Glossary

A

ADK Assembly Design Kit
AM Amplitude Modulator
AOM Acousto-Optic Modulator
AWG Arrayed Waveguide Grating

 

B

BB(s) Building Block(s)
BOX Buried Oxide

 

C

CAGR Compound Annual Growth Rate
CMOS Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor

 

D

DC Direct Current
DCI Data Center Interconnect
DFG Difference Frequency Generation
DUV Deep Ultraviolet

 

E

EBL Electron Beam Lithography
EMI Electromagnetic Interference
EO Electro-Optic
ESD Electrostatic Discharge

 

F

FOG Fiber-Optic Gyroscope
FSR Free Spectral Range
FTL Fast Tunable Lasers

 

G

GDS Graphic Data System
GNSS Global Navigation Satellite System

 

H

HTO High-Temperature Oxide

 

I

IDT Inter‐Digitated Transducer
IFoF Intermediate Frequency‐over‐Fibre
InP Indium Phosphide
IoT Internet of Things
IR Infrared
IP(R) Intellectual Property Rights

L

LiNbO₃ Lithium Niobate (material)
LNOI Lithium Niobate On Insulator (platform)

 

M

MEMS Micro-Electromechanical Systems
MIMO Multiple-Input and Multiple-Output
MMI Multi-Mode Interferometer
MO Magneto-Optics
MPLC Multi-Plane Light Converter
MPW Multi project wafer
MQW Multi‐Quantum Well
μTP Micro‐Transfer Print
M-Z Mach-Zehnder

 

N

NIR Near Infra‐Red

 

O

OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer
OEO Opto‐Electronics Oscillators

 

P

PCB Printed Circuit Boards
PDE Plasma Dispersion Effect
PDK Process Design Kit
PECVD Plasma-Enhanced Chemical Vapour Deposition
PIC Photonic Integrated Circuit
PLD Pulsed Laser Deposition
PPLN Periodically-Poled Lithium Niobate
PWB Photonic Wire Bonding

 

Q

QKD Quantum Key Distribution
QPSK Quadrature Phase-Shift Keying

 

R

RF Radiofrequency
R-FOG Resonant Fiber-Optic Gyroscope
RIE Reactive Ion Etching
RHEED Reflection High‐Energy Electron Diffraction
RoF Radio-over-Fibre
RRs Ring Resonators
RRH Remote Radio Head

 

S

SAW Surface Acoustic Wave
SEM Scanning Electron Microscope
Si Silicon
SiN Silicon Nitride
SHG Second-Harmonic Generation
SOA Semiconductor Optical Amplifier
SOI Silicon On Insulator
SIBH Semi-Insulating Buried Heterostructure

 

V

VNA Vectron Network Analysers

 

Y

YIG Yttrium Iron Garnet