reaction; yield)
D₂-ice-layer finish
DT (material; target fill)
D-T (reaction; yield)
Dalsa
damage crater (-)
damage-initiation fluence
damage morphology (-)
damage onset (-)
damage-propagation effect
damage test (-)
damage testing (-)
damage threshold (-)
DANTE
dark count (-)
dark-field illumination
darkroom
data acquisition (-)
data are (plural)
database
data–bus connection
daughter board
dc (direct current)
dc-applied voltage
dc-bias voltage
d–d (dipole–dipole coupling)
deactive
dead time
debris (singular or plural)
de Broglie
Debye length
decaying shock (DS) (-)
deceleration-phase instability
decontaminate
deconvolution
decoupling
de-energized
deep-surface-relief phase plates
deep-UV lithography
de-excitation
DEF (direct-exposure film)
deflection-plate feed line
deformable-mirror workstation
de-ionized
δ function
dense-matter physics
density-effect correction
density gradient (-)
density–radius product ρR
density scale length
density–temperature regime
density–thickness product
deoxygenate
dependence
de-pinned
detailed-balance kinetics
detailed configuration (-)
determinant
deuterium–tritium (DT)
device-of-choice (R. Sobolewski)
device-specific phase-shift errors
dew point
diagnostic insertion (-)
diagnostic instrument manipulator (DIM)
diagnostics package
diagrammatic
diam (abbrev. for diameter; no period)
diamond-bound-abrasive (adj.)

diamond-turning mark
dielectric transmission grating
differential-induced
diffraction grating (-)
diffusion fill (-) (referring to a target)
diluent
DIM (diagnostic instrument manipulator)
diode-laser beam
diode pump source
diode-radiation (adj.)
direct backscatter
direct-band-gap semiconductor
direct current (dc)
direct drive (-)
direct-drive-ignition (adj.)
direct-drive-implosion experiment
direct-drive laser-fusion ignition experiment
direct-drive-scale plasmas
directed-surface source
direct-gap semiconductor
direct-transfer replication
discernible
discrete-sum equivalent
disk (not disc)
disk-amplifier design
disk frame (-)
dispersion-shifted fiber
distributed-element devices
distributed phase plate (DPP)
distributed polarization rotator (DPR)
door lock
Doppler
dosimeter
double-counting
double divergence (-)
double pass (-)
double passing (-)
double shock (-)
down-collimated
down-conversion
down-scattering
down-selection
downshift
downtime
DPP (distributed phase plate)
DPR (distributed polarization rotator)
DRACO (computer code)
drag--–buoyancy model
drag–wipe technique
drier (dryer refers to an appliance)
drive-laser beam
drive-pressure nonuniformity
drive pulse (-)
driver-beam energy
driver line (-)
dry-foam density
DS (decaying shock)
DT (deuterium–tritium)
DT fuel (-)
DT-fuel-layered target
DT-gas mixture
DT High-Pressure System (DTHPS)
DT ice (-)
DT-ice-layering process
DT neutron (-)
DT-neutron-induced (adj.)
DT-wetted CH foam (-)
Dual-Channel Delay Module (per Eng’g Div.)
dual-crystal cell
dual-element target
dual-path design
dual-tripler (two tripler crystals) (adj.)
DUT (device-under-test)

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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
e direction
E field (-)
e folding (-)
e.g., (“for example,”)
eigenvalue
eikonal
elastic modulus (modulus of elasticity)
electrical-field intensity
electrical-field vector (denoted by E)
electrical-waveform generator
electric-field-induced (adj.)
electrodeposition
electromagnetic (EM)
electromechanical
electron-acoustic (EA) wave
electron-acoustic (EA)-wave scattering
electron atom (-)
electron beam (-)
electron-cooling rate
electron density (-) (n_e)
electron-fluid equation
electron heating (-)
electron hole (-)
electronic (adj.)
electronics (noun; singular in number)
electron–ion
electron number density
electron–phonon (e–ph) energy
electron-plasma frequency
electron-plasma wave (EPW)
electron pulse (-)
electron spin resonance
electron temperature (-)
electron thermal conduction
electron volt (eV)
electro-optic (EO)
electro-optics (noun; singular in number)
e-mail
embedded interface (-)
emissivity-averaged
end-cap
end-line reflections
end mirror (-)
end point
end-use

energy-balance model
energy conversion (-)
energy density (noun; no hyphen )
energy transfer (-)
enhanced balance (-)
enhanced-fluence balance
enhanced intensity balance
enhanced single-beam uniformity
enhanced Thomson scattering (ETS)
ensure
entrance pupil (-)
envelope-approximation procedure
Eq. (1)
Eqs. (1)–(3)
Eqs. (1), (2), and (5)
Equation (1)...(spell out at beginning of sentence)
equation of state
equimolar
equivalent target plane (ETP) (-)
error function (-) (abbrev. “erf” in Roman font)
error signal (-)
et al.
etalon
etc. (set off by commas in a sentence)
etch pit (-)
etch-stop
Ethernet network adapter
ETP (equivalent target plane)
ETU (energy-transfer up-conversion)
Eulerian
eV (electron volt)
e wave (LLE)
EXAFS (Extended X-Ray Absorption Fine Structure)
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
exponential (e or exp)
ex situ (-)
Extended X-Ray Absorption Fine Structure (EXAFS)
external-load conditions
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⁴F_3/2
Fabry–Perot interferometer
face-on
faceplate
Facility Interlock Executive (FIE)
fail-safe
failure-strength formulation
falloff (noun)
fall off (verb)
fall time
false-color representation
fan-out
Faraday rotator
far field (-)
far infrared (-)
farthest
F-ASP (stage-F alignment sensor package)
fast-electron generation
fast-electron-preheat efficiency
fast Fourier transform (FFT)
fast ignitor (-)
fast ion (-)
fast proton (-)
fast-wave SBS
FDR (final design review) (per Eng’g Div.)
FDT (functional damage threshold)
feedback
feedback-stabilized regen amplifier
feed-in
feedout (noun)
feed out (verb)
feedthrough
femtosecond-pulse optical radiation
Fermi-degenerate pressure
fiber Bragg grating
fiber-bundle bandwidth
fiber-coupled waveguide
fiber optic (-)
fiber-optic laser beam
field-effect transistor (FET)
field of view
Fig. 1
Figs. 1–5
Figs. 1, 2, and 5
Figure 1…. (spell out at beginning of sentence)
figure of merit (Sci. Dict.)
fill state (-)
Fill/Transfer Station (FTS)
Fill/Transfer System [associated with the
Cryogenic Target Handling System (CTHS)]
fill tube (-)
film–air interface
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-thickness slab
fiscal year (FY)
fit-out
fixed-infeed-rate (adj.)
fixed position (-)
FLAS (focus lens assembly)
flash lamp (-)
flat adiabat (-)
flat field (-)
flat-foil target
flattop (AIP; Webster)
flat-top (Sci. Dict.)
flaw-size criteria
float-glass substrate
FLOW
flow rate
FLUENT
fluorinated-polyimide capsule
fluoresce
fluorescence
flux flow (-)
flux-inhibition factor
flux limit (-)
flux limiter (-)
flux limiting (-)

FLY (atomic physics code)
FM-modulated (adj.)
FM modulation
FM-to-AM conversion
ƒ number (no hyphen as noun) (per Sci. Dict.)
focal-plane array
focal-plane-array detector
focal-plane profile
focal-spot distribution
focused
focused-intensity profile
focusing
foil-absorption measurement
Fokker–Planck equation
follow-up (noun)
foot (ft; no period)
footprint
foot pulse (-)
force-equilibrium equation
formulas (plural)
Forth
four-bar linkage
four-force
Fourier mode (-)
Fourier-space image processing
Fourier transform infrared (FTIR)
Fourier transform–limited (adj.)
four-momentum
four-potential
four-velocity
fractional-preheat level
fracture-mechanics equation
fracture strength
frame-timing precision
framing camera (-)
free-carrier-absorption phenomenon
free-carrier concentration
free fall (AIP) (-)
free-running (adj.)
free-space (adj.)
freestanding
frequency coding
frequency conversion (-)
frequency-conversion crystal (FCC)
frequency-detuning parameter
frequency domain (-)
frequency-feedback loop
frequency matching
frequency-modulated (FM) or
     frequency modulation (FM)
Fresnel
friction drive (-)
front end (of the laser system) (-)
front-loaded (adj.)
front side
Froude (Fr)
frozen-fuel layer
FTP (file transfer protocol)
FTS (Fill/Transfer Station)
fuel areal density (-)
fuel-areal-density (adj.)
fuel-assembly experiment
fuel-bearing (adj.)
fuel core (-)
fuel glass (-)
fuel ion temperature
fuel layer (-)
fuel–pusher mix
fuel–shell interface
fulfillment
full-aperture backscatter station (FABS)
full beam smoothing
full-contact laps
full-contact polisher
full single-beam smoothing
full-time
full well capacity
fused-silica substrate
fusion driver (-)
fusion fuel (-)
FWHM (full width at half maximum) (170-ps FWHM)
FY (fiscal year)

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gain narrowing (-)
gain-recovery coefficient
gamma-detection system
gamma-ray burn-history diagnostic
gas bag (-)
gasdynamic (adj.) (AIP, Webster)
gasdynamics (sing. noun) (AIP, Webster)
gases
gas-filled plastic capsule
gas-filled plastic-shell target
gas-fill pressure
gas-flow rate
gas gun (-)
gas-phase monomers
gate voltage (-)
gauge
gauss (unit)
Gaussian
GCC (grating compressor chamber)
GDP (glow discharge plasma)
Ge-doped CH ablator
GHz (gigahertz)
GIF (graphical interchange format)
glass ablator (-)
glass-ceramic
glassy-nematic film
glovebox
glow discharge (-)

GMB’s (glass microballons)
graded-Cu Be target
graded-Cu dopant
gradient index fiber
grain-boundary (adj.)
graphical user interface (GUI)
     (per Webster’s: no initial caps)
grating-aperture-limited compressor
grating-dispersed KB microscope
grating tiling
gray scale
gray-scale-intensity mask
grazing incidence (-)
ground state (-)
group-velocity dispersion
growth factor (-)
growth-rate dispersion
growth-rate formula
Grüneisen
GTF (growth threshold fluence)
guest–host (adj.)
GUI (graphical user interface)
guided-wave phase modulators
guideline
guiding-center positions
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half cycle (-)
half-harmonics
half-life
halfraum
half space
half time
half-wave
halfway
half-width
Hamiltonian
Hardware Timing System (HTS)
hard-wire (verb) (per Sci. Dict.)
hard-wired (adj.) (per Sci. Dict.)
hard x ray (-)
harmonic energy diagnostic (HED)
harmonic plane waves
hcp (hexagonal-closely-packed)
Heα, Heβ
headcount
head-on
heat flow (-)
heat flux (-)
heat front (-)
heatsink (Sci. Dict.)
heat sink (Webster’s)
heat wave (-)
Heaviside
heavy-fluid density
heavy ion (-)
HEL (Hugoniot elastic limit)
helium–neon laser (HeNe laser)
Helmholtz
HEMT (high-electron-mobility transistor)
HEPW (high-energy petawatt) laser
Hermitian
heuristically
H field
high-absorption coefficients
high-adiabat region
high-areal-density (adj.)
high-aspect-ratio (adj.)
high aspect ratio (noun)
high-bandwidth electrical-waveform
     generator
high-convergence implosions
high conversion efficiency (-)
high-current re-shock
high damage fluence (-)
high damage threshold (-)
high-density target implosions
high dynamic range
high-electron-mobility transistor (HEMT)
high energy coupling
high-energy-density (adj.)
high energy density (noun)
high energy-extraction efficiency
high-energy-nitrogen–implanted GaAs
high-energy petawatt (HEPW) laser
high-energy-physics laser
high energy stability
higher-lying energy level

higher-multipole (adj.; from OSA)
high-field magnet
high fill pressure
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 -)
high-l mode
high-mix (adj.)
high-mode-number (adj.)
high neutron-averaged fuel ρR
high-pass filter
high-peak-power laser
high-performance direct-drive fusion
     capsules
high-poloidal-flow regime
high-power (adj.)
high-pressure–filled targets
high-purity fused silica
high-reflectivity (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 voltage (-)
high-yield-implosion shots
high-Z element
histogram
hohlraum (blackbody)
holographic-grating fabrication
holographic transmission diffraction grating
hoop-stress symmetry
horsepower
host fluid
hot electron (-)
hot-electron mixer (HEM)
hot-electron photodetector (HEP)
hot-electron single-photon detector
hot spot (-)
hot-spot-induced
HTML (hypertext markup language)
Hugoniot
hv
hybridization
hydrocode
hydrodynamic-equivalent (adj.)
hydrodynamics (singular in number)
hydrodynamic-stability (adj.)
hydrogenic
hydrogen–silicon (adj.)
hydro-instabilities
hydro simulation
hysteresis

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I-beam
ibid. (“in the same place”)
ice block (-)
ice-layering development
ice-surface roughness
ICF (inertial confinement fusion)
ideal gas (-)
idler beam (-)
IDrive
i.e., (id est: “in other words”; “that is”)
IFES (integrated front-end system)
ignition-scaled (adj.)
ignition target design
ignitor (preferred over “igniter”)
illumination uniformity (-)
i.LON
imaged continuum (-)
image plane (-)
image processing (-)
image relay (-)
imaging-system noise
impedance-matching method
implicit-conservative (adj.)
implicit-moment method
implosion-core images
implosion energy (-)
imprint beam (-)
improved-performance design
inch (in.)
incident beam intensity (-)
increased-bandwidth frequency tripling
indexes (book-related)
index matching
index-of-refraction profile
indices (variables)
indirect-band structure
indispensable
individual-beam smoothing
individual-beam uniformity
individual-shot asymmetry
induced birefringence (-)
inertial confinement fusion (no -) (ICF)
inertial fusion energy (IFE)
inertial fusion target
infinite-medium Landau theory
infinitesimal
inflate
in-flight aspect ratio
infrared (IR)
in-house
initial-density perturbation
initial total rms finish of the ice layer
injection-pulse shape
in-line
inner DT-ice surface
inner-fuel layer (T. Collins)
inner-fuel region (T. Collins)
inner ice layer
inner ice surface
inner-ice-surface roughness
innermost
inner shell surface
in-plane (adj.)
input

input current pulse
input-intensity profile
input/output (I/O)
input-pulse rise time
input-pulse shape
input sensor package (ISP)
input-waveguide width
inside-shell perturbations
inside surface (-)
in situ (-)
The Institute of Optics
intact
integrated-circuit (adj.)
integrated front-end system( IFES)
integrated-optics (IO) modulator
integrating-sphere calorimeter
integro-differential (AIP)
intensity-impulse response
intensity modulation
intensity-modulation increase
interaction beam (-)
inter-atomic
interband
interconnection
interdigitated
inter-ion
(the) Internet or the Net
intersystem
intracavity-pumping (adj.)
intrinsic-defect-driven damage
intrinsic-nanoabsorber role
in vacuo
inverse bremsstrahlung absorption (-)
ion-acceleration scheme
ion-acoustic damping rate
ion-acoustic wave (IAW)
ion-assist
ion-assist voltage
ion beam (-)
ion etch (-)
ion exchange (-)
ion-fluid equation
ion-implementation technique
ion–ion collisions
ion kinetic
ion-plasma (adj.)
ion sound mode
ion source (-)
ion-temperature-gradient instability
ion wave (-)
IRIS
irradiation (exposure to radiation)
irradiation-intensity disturbance
irradiation-uniformity measurement
irrotational
ISE (indentation-size effect)
ISE (integrated spherical experiment)
isentropic
ISI (induced spatial incoherence)
isodensity
isoelectronic
isotropic

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J (abbreviation for joule)
joule (l.c. when referring to units)
Joule (proper name as adj.; e.g., Joule heat)

JPEG (Joint Photographics Experts Group)
judgment (preferred by Webster’s)

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Kα imaging
Kα line
Kapton
K band
KDP (potassium dihydrogen phosphate) (-)
KD*P (deuterated p-d-ph)
K edge (-)
Kelvin (adj.)
kelvin (noun; formerly “degree Kelvin”;
     abbrev. K, not °K; i.e., 10 K)
keV (kilo-electron-volt)

kinetic-inductance (adj.)
Kirkpatrick–Baez (KB)
klystron
knock-on-deuteron–based (adj.)
Knoop hardness (h_K)
KOd, KOp, KOt (knock-on deuteron, proton, triton)
KrF laser
Kronecker
K shell (-)
k-vector

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labeled
LaCave
Lagrangian
LakeShore
LAN (local area network)
Landau damping
Langmuir
LARA (large-aperture ring amplifier)
large aperture (-)
large-aspect-ratio, metal-shell targets
large-Froude-number equilibria
large optic (-)
Larmor
laser (light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation)
laser-absorption region
laser amplifier (-)
Laser Bay
Laser Beamlines Executive
laser-beam pulse shaping
laser-beam–smoothing technique
laser-cracked surface
laser damage (-)
laser-damage-initiation source
laser deposition routine
laser-diode pumping
laser-driven planar foils
laser driver (-)
Laser Drivers Executive (LDE) (per Eng’g Div.)
Laser Drivers Operator (per Eng’g Div.)
Laser Drivers subsystem (per Eng’g Div.)
laser–electron scattering
laser energy (-)
laser flash photolysis
laser-fluence range
laser fusion (-)
laser-generated plasma
laser imprinting (-)
laser-induced damage
laser-induced-damage threshold
laser-intensity modulation
laser interaction (-)
laser irradiation uniformity
laser-launched shocks
laser–matter interaction (interaction of
     intense laser radiation with matter)
laser–matter interaction experiments
Laser Megajoule Facility (LMJ)
laser-modulation amplitude
laser plasma (noun)
laser–plasma interaction
laser-produced plasma density profile
laser pulse shape
laser-radiation uniformity
laser rod (-)
laser shock (-)
laser-smoothing technique
laser–solid interaction
laser source (-)
Laser Sources Bay
Laser Sources Executive
Laser Sources Room
laser-speckle-induced perturbations
laser spot (-)
laser-system modification
laser–target interaction
laser–tissue interaction
LASNEX (computer code)
lateral-shearing interferometry
Laue
Lawrence Livermore Nat’l Laboratory (LLNL)
layering sphere (-)
L band (-)
LBO (lithium triborate)
LCP (liquid crystal polarizer)
lead-time
least squares fit (Sci. Dict.)
least squares method (Sci. Dict.)
Lebesgue
LED (light-emitting diode)
Leg 1
Legendre
LEH (laser entrance hole)
lenses (plural)
LHG-8 laser glass

liaison
lifetime
lift-off (AIP; Sci. Dict.)
liftoff (Webster)
light ion (-)
light-vector components
light wave (-)
LILAC (computer code)
lim (limit)
linear-in-time (adj.)
linear-mixing model
linear-translation stage
line-focus conditions
line-intensity ratio
line of sight (-)
lineout
line-plus-continuum emission
line-replaceable-unit (LRU) concept
line-response function
line scan
line shape
line shift
line spread function
line-up (noun)
linewidth
linked-list structure
Liouville
liquefy
liquid crystal (no hyphen as modifier)
liquid helium (-)
liquid scintillation counting (LSC)
LISP (computer language)
LMJ (Laser Megajoule Facility)
l-mode (adj.)
l mode (noun)
Ln = log of distortion
ln = natural log (no italics)
load-displacement curve
loading-geometry-boundary conditions
local operating network (LON)
lock-in amplifier
log (always lower case)
LOLT (large-optic loading tool)
long-coherence-length light
long ellipse axis
long-mean-free-path electron
long pulse (-)
long-scale structure
long-term thermal draft
long-wavelength mode
long-wavelength perturbation
LonTalk
look-up table
loose abrasive (-)
loudspeaker
low-adiabat implosions
low damage threshold
low density (-)
lower-laser-level (adj.)
lower l-mode number
lower pylon (LP) (-)
low intrinsic absorption properties (no -)
low-l mode (-)
low-magnetic shielding
low-mass cryogenic-target mounts
low-mix (adj.)
low-mode nonuniformity
low-molar-mass (adj.)
low-pass attenuation
low-pressure-–filled targets
low-surface-energy (adj.)
LP (lower pylon)
LRU (line replacement unit)
L shell (-)
LTE (local thermodynamic equilibrium)
LT-GaAs device
Lucite™
luminescence
lumped-circuit (-)
lumped-element example
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Mach–Zehnder interferometer
magnetic field (-)
magnetic-flux density
magnetic imaging (-)
magnetic proton-recoil spectrometer
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
mass ablation rate
mass-conservation argument
mass-density profile
mass-equivalence results
mass flowmeter
mass-flow rate
mass-flux rate
mass-modulated accelerated foil
mass-perturbation growth
master-oscillator, power-amplifier (MOPA) architecture
master-oscillator pulse
Master Oscillator Room (MOR)
master-replicant release operation
Master Timing Generator (per Eng’g Div.)
matched-impedance design
material-of-choice (R. Sobolewski)
material-removal (adj.)
material-strength equation
matrix (plural: matrices)
maximum-credible (adj.)
Maxwell equation
M band (-)
MCOLORS
MCP (microchannel plate)
McPIGS (microchannel-plate-
intensified, grazing-incidence
spectrograph)
MCTC (Moving Cryostat Transfer Cart)
mean free path (-)
mean life
measurable
MEDUSA
mega-electron-volt (MeV)
metal-colloid-seeded polymer
metal–insulator phase boundary
metal–semiconductor–metal (adj.)
metastable-state lifetime
microballoon
microchannel plate (-)
microcontroller
microdot
microencapsultation
microinstability
micron (µm)
micropipet
microroughness
microstrip line
microstructure
microwave
midplane
midpoint
mid-range

millimeter (or mm)-wave device
minimal-stress mounting
minute (abbrev. “min”; no period)
mirror-core assembly
mission-critical requirements
mixed-material cell
MIXER
mix model
mix-motion energy
mix region (mixing of fuel & shell)
mix-width region
MMI-1
modal dispersion
modeled
mode-locked
mode-locking
mode number (l-mode number)
moderate-convergence capsule implosion
modulation-function fidelity
modulator (J. Marozas abbreviates with a non-italic M)
moiré
moisture barrier (-)
molded-coupon surface
molecular flow (-)
momentum-conservation equation
monatomic
monochromator
monoenergetic
monolayer-coated surface
monolayer thin films
monotonic
Monte Carlo (no hyphen)
MOR (Master Oscillator Room)
Mössbauer
motherboard
movable
Moving Cryostat Transfer Cart (MCTC)
MRF (magnetorheological finishing)
M shell (-)
MSM (metal-semiconductor-metal)
MSRD (mean-square relative displacement)
MSSA (molecular sieve skid assembly)
multibeam
multichannel
multidimensional
multifrequency
multikilojoule
multilayer
multilayer-dielectric-diffraction-grating (-)
multipass
multiphoton
multiple-beam effects
multiple clump (-)
multiple-crystal monitor
multiple-electron event
multiple-flux-quanta (adj.)
multiple-petawatt capability
multiple-reemission smoothing factor
multiple-scale analysis
multiple-species plasma
multiple-tripler design
multiple-UV-beam irradiation
multi-rate
multi-target
multisegment
multiterawatt (MTW)
multiview

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n,2n (no italics)
N.A. (numerical aperture) (per Sci. Dict.)
namelist (T. Collins)
nanoaluminum
nanohardness
nano-indentation
nanoparticle size distribution
nano-ring
nanosecond (ns)
nanosecond-laser–generated (adj.)
narrowband (adj.)
narrow-energy-band x-ray images
narrow gap (-)
(the) Nation
National ICF Program
National Ignition Facility (the NIF)
nd (neutron-to-deuteron conversion)
Nd:glass laser (also neodymium glass laser)
Nd:YLF
n_e (electron density)
near-bulk film density
near constant (-)
near critical (-)
near-critical-surface region
near field (-) (“before focusing”)
near-IR (adj.)
near-IR-wavelength (adj.)
near-polar beam
near-single-crystal layer
near-surface residual stress field
negative amplitude (-)
negative-dispersion (adj.)
negative-feedback–controlled (adj.)
negative-feedback voltage
negative ion (-)
negative-transfer replication
negligible
Neuron™
neutron-burn signal
neutron-production rate
neutron temporal diagnostic (NTD)

neutron time-of-flight detectors
neutron yield (-)
new-exposure masters
NFS (network file system)
NLUF (National Laser Users’ Facility)
noise-equivalent power
nonassociated
nonchiral
noncollinear
nonconcentricity
non-cured
nonequilibrium
non-glass
non-hydrogenic
nonideal
non-igniting
nonimplosion
non-integer
nonlinear
nonlinear-growth model
nonlinear-optical (adj.)
nonlocal
non-negative (AIP)
non-nuclear
nonpolar
nonradioactive
nonrotating
nonspherical
nonuniform
nonzero
normal-incidence ray trace
normal-state resistance
noticeable
Nova
Nova Petawatt
NTD (neutron temporal diagnostic)
nTOF (neutron time-of-flight) detector
nuclear-particle production
N wave

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object-beam-intensity change
oblique incidence (-)
occurrence
occurring
odd-order pair
o direction
OAP (off-axis parabola)
OAPI/M (off-axis parabola inserter/manipulator)
off-diagonal
off-line
off-load
off-normal
off-resonance
offset
off-site
of the order of (NOT “on the order of”)
ohmic
oligofluorene
OMAN (the Optical Mfg. Group)
OMA’s
OMEGA
OMEGA Control System
OMEGA EP Control Room
OMEGA EP (extended performance)
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
OMEGA Laser System
on-capsule uniformity
one color cycle (-)
one-dimensional (1-D)
one-group model
one-half
ongoing
on-line
on-site
on-target-beam-energy (adj.)
on-target fluence

OPD (optical-path difference)
open-circuit voltage
opposing-port fast retractor
opposite-polarity voltage
optical assembly (-)
optical-depth fluctuation
optical-depth modulation
optical-depth-modulation amplitude
optical-fiber coupler
optical-microscopy observation
optical path (-)
optical-to-electrical transducer
optimize
optoelectronic
opto-isolator
Optomechanical System
ORCHID
order of magnitude (-)
ordinate
O ring (Sci. Dict.)
orthorhombic
ortho state
Oscillator Room
OTIS (OMEGA Transport Instrumentation System
     or OMEGA Transport Integrating System)
out-diffusion
outer-shell nonuniformity
outer shell surface
outer-surface adiabat
outflowing
outgassing
out-of-round
output pulse (-)
output-pulse shape
output-pulse-train envelope
output signal-to-noise ratio (output SNR)
overdense
overlapping-beam effect
overpressure
O wave (“ordinary wave”)
O-wave component
oxygen-ordering model

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Pa (abbreviation for pascal)
packet-switch function
pairwise
PAM (preamplifier module)
parametric-amplification media
parametrize
para state
particle-display technology
particle energy (-)
particle-in-cell simulation
particle-surrounding matrix
part-time
parylene
parylene–signature-layer interface
     or parylene/signature-layer interface
passband
passively Q-switched, diode-pumped laser
path integral (-)
path length
payoff (noun)
PBT (permeable-based transistor)
PC (photoconductive)
pcAnywhere™ (software)
PDR (preliminary design review)
PdV
peak areal density
peak fluence (-)
peak-fuel-mass-averaged implosion velocity
peak incident (-)
peak intensity (-)
peak-to-valley (p–v)
peak width
PEGASUS
PEPC (plasma-electrode Pockels cell)
percent
periodic table
permittivity
Periscope Mirror Assembly (per Eng’g Div.)
perturbation-mode amplitude
petawatt (PW)
PFN (pulse-forming network)
pF3D (no hyphen)
phase-conversion techniques
phase-detection (adj.)
phase front (-)
phase-match (verb)
phase matching (-)
phase mismatch (-)
phase modulation (-)
phase offset (-)
phase-pair (adj.)
phase plate (-)
phase-retrieval method
phase-shift error
phase-slip centers
phase space (-)
Ph.D.
phonon-heating effect
phonon-mediated (adj.)
phonon–phonon
photocathode
photocell
photochemical
photoconductor
photodetector
photodiode
photoelectron
photoemission
photoexcitation
photogenerated
photographic-film writer
photoionization
photomicrography
photonic band gap
photoresist surface-relief grating
photoresponse
photoswitch
photothermal
PIC (particle in cell)
Picket2
picket fence (-)
picket pulse (-)
pickoff
piecewise-parabolic
piezoelectric
piggyback
p-i-n (positive-intrinsic-negative) diode
pinhole array (-)
pipeline
pipet
π-phase plate
π-phase shift
π regions
pixelated (not pixilated)
PJX streak camera
planar electrode (-)
planar foil (-)
planar-target experiments
Planck
plane-parallel (adj.)
plane-parallel plasma target
plane wave (-)
plasma density profiles
plasma-electrode Pockels cell (PEPC)
plasma electron stopping
plasma ion stopping
plasma-physics processes
plasma wave (-)

plasmon (electron plasma wave)
plastically (adverb)
plastic-shell implosion
Plexiglas™
PMT (photomultiplier tube)
Pockels cell (-)
point-by-point
point contact (-)
point-diffraction interferometer
pointing target (-)
point-projection imaging
point-spread function (PSF)
Poisson ratio ν
polar direct drive (-)
polarization-sensitive (adj.)
polycrystalline
polyimide
polymer ablator (-)
polymer cholesteric-liquid-crystal flake
polymer shell (-)
porous silica (-)
positive-dispersion (adj.)
positive-slope curve
positron (positive electron; abbrev. p)
post-annealed
post-coating treatment
post-process (verb)
postprocessor (noun)
postpulse
post-shock
post-stagnation propagation
potassium dihydrogen phosphate (KDP) (-)
power-amplifier stage
power-balance measurement
Power Conditioning Executive (PCE)
power conditioning module
Power Conditioning System (per Eng’g Div.)
power conditioning unit (PCU) (-)
power-law (adj.)
power-law-type behavior
Poynting
p-polarization
p-polarized
preamplifier
preceding
precompression
preconceptual
predominant
pre-eminent
pre-existing
preform
preheat
preimposed
pre-lase
prepulse
preset (verb)
pre-shock
pre-shot
pressure-continuity argument
pressure volume (-)
primary DT (-)
primary neutron yield
primary yield (-)
principal (“foremost in rank or degree”)
principle (“rule” or “standard”)
probe beam (-)
probe-pulse duration
procedure
proceeding
programmed
Project Office
proton energy (-)
proton temporal diagnostic (PTD)
proton-track diameter
ps (picosecond)
PS (polarization smoothing)
PSA (pump skid assembly)
pseudorandom
pulse amplification (-)
pulse compression (-)
pulse-compression grating system
pulsed beam (-)
pulsed laser (-)
pulse-energy output
pulse-forming-network (adj.)
pulse-frame analysis
pulse-generation room
pulse height (-)
pulse length (-)
pulse-propagation direction
pulse shape (-)
pulse source (-)
pulse-train envelope
pulse width (-)
pump beam (extraordinary wave) (-)
pump-beam lens
pump-down (noun)
pump energy (-)
pump laser (-)
pumpline
pump-out tubes (LLNL)
pump–probe
pump pulse (-)
pump repetition rate
pump-wave frequency
pure-DT-ice layer
pure-tone phase modulation

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QCDM (quad-channel delay module)
QED (quantum electrodynamics)
QEOS (“quotidian” equation of state)
Q factor
Q-switch
Q-switched laser
quadrupole
quantum-mechanics–based tools
quarter-critical density

quarter-cycle
quarter-wave
quarter-wave plate
quartz crystal (-)
quasi- (hyphenate as a prefix of an adj.)
quasi (open as a single adjective)
quasi-far-field (adj.)
quasi-static (adj.)
quick-release (adj.)

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r (spatial coordinate)
radial-convergence ratio
radial-gain variation
radiation flow (-)
radiation-hydrodynamic code
radiative-precursor shock
radiative-transport model
radioactive
radiocarbon
radio frequency (-) (rf)
RAINBOW (computer code)
ramped pressure profile
ramp generator
ramp rate
random-phase plates
rapid-rise pulses
rare-earth-doped laser crystals
rare-earth equations
rarefaction–shock interaction
rarefaction wave (-)
raster-scanning
rate equation (-)
Rayleigh–Taylor (RT)
ray trace (-)
ray tracing
RCS (resource control system)
RCSA (regeneration condenser skid assembly)
reabsorption
reactivate
readout
realign
real-space image
real-time
rear end (-)
recessed electrode (-)
reconfiguration
re-create
recurrence
red shift
re-emission
re-enter
re-entrant
re-evaluate
re-examine
Ref. 1
Refs. 1–3
Refs. 1, 2, and 5
Reference 1.…..(spell out at beginning of sentence)
referred
reflectance
reflected-shock measurement
reflecting–transmitting polarizer (LLNL)

reflection-grating technology
reflection mode (-)
reflective-optic imaging system
refractive-index variation
re-image
reinforce
relative-time resolution
relativistic electron (-)
relaxation-oscillation frequency
relaxation-phase expansion
relaxation picket (-)
relaxed density profile
relay-plane imaging
release-layer (adj.)
relevant
repoint
reradiate
re-shock
residual stress (-)
resistive state (-)
resistivity
resist mask (-)
resonance absorption
resonance fluorescence
resonant frequency ω_r
résumé
retarding-potential curve
retarding-voltage measurement
retro-mirror
retroreflection
reuse
revised
Reynolds
RHEED (reflection high-energy electron diffraction)
Richtmyer
Riemann
right-handed (also hyphenate as a predicate adj.)
ring-down cavity
rise time
rms (root mean square)
rms amplitude
rms roughness
rocking curve
rocking valve
roll-off (noun)
root mean square (rms) (-)
rotating-toroidal-resistive plasmas
round-trip
RT (Rayleigh–Taylor)
RT growth rate
RT-instability growth

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saddle-field plasmas
saddle-point increment
SAGE (computer code)
sample-equivalent plane
sample-specific threshold value
sampling-beam path
saturated gain (-)
scaled-ignition design
scale length (-)
scale-1 hohlraum
scale-up
scanning-damage tester
scanning electron micrograph
scanning electron microscope (SEM)
scanning-tunneling (adj.)
scattered-light calorimeter
schlieren
Schottky
Schrödinger
Scyllac
second (abbrev. “s”)
secondary DT (-)
secondary-DT neutron yield (neutron yield of
     secondary DT)
secondary neutron yield
secondary-particle birth spectra
secondary proton spectra
secondary reaction
secondary-yield detector
second harmonic (-)
Sec. 1
Secs. 1–3
Secs. 1, 2, and 5
Section 1...(spell out at beginning of sentence)
seed beam (an ordinary wave) (-)
seed crystal
seed-pulse shape
selectable-rate streak camera
selective-reflection (adj.)
self-focusing
self-phase modulation (SPM)
semi-infinite
semirigid
series–gap configuration
servomotor
SESAME (computer code)
setup (noun)
set up (verb)
seven-fiber bundle
shaft-encoder feedback
shaped-adiabat ignition target
shaped pulse (-)
sharp-boundary model
shear-mode grinding
shell–ablated plasma interface
shell-areal-density modulations
shell–cone (adj.)
shell–core mixing
shell–fuel (adj.)
shift-invariant device
shinethrough
shock-breakout (adj.)
shock-coalescence burn
shock-compressed material
shock-compression experiment
shocked-shell material
shocked-shell velocity
shocked-velocity profile
shock front (-)
shock-seeded (adj.)
shock-speed measurement
shock transit time
shock wave (-)
short circuit (-) (noun)
short-circuit (verb)
short ellipse axis
short pulse (-)
short-range (adj.)
short-wavelength-laser–matter interaction
or short-wavelength laser/matter interaction
short-wavelength-mode growth
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)
shutdown (noun)
shut down (verb)
shutoff (noun)
shut off (verb)
sideband
side lobe (-)
side-on radiography
sidescatter
side-stream
sidewalk
signal beam (-)
signal-to-noise ratio (SNR)
signature-layer–ablator interface
     or signature layer/ablator interface
silicon dangling bond (-)
silicon-on-sapphire
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-exponential process
single-fiber modal dispersion
single-flux-quantum (SFQ) (adj.)
single-hit detectors
single-ion-species (adj.)
single-longitudinal-mode (SLM) (adj.)
single-microbridge structure
single-mode perturbations
single-mode RT growth
single-molecule fluorescence
single-pass gain
single-photon–counting (adj.)
single-photon detection
single-photonics application (Sobolewski)
single-picosecond response
single-quantum (adj.)
single-segment amplifier (SSA)
single-shock experiment
single-sideband (adj.)
single-spike response
single spindle (-)
single-surface reflectance
sinusoidal
six degrees of freedom
60-beam OMEGA system
sizable
slab-geometry (adj.)
slit width
SLM [single-longitudinal-mode (adj.)]

slowdown (noun)
slow down (verb)
slow-ramp module
slow-wave SBS
small-particle indentation
small-scale self-focusing
small-signal gain
small-spatial-scale (adj.)
soccer ball (-)
soft-x-ray spectrometer
sol-gel (suspended silica molecules)
sol-gel–dipped (adj.)
sol-gel layers
solid-density material
solid DT targets
solid-fuel-layer (adj.)
solid glass targets
solid state (-)
solid-target plasmas
solution-cast polyimide
solution dipping
solution mining
solution wetting
sound wave (-)
space-charge force
space-charge screening effect
space-time
SPARK (computer code)
spatial
spatial amplitude (-)
spatial filter (-)
spatial frequency (-)
spatial-intensity perturbation
spatiotemporal
speckle-averaged (adj.)
Spect3D
spectral-sculpting technique
spherical-harmonic (adj.)
spherical implosion
spherical target implosion
spin-cast
spin-off
spin-orbit coupling
s-polarization
s-polarized
spontaneous emission (-)
spot-damage–afflicted (adj.)
spot size
spot speed
SPS (single-photon source)
sr (steradian)
SSA (single-segment amplifier)
SSD (smoothing by spectral dispersion)
SSPD (spatial-synchronous phase detection
OR superconducting single-photon detector)
stability/mix model (DF-MIX)
stabilizer-feedback circuit
stage-F alignment sensor package (F-ASP)
stage-F-input lens
stand-alone (adj.)
standard balance (-)
standard-PDD target
standby (noun)
stand-down (LLE term!!)
standoff
Stark-broadened line profiles
start-up (noun)
state of the art (-)
static-ordered ETU
static target (-)
stationary
statistical-mechanics bubble-merger model
steady-equilibrium model
steady-state (adj.)
step function (-)
step-up (noun or adj.)
step-voltage pulse
stepwise
still-superconducting (adj.)
stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS)
stimulated Raman scattering (SRS)
stochastic
stoichiometric
Stokes
stored-energy density
straight-line (adj.)
strain rate
streak camera
streak, conical-crystal x-ray spectrograph
streak, planar-crystal x-ray spectrograph
Strehl ratio
stress-optic (adj.)
stress–strain (adj.)
strip line (per Sci. Dict.)
strong-confinement limit
strong-coupling regime
strong-field atomic physics
strong probe (-)
strong-shock limit
sub-aperture
subassembly
subband
subband-gap optical pulse
subcritical
subframe
subgroup
sub-ignition
submillimeter
subnanosecond
subpicosecond
subscale-polarizer substrates
sub-series
subsurface
subsystem executive
subwavelength
sulfur
sum-in-quadrature value
superalloy
superconducting-microbridge structure
superconducting-to-resistive transition
superconductor–normal metal–
superconductor (adj.)
supercritical-current-induced (adj.)
supercurrent
super-Gaussian
superhigh
superhot
superimpose
superpixel
superpose
supersede
suprathermal-electron preheat
surface-activity monitor (SAM)
surface-anchoring forces
surface damage (-) [except s.d. threshold (no -)]
surface-focus spectra
surface-mode amplitude
surface relief (-)
surface-relief-generation capability
surface-roughness values
surrogate-cryogenic (adj.)
sweep deflection plate
sweep speed (-)
swing-in (adj.)
switchgear (OMEGA EP doc.)
switch-out timing

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T³ (tabletop terawatt) (no italics)
Table I (use Roman numerals)
tabletop
tailored-adiabat design
tanh (hyperbolic tangent)
target area (-)
Target Bay
target chamber center (TCC)
Target Chamber Tritium Removal System (TC-TRS)
Target Chamber Vacuum System
target core (-)
target diagnostic (-)
target-diagnostic-payload (adj.)
target-fab requirements
target-fab technology
target implosion (-)
target physics (-)
target-plane beam profile
target positioner (-)
Target Positioning System (TPS)
target shell (-)
target surface (-)
Target Viewing System (TVS)
TCC (target chamber center)
TC-TRS (Target Chamber Tritium Removal System)
*Teflon™ (see * on p. 30)
TEM (transverse electromagnetic or
transmission electron microscopy)
temperature–density profile
temperature-gradient scale length
temporal-intensity profile
temporal-pulse diagnostic
temporal-pulse-shape distortion
temporal-shape (adj.)
temporal–spectral evolution
tenth-critical-density plasma (LLNL)
terahertz (10¹²; a million million)
terawatt (TW)
tertiary-neutron-yield measurement
test bed
textbook
TFS (Tritium Fill Station)
thermal-conductivity coefficient
thermal-energy distribution
thermal-expansion mismatch
thermal flux (-)
thermal shock (-)
thermal-shock resistance
thermal-shock test
thermoelastic
thermoelectric
thermoluminescent
thermomechanical
thermonuclear
thin crystal (-)
thin film (-) (AIP; Sci. Dict.)
thin-optic transformation
thin-walled shells (or “thin-wall”)
third harmonic (-)
Thomas–Fermi equation of state
Thomson scattering
three-color-cycle (adj.)
three color cycles (no -)
3/2-harmonic radiation
three-stacked eams
three-stacked-beams pulse
threshold
through-foil radiography
throughput
THz (terahertz)
tiled grating (-)
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-domain differential equation
time frame
time-gated-imaging diagnostics
time line
time of flight (-)
time-resolved (adj.)
time scale
time-series signals
time step (-)
timetable
Tion (single-hit neutron scintillator array)
TIR [total internal reflection (-)]
Tokamak (DOE-funded lab at UCLA)
tokamak
top hat (-)
torr (l.c. in running text w/o a numeral)
Torr (u.c. with a numeral)
total-energy balance
total-reflection cutoff
toward (not “towards”)
track detector (-)
track-etch detector
track-path
trade name
trade-off (noun)
transferred
transform-limted pulse width
transient-scattering-mode (TSM) device
transition edge (-)
transition metal–hydrogen system
transit time (-)
transmission grating (-)
transmission-line termination
transmission mode (-)
transmitted-beam axis
transmitted-wavefront quality
transport-cavity-filter injection mirror
transport theory (-)
transverse frequency (-)
transverse intensity profile
trapped particle (-)
traveling
traveling wave
tridiagonal
tritium-bearing complexes
Tritium Fill Station (TFS)
Tritium Removal System (TRS)
triton (nucleus of tritium)
triton-stopping region
TRS (Tritium Removal System)
tunability
tunneling
tunnel-junction detector
turnaround
turning-point density
2d (no italics)
TW (terawatt)
two-dimensional (2-D)
two-dimensional matrix X²
twofold
two-plasmon decay
two-plasmon-decay (TPD) instability
type II (l.c. within the sentence)
type 4A (l.c. within the sentence)

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U-bed
ultrafast optical-to-electrical transducer
ultrahigh
ultra-intense
ultrapure
ultrashort
ultrastrong
ultra-uniform
ultrawide
underdense
uniform density (-)
uniform illumination (-)
un-ionized
unit-step-response (adj.)
unwound-helix state
UP (upper pylon)
up-conversion
up-converted

up-converter
upper-laser-level population
upper pylon (UP) (-)
upper-state lifetime
up-scattering
upshift
up-spin
uptime
U.S. (United States)
usable
UV (ultraviolet)
UVETP (UV equiv-targ-plane) monitor
UV-laser–induced (adj.)
UV-laser irradiation
UV-laser–plasma (adj.)
UV-laser–produced (adj.)
UV visible (-)

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vacancy-capture model
vacuum
Vacuum Manifold Subsystem (VMS)
Van de Graaff
Van der Waals (Sci. Dict.)
vapor-deposition method or technique
variable-air-volume (VAV) unit
variable-flow control valve
variable impedance (-)
variance-mean plot
VAV (variable-air-volume) (adj.)
velocity-gradient length
velocity-mismatch (adj.)
versus (preferred)
     [or vs (no period; use to save space)]
vertex (plural: vertexes or vertices)

vice versa
view-angle effects
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-step waveform
volume-fraction contouring
vortex (plural: vortexes or vortices)
vortex ring (-)

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Waasikwa’
walk-off
walk-off–compensated geometry
wall-diffusion model
warm-up (noun)
warm up (verb)
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)
wave number

wave packet
wave–particle energy transfer
wave plate
wave vector (-)
weak-coupling regime
weak probe (-)
Web, Web site, or World-Wide Web
wedged range filter (-) (per D. Meyerhofer)
Weiner
well-known
wetted-foam target design
white-light continuum
whole-beam energy
wholly
wideband
wire-bonded
workpiece
workspace
workstation
wrt (with respect to; always spell out)

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x axis
X coefficient (Sci. Dict)
x component
x coordinate
x direction
x ray (noun); x-ray (adj.) (in the body
     of a sentence)
X ray (noun); X-ray (adj) (at the beginning
     of a sentence)

X Ray (noun); X-Ray (adj.) (in a title)
x-ray conversion efficiency
x-ray-diffraction (adj.)
x-ray-drive (adj.)
x-ray framing camera (XRFC)
x-ray pinhole camera (XRPC)
XUV (extreme UV)

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y axis
y coordinate
y direction
year-end

YLiF (yttrium lithium fluoride)
YOC (yield-over-clean) ratio
Young’s modulus (E; ital. E in equation)

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z axis
Z-Beamlet laser
Z coefficient
z coordinate
z direction
zero-field regions

zeros
zeroth (-order) (adj.)
Zhizhoo'
Z scan
Z-scan (adj.)
z width

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