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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

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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amorphous silicon (a-Si) amplification-factor fluctuation amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) amplitude-feedback loop amplitude-modulation (AM) technique AMR (adaptive-mesh-refinement) simulation AMRCLAW analog analog-to-digital converter (ADC) “angel-hair” tracking angle jamming angle tuned (-) angle tuning angstrom (Å) (10–10 meters; wavelength) angular emission pattern angular filter refractometry (AFR) angular-momentum component anisotropy anomalous ansatz (lower case per AIP) antechamber

anteroom antibonding antireflective (AR) antivortex AOM (acousto-optic modulator) AOT (astrophysical opacity table) aperture-coupled stripline (ACSL) apodizer appendices Appendix A AR (antireflective) arbitrary Lagrangian–Eulerian arbitrary waveform generator (AWG) (-) areal-density modulation areal mass (-) argon-ion laser Arrhenius

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

spectrometer) body-centered-cubic (bcc) Boltzmann bond angle (-) boost-phase physics bootstrap heating BOROFLOAT®33 bounce pan (-) bound-abrasive (adj.) bound–bound transition bound-diamond-abrasive ring tool bound–free transition boundary-layer method bow shock (-) box-beam structure

branch point break-even (adj.) breakeven (noun) break even (verb) breakout (noun) break out (verb) breakthrough (noun) break through (verb) breakup (noun) break up (verb) breech-lock mechanism bremsstrahlung bremsstrahlung MeV x-ray spectrometer

(BMXS) Brewster’s angle bright-ring rms Brillouin scattering broadband (AIP) broadband-frequency-conversion performance broadband x-ray diffraction (BBXRD) BSM (beam-shaping module) bubble growth (-) buildup (noun) build up (verb) bulk-electron temperature bulk-heating measurement bulk ion (-) bulk-optic isolator bulk phase modulator bulk scattering (-) bump on tail (-) burn-averaged (adj.) burn depth burn through (verb) burning plasma (-) burnthrough (noun) burnup fraction burn wave (-)

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burnwidth BUTTERCUP bypass by-product c axis (-) C frame C-mount c.c. (complex conjugate) calc [calculated (as a subscript)] calorimetry CAM (compressor alignment mirror) CAMAC canceled cancellation cannot (one word) CAP (coherent acoustic photon) capacitance capacitor-bank voltage Capacitor Bay capsule-areal-density asymmetry carbon activation system carbon resorcinol formaldehyde (CRF) card cage (-) carrier beam (-) carrier-modulated (adj.) carrier-relaxation (adj.) carrier-spin dynamics Cart Maintenance Room (CMR) catalytic reactor skid assembly (CRSA) catch up (verb) catch-up (adj., noun) cavity spatial filter (CSF) (-) CBET (cross-beam energy transfer) CCD (charge-coupled device) (–) CD-1, CD-2, etc. CDR (critical design review) CEA (Commissariat à l’énergie atomique

et aux énergies)

Cell 4 (capitalize within sentence) center beam (-) center line (-) (Sci. Dict.) centigrade (lower case) cesium cf. (compare) CH ablator (-) CH foam (-) CH-foil drive target CH layer (-) CH-shell target 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) (–) charge-injection device (CID) (–) charge-injection–device (CID) camera charge line (-) charge state (-) charge-transfer model charged-particle spectrometer charging effect (-) CHaRM (CH ablative Richtmyer–Meshkov) check out (verb) checkout (noun) chemical vapor deposition (CVD) (-) chemisorption chiral-nematic (adj.) chirped-picket SSD chirped pulse (-) chirped-pulse–amplification (CPA) technology chirped-pulse–amplified (CPA) laser cholesteric–nematic phase transition CID (charge-injection device) (–)

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cis state (bent) clam-shell defect CLARA (crystal large-aperture ring amplifier) Cl-doped–ablator target clean radius (-) clean room clean up (verb) cleanup (noun) clean volume (-) cleaved-float-glass surface close coupling (-) close out (verb) close-out (noun) close-pack pattern close up (verb) close-up (noun) closed-form expression closed-loop control closed-ring form CML (current-mode-logic) ultrafast comparator CMOS (complementary metal-oxide semiconductor 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-deposit coefficient coherent acoustic photon (CAP) coherent transition radiation (CTR) (-) 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 (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

(CMOS) complex conjugate (c.c.) complex-valued field compliment (praises) compressed-core density compressed-fuel density compressed-pulse duration compressed shell (-) compressed-target thickness compression grating (-) compression wave (-) compressive-force direction compressor alignment mirror (CAM) compressor grating (-) Compton radiography snout (CRS) computer modeling capability concatenate (to link together) concomitant condensed matter (-) conduction-band Bloch function cone angle (-) cone-focus geometry cone-in-shell (adj.) confined-gain (adj.) consistent

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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

core) core–shell mix core-size limit core temperature–density profile corollary coronal physics (-)

coronal plasma physics correlation-function formalism (-) COS (cylindrical Offner stretcher) counterbalance counterclockwise counter-propagating counter-rotate coupled-mode equation coupled-mode theory coupled-wave equation Coulomb Courant condition course-pointing mode covalent co-worker CPA (chirped-pulse amplification) (–) CPM (colliding-pulse mode-locking) CPP (continuous-contour phase plate) CPS (coplanar strip) CR (convergence ratio) CR-39 nuclear track detector CRS (Compton radiography snout) crack-geometry parameter crack-growth kinetics crack-propagation fluence CRASH code crater depth (-) CRE (collisional-radiative-equilibrium) (adj.) CRF (carbon resorcinol formaldehyde) criterion (plural: criteria) critical current (Ic) critical current density (Jc) critical density (-) critical design review (CDR) crossbar cross-beam energy transfer (CBET) cross-calibration cross-correlation

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cross hair (-) crosshatched cross-link crossover cross-phase modulation (XPM) cross-polarized (adj.) cross-reference cross section crosstalk (Sci. Dictionary) cross term cross-time (verb) CRSA (catalytic reactor skid assembly) cryo capsule (-) cryocooler cryo DT layer cryoelectronics Cryogenic and Tritium Facility (CTF) cryogenic deuterium target cryogenic DT fuel cryogenic DT target cryogenic fuel, glass ablator capsule cryogenic fuel layer cryogenic fuel target Cryogenic Target Characterization Diagnostic

(CTCD) Cryogenic Target Detection System (CTDS) Cryogenic Target Handling System (CTHS) cryoNTD (per Stoeckl) cryopump cryo-slab–related cryo target design cryotrap cryo-vibe CryoView crystal growth (-) crystal large-aperture ring amplifier (CLARA) crystallize crystal-order property

crystal-phase transformation CS (Characterization Station) CTF (Cryogenic and Tritium Facility) CTHS (Cryogenic Target Handling System) CTR (coherent transition radiation) (-) current-biased sample current density (-) current-mode detector current-mode logic current-mode-logic (CML) ultrafast comparator current-pulse perturbation current–voltage (I–V) curve B (l.c. “c” within sentence) curved-wave effect cutoff cutoff-waveguide–coupled (adj.) CVD (chemical vapor deposition) (-) cw (continuous wave) cw laser (-) cw mode-locked (adj.) cylindrical ablator (-) cylindrical Offner stretcher (COS) d (roman font) = derivative D2 (preferred over DD) (material; target fill)

(per D. Meyerhofer)

D2 gas fill (no hyphen) D2-ice-layer finish D2-ice shell D3He (material; target fill) (per S. Craxton) D–3He (reaction; yield) d–d (dipole–dipole coupling) D–D (reaction; yield) D ray (-) d-spacing D–T (reaction; yield) Dalsa DAM’s (dual amplitude modulators) damage crater (-)

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damage fluence (-) damage-initiation fluence damage morphology (-) damage onset (-) damage-propagation effect damage-sensitive imaging damage threshold (-) Dante Dante-unfolded (adj.) dark count (-) dark-field illumination darkroom data acquisition (-) data are (plural) database data–bus connection data-parallel approach data-reduction scheme dataset daughter board dc (direct current) DCA (detailed-configuration accounting) dc-applied voltage dc-bias voltage DCS (dual-crystal spectrometer) DCS (Dynamic Compression Sector) ddp (depth of deepest penetration) de Broglie deactive dead time debris (singular or plural) Debye length decay pair (-) decaying shock (DS) (-) deceleration-phase instability decontaminate deconvolution decoupling

de-energized deep-surface-relief phase plate deep-UV lithography de-excitation DEF (direct-exposure film) defect-induced mix experiment (DIME) Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) deflection-plate feed line deformable-mirror workstation deformation-potential–coupled (adj.) de-ionized δ function DEMIN (detector micromegas for neutrons) dense-matter physics density-diagnostic technique 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 (-) detector micromegas for neutrons (DEMIN) detector-plane image determinant deuterated potassium dihydrogen phosphate

(DKDP) deuterium–tritium (DT) (material; target fill) device-of-choice (R. Sobolewski) device-specific phase-shift error device-under-test (DUT) dew point Dewar flask Diagnostic Bay

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diagnostic-commissioning experiment diagnostic insertion (-) diagnostic instrument manipulator (DIM) diagnostics package diagrammatic diam (abbrev. for “diameter”; no period) diamond-anvil cell diamond-bound-abrasive (adj.) diamond-turning mark dielectric (can be used as a noun) dielectric transmission grating differential-induced (adj.) diffraction grating (-) diffusion fill (-) (referring to a target) diluent diluted-magnetic (adj.) DIM (diagnostic instrument manipulator) DIME (defect-induced mix experiment) DIMM (diffusive in-line mix model) diode-laser beam diode pump source diode-pumped regen amplifier (DPRA) 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 plasma direct-gap semiconductor direct-transfer replication directed-surface source discernible discrete-sum equivalent discrete variable representation disk (not disc)

disk-amplifier design disk frame (-) dispersion-shifted fiber distributed-element device distributed-feedback fiber laser distributed phase plate (DPP) distributed polarization rotator (DPR) DKDP (deuterated potassium dihydrogen

phosphate) domain-decomposed (adj.) doped-polymer-cholesteric liquid crystal flake Doppler dosimeter dot-matrix target dot-surrogate target double-coil configuration double-counting double divergence (-) double-emulsion (adj.) double-junction (adj.) double pass (-) double-peak (adj.) double-shell target (inner shell and outer shell) double shock (-) down-collimated down-conversion downhill-simplex method down-scatter ratio (DSR) down-scattered fraction (DSF) down-scattering down-selection downshift downtime DPP (distributed phase plate) DPR (distributed polarization rotator) DPRA (diode-pumped regen amplifier) DRACO (computer code) drag–buoyancy model

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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 (-)

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etch-stop Ethernet network adapter ETP (equivalent target plane) ETS (enhanced Thomson scattering) ETU (energy-transfer up-conversion) Eulerian eV (electron volt) EXAFS (extended x-ray absorption fine

structure)

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

first-freezing temperature first-principles opacity table (FPOT) first-principles quantum-mechanical calculation fiscal year (FY) fit-out fixed-infeed-rate (adj.) fixed position (-) FLAS (focus lens assembly) FLASH (computer code) flash lamp (-) flat adiabat (-) flat field (-) flat-foil target flattop (AIP; Webster) flat-top (Sci. Dict.) flaw-size criteria float-glass substrate FLOW flowchart flow rate FLUENT fluid host (-) fluid-kinetic (adj.) fluid-moment model fluoresce fluorescence fluorinated-polyimide capsule flux flow (-) flux-inhibition factor flux limit (-) flux limiter (-) flux limiting (-) FLY (atomic physics code) FLYCHK flyer plate (-) FM (frequency modulation) FM-modulated (adj.) FM-to-AM conversion

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focal-plane array focal-plane-array detector focal-plane profile focal-spot diagnostic (FSD) focal-spot distribution focus lens assembly (FLAS) focused focused-intensity profile focusing foil-absorption measurement foil acceleration (-) Fokker–Planck equation follow-up (noun) foot (ft; no period) footprint foot pulse (-) force-equilibrium equation formulas (plural) Forth four-bar linkage four-force four-momentum four-potential four-velocity Fourier domain (-) Fourier mode (-) Fourier-space image processing Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) Fourier transform–limited (adj.) fourth-harmonic generation (FHG) FOV (field of view) FPOT (first-principles opacity table) fractional-preheat level fracture-mechanics equation fracture strength frame-timing precision framing camera (-) FRED

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

(FESAC) fusion fuel (-) fusion product (-) fusion-proton emission fusion-reaction–yield measurement FWHM (full width at half maximum) (-)

(170-ps FWHM)

FY (fiscal year) gain-apodization physics

gain-boundary (adj.) gain dopant design gain narrowing (-) gain-recovery coefficient gain–saturation dynamics gamma-detection system gamma-ray burn-history diagnostic gamma reaction history (GRH) gas bag (-) gas Cherenkov detector (GCD-3) gas-fill pressure gas-filled plastic capsule gas-filled plastic-shell target gas-flow rate gas gun (-) gas-phase monomer gasdynamic (adj.) (AIP, Webster) gasdynamics (sing. noun) (AIP, Webster) gaseous core (-) gases gated x-ray detector (GXD) gate driver (-) gate voltage (-) gauge gauss (unit) Gaussian Gaussian-focus GCC (grating compression chamber) GCD-3 (gas Cherenkov detector) GDD (group-delay dispersion) GDP (glow-discharge plasma) Ge-doped CH ablator Geant4 generator GHz (gigahertz) GIF (graphical interchange format) GIR (grid image refractometry) GIS (Grating Inspection System)

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glancing angle deposition (GLAD) glass ablator (no hyphen as adj.) glass-ceramic glassy-nematic film glossy-cholesteric glovebox glow discharge (-) glow-discharge plasma (GDP) GMB’s (glass microballons) graded band gap graded-Cu Be target graded-Cu dopant (-) gradient-index fiber gradient-search algorithm grain-boundary (adj.) graphical interchange format (GIF) graphical user interface (GUI) (per Webster’s:

no initial caps) Grating 1 (cap. within sentence) grating-aperture–limited compressor grating compression chamber (GCC) grating-dispersed KB microscope Grating Inspection System (GIS) grating pulse compressor grating pulse stretcher grating tiling gray scale gray-scale intensity mask grazing incidence (-) GRH (gamma reaction history) grid image refractometry (GIR) ground state (-) group-delay dispersion (GDD) group-velocity dispersion growth factor (-) growth-rate dispersion growth-rate formula Grüneisen

GTF (growth threshold fluence) guest–host (adj.) GUI (graphical user interface) GXD (gated x-ray detector) guided-wave phase modulator guideline guiding-center position gyrofrequency hν [Planck’s constant × ν (photon frequency)] "ω (photon energy) H field half-angle half-cone half cycle (-) half-harmonics half-life halfraum half space half time half-wave half-wave-plate material half-width halfway Hamiltonian handoff hard x ray (noun) hard x-ray (adj.) hard x-ray detector (HXRD) hardened gated x-ray imager (hGXI) Hardware Timing System (HTS) hard-wire (verb) (per Sci. Dict.) hard-wired (adj.) (per Sci. Dict.) harmonic energy diagnostic (HED) harmonic plane wave hcp (hexagonal close-packed) structure

(per Web) HCMOS (high-density complementary metal-

oxide semiconductor)

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HDC (high-density carbon) Heα , Heβ headcount head-on heat dissipation (-) heat-exchange gas heat flow (-) heat flux (-) heat front (-) heatsink (Sci. Dict.) heat-transport theory heat wave (-) Heaviside heavy-fluid density heavy ion (-) HED (harmonic energy diagnostic or

high energy density) HEDLP (high-energy-density laboratory

physics) HEDP (high-energy-density physics) HEL (Hugoniot elastic limit) HELIOS helium–neon laser (HeNe laser) Helmholtz HEM (hot-electron mixer) HEMT (high-electron-mobility transistor) HEP (hot-electron photodetector) HEPW (high-energy petawatt) laser HERIE (high-energy radiography imager) Hermitian Heuristically Hevimet hexagonal close-packed (hcp) structure hGXI (hardened gated x-ray imager) high-absorption coefficient high-adiabat region high-areal-density (adj.) high aspect ratio (noun)

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)

crystal histogram hohlraum (blackbody) holographic-grating fabrication holographic transmission diffraction grating hoop-stress symmetry

horsepower host fluid hot electron (-) hot-electron-beam energy hot-electron mixer (HEM) hot-electron photodetector (HEP) hot-electron preheat (-) hot-electron single-photon detector hot spot (-) hot-spot–induced hot-spot mix hot-spot x-ray spectrometer (HSXRS) hourglass HTML (hypertext markup language) HTS (Hardware Timing System) Hugoniot elastic limit (HEL) HXRD (hard x-ray detector) hybridization HYDRA hydrocode hydrodynamic-equivalent (adj.) hydrodynamic-stability (adj.) hydrodynamics (singular in number) hydroefficiency hydro-equivalent hydrogenic hydrogen–silicon (adj.) hydro-instabilities hydro scaling hydro-simulation hysteresis IAW (ion-acoustic wave) I-beam IDrive i.e., (id est: “in other words”; “that is”) i.LON ibid. (“in the same place”) ice block (-)

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ice layer (-) ice-layering development ice roughness (-) ice-surface roughness ICF (inertial confinement fusion) ideal gas (-) idler beam (-) IFAR (in-flight aspect ratio) IFE (inertial fusion energy) IFES (integrated front-end system) ignition-scaled (adj.) ignition target design ignition threshold factor (ITF) ignitor (preferred over “igniter”) illumination uniformity (-) image center (-) image plane (-) image plate (-) image processing (-) image relay (-) imaged continuum (-) imaging-system noise impedance-matching method implicit-conservative (adj.) implicit hybrid (-) implicit-moment method implosion-core image implosion energy (-) imprint beam (-) improved-performance design impulse mitigation (-) in situ (-) in vacuo inch (in.) incident beam intensity (-) increased-bandwidth frequency tripling indentation-size effect (ISE) index-coupled (adj.)

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.

K, not °K; i.e., 10 K) keV (kilo-electron-volt) kinetic energy (-) kinetic-inductance (adj.) kinetic-inductive (adj.) kinetic-resistive (adj.) Kirkpatrick–Baez (KB) klystron knife-edge (adj.) knock-on-deuteron–based (adj.) Knoop hardness (hK) KOd, KOp, KOt (knock-on deuteron, proton, triton)

KrF laser Kronecker L band (-) ℓ mode (noun) ℓ-mode (adj.) L shell (-) labeled lab-on-chip (LOC) Laboratoire pour l’Utilisation des Lasers

Intenses (LULI) Laboratory Basic Science (LBS)

LabVIEW LaCave Lagrangian LakeShore lamp-check circuit LAN (local area network) Landau damping Langmuir wave (LW) LARA (large-aperture ring amplifier) large aperture (-) large-aperture–grating (adj.) large-aspect-ratio, metal-shell target large-Froude-number equilibria large mode area (LMA) (-) large optic (-) large-optic loading tool (LOLT) Large Optic Test Facility (LOTF) Larmor laser (light amplification by stimulated emission

of radiation) laser-absorption region laser amplifier (-) Laser Bay laser-beam pulse shaping laser-beam–smoothing technique laser beam timing Laser Beamlines Executive laser cavity (-) laser-cracked surface laser-cut slot laser damage (-) laser-damage–initiation source laser deposition (no hyphen as adj.) laser-diode pumping laser-driven planar foil laser-driven-shock-wave experiment laser driver (-) Laser Drivers Executive (LDE) (per Eng’g Div.)

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Laser Drivers Operator (per Eng’g Div.) Laser Drivers subsystem (per Eng’g Div.) laser–electron scattering laser energy (-) laser entrance hole (LEH) laser flash photolysis laser-fluence range laser focus laser–foil interaction laser fusion (-) laser-generated plasma laser-glass amplification laser imprinting (-) laser-induced damage laser-induced–damage threshold laser-intensity modulation laser interaction (-) laser irradiation uniformity laser-launched shock laser–matter interaction (interaction of intense

laser radiation with matter) laser–matter interaction experiment Laser Mégajoule Facility (LMJ) laser-modulation amplitude laser plasma (noun) laser-plasma experiment laser–plasma instability (LPI) laser–plasma interaction laser-produced plasma density profile laser propagation (no hyphen as adj.) laser pulse shape laser-radiation uniformity laser rod (-) laser scattering (-) laser shock (-) laser-smoothing technique or laser-beam–

smoothing technique laser–solid interaction

laser source (-) Laser Sources Bay Laser Sources Executive Laser Sources Room Laser Sources Subsystem laser-speckle–induced perturbation laser spot (-) laser-system modification Laser Systems Test Laboratory (LSTL) laser–target interaction laser–tissue interaction laser-triggered spark gap LASL (Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory) LASNEX (computer code) lateral-shearing interferometry lattice-mismatch–induced (adj.) Laue Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

(LLNL) layering sphere (-) LBO (lithium triborate) LBS (Laboratory Basic Science) LCOS (liquid crystal on silicon) LCP (liquid crystal polarizer) LDE (Laser Drivers Executive) (per Eng’g Div.)

lead-time least squares fit (-) (Sci. Dict.) least squares method (Sci. Dict.) Lebesgue LED (light-emitting diode) Leg 1 Legendre Legendre-mode power spectrum LEH (laser entrance hole) lenses (plural) Level 1 (-) LHG-8 laser glass liaison

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LiF (lithium fluoride) lifetime lift-off (AIP; Sci. Dict.) light-emitting diode (LED) light ion (-) light-tight (adj.) light-vector component light wave (-) LILAC (computer code) lim (limit) linear-in-time (adj.) linear-mixing model linear-modulation regime linear-regression fit linear-translation stage line-focus condition line-intensity ratio line of sight (-) lineout (a graph plot) line-plus-continuum emission line-replaceable-unit (LRU) concept line-response function line scan line shape (-) line shift line spread function (LSF) line transport (-) line-up (noun) linewidth linked-list structure Liouville liquefy liquid crystal (no hyphen as modifier) liquid crystal on silicon (LCOS) liquid crystal polarizer (LCP) liquid-Freon bubble chamber liquid helium (-) liquid scintillation counting (LSC)

LISP (computer language) lithium fluoride (LiF) lithium triborate (LBO) LLNL (Lawrence Livermore National

Laboratory) LMA (large mode area) (-) LMJ (Laser Mégajoule Facility) Ln = log of distortion ln = natural log (no italics) load-displacement curve loading-geometry-boundary condition LOC (lab-on-chip) local operating network (LON) lock-in amplifier log (always lower case) log-in (noun) 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 (-) Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory (LASL) LOTF (Large Optic Test Facility) low-adiabat implosion low-bias regime low damage threshold low density (-) low dielectric constant (-) low-duty-cycle pulse low fluence (-) low-impedance transmission line

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low inductance (-) low intrinsic absorption properties (no -) low ℓ mode (-) low ℓ-mode number low-mass cryogenic-target mount low-mass, single-turncoil (adj.) low-mix (adj.) low-mode nonuniformity low-molar-mass (adj.) low-pass attenuation low-pressure–filled target low-surface-energy (adj.) low-transmission state lower-laser-level (adj.) lower pylon (LP) (-) LP (lower pylon) LPI (laser–plasma instability) LPSE (computer code) LRU (line replacement unit) LRU (line-replaceable-unit) concept LSC (liquid scintillation counting) LSF (line spread function) LSP LSTL (Laser Systems Test Laboratory) LTE (local thermodynamic equilibrium) LT-GaAs device Lucite™ LULI (Laboratoire pour l’Utilisation

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

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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-removal rate (mrr) material-strength equation MATLAB matrix (plural: matrices) maximum-credible (adj.) Maxwell equation Mbar MCOLORS MCNP (a Monte Carlo code) MCP (microchannel plate) (-) McPIGS (microchannel-plate-intensified,

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

MHD (magnetohydrodynamic) microballoon microchannel plate (MCP) (-) microcontroller microdot microencapsulation microinstability micron (µm) micropipet microroughness microstrip line microstructure microwave mid-infrared midplane midpoint mid-range mid-Z MIFEDS (magneto-inertial fusion electrical

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)

MSM (metal–semiconductor–metal) MSRD (mean-square relative displacement) MSSA (molecular sieve skid assembly) MTF (modulation transfer function) MTW (Multi-Terawatt laser) MTW OPAL multibeam multichannel multidimensional multi-FM multifrequency multifrequency-modulated SSD

(multi-FM SSD) multigroup multikilojoule multilayer multilayer dielectric diffraction grating (-) multilayer diffraction (MLD) grating multimode fiber (-) multipass multipetawatt-ignitor laser multiphoton multiple-beam effect multiple clump (-) multiple-crystal monitor multiple-electron event multiple-flux-quanta (adj.) multiple-focal-plane phase retrieval multiple-petawatt capability multiple-picket design multiple re-emission smoothing factors multiple-reflection signal multiple-scale analysis multiple-species plasma multiple-tripler design multiple-UV-beam irradiation multiple-pulse driver line (MPD) multipulse

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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.)

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new-exposure masters NFS (network file system) NIC (National Ignition Campaign) NIF (National Ignition Facility) NLUF (National Laser Users’ Facility) NN (nucleon–nucleon) NNSA (National Nuclear Security

Administration) noise-equivalent power (NEP) non-acqueous nonassociated nonchiral noncollective noncollinear noncollinear optical parametric amplifier

(NOPA) nonconcentricity non-cured nonequilibrium non-glass non-hydrogenic nonideal non-igniting nonimplosion non-instantaneous non-integer nonlinear nonlinear-growth model nonlinear-optical (adj.) nonlocal nonlocal-electron preheat nonmagnetic non-negative (AIP) non-normal non-nuclear nonpolar nonradioactive nonrotating

nonspherical nonuniform nonzero NOPA (noncollinear optical parametric

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

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Offner triple stretcher off-normal off-resonance offset off-site ohmic OHRV (OMEGA high-resolution velocimeter) oligofluorene OLUG (OMEGA Laser Users Group)

(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)

OPAL (optical parametric amplifier line) OPCPA (optical parametric chirped-pulse

amplification) OPD (optical-path difference) open-circuit voltage OPO (optical parametric oscillator) opposing-port fast retractor opposite-polarity voltage OPR (optical pulse replicator) optical assembly (-) optical depth (OD) optical-depth fluctuation optical-depth modulation optical-depth–modulation amplitude optical-domain sequential processing optical-fiber coupler optical frequency (-) optical-image plane optical-microscopy observation optical-model calculation optical parametric amplifier line (OPAL) optical parametric chirped-pulse

amplification (OPCPA) optical parametric oscillator (OPO) optical path (-) optical-path difference (OPD) optical phase conjugation optical phase optical pulse replicator (OPR) optical spectrum analyzer (OSA) optical-to-electrical transducer optical-transition-radiation (OTR) diagnostic optimize optoelectronic opto-isolator Optomechanical System ORCHID order of magnitude (-)

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ordinary (o) axis ordinate orthorhombic OSA (optical spectrum analyzer) Oscillator Room OSIRIS OTIS (OMEGA Transport Instrumentation

System or OMEGA Transport Integrating System)

OTR (optical-transition-radiation) diagnostic out-diffusion outer-shell nonuniformity outer shell surface outer shroud (-) outer-surface adiabat outflowing outgassing out-of-round output-fraction factor output pulse (-) output-pulse shape output-pulse-train envelope output signal-to-noise ratio (output SNR) overdense over-etching (adj.) overlapping-beam effect overlayer overpressure overvoltage oxygen-free, high conductivity (OFHC) oxygen-ordering model π-phase plate π-phase shift π region p polarization p-polarized (when placed before a noun) Pa (abbreviation for pascal) packet-switch function

pair-density matrix pair plasma (-) pairwise PAM (preamplifier module) PAP (proton activation pack) parallel-plate scheme parametric-amplification media parametrize particle-display technology particle energy (-) particle-flux direction particle-in-cell (PIC) simulation particle-surrounding matrix particle-transport code parting-joint region part-time parylene parylene–signature-layer interface or

parylene/signature-layer interface Pass-1 (cap. within sentence) passband passively Q-switched, diode-pumped laser patch cord path integral (-) path-integral Monte Carlo method (PIMC) path length payoff (noun) PAW (projector augmented wave) PBT (permeable-based transistor) PC (photoconductive) pcAnywhereTM (software) PCD (photoconductive detector) PCE (Power Conditioning Executive) PCLC (polymer cholesteric liquid crystal)

flake (-) PCU (power conditioning unit) (-) PDD [polar direct drive (-)] (this is the LLE

standard for polar drive) pdf (probability density function)

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PDR (preliminary design review) PdV peak areal density peak fluence (-) peak fuel-mass–averaged implosion velocity peak incident (-) peak intensity (-) peak power (-) peak removal rate (PRR) peak-to-valley (p–v) peak width PEGASUS PEPC (plasma-electrode Pockels cell) percent periodic table Periscope Mirror Assembly (per Eng’g Div.) permeation-filled (adj.)

permittivity perturbation-mode amplitude PES (photon-energy sensitivity) petawatt (PW) petawatt-class laser pulse petawatt (PW)-foil experiment pF3D (no hyphen) PFN (pulse-forming network) (adj.) Ph.D. phase-coherent (adj.) phase conjugation (-) phase-contrast imaging diagnosis phase control (-) phase-conversion technique phase-detection (adj.) phase error (-), 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 center phase space (-) ph–e phonon-heating effect phonon-mediated (adj.) phonon–phonon photoalignment photocathode photocell photochemical photoconductive (PC) photoconductive detector (PCD) photoconductor photo count (-) photodetector photodiode photoelectron photoemission photoexcitation photogenerated photographic-film writer photoionization photomicrography photomultiplier tube (PMT) photon energy ("ω) (-) photon-energy–resolving (adj.) photon-energy sensitivity (PES) photon number (-) photon-number resolution (PNR) photonic band gap photo pair (-) photoresist surface-relief grating photoresponse

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photostimulated luminescence (PSL) photoswitch photothermal photo-thermo-refractive (PTR) glass PIC (particle in cell) picket fence (-) picket pulse (-) Picket2 pickoff picosecond (ps) piecewise-parabolic piezoelectric piggyback PIMC (path-integral Monte Carlo) method p-i-n (positive-intrinsic-negative) diode pinhole array (-) pipeline pipet pixelated (not pixilated) PJX streak camera planar-CH-foil target Planar Cryogenic Target System planar electrode (-) planar foil (-) planar-target experiment Planck plane-parallel (adj.) plane-parallel plasma target plane wave (-) plasma ball (-) plasma density profile plasma-electrode Pockels cell (PEPC) plasma electron stopping plasma-flow velocity plasma fusion energy (-) plasma ion–assisted deposition plasma ion stopping plasma-physics process

plasma pulse (-) plasma wave (-) plasmon (electron plasma wave) plasmon-resonance transistor plastic ablator (-) plastic-shell implosion plastically (adverb) Plexiglas™ PMT (photomultiplier tube) PNR (photon-number resolution) Pockels cell (-) point-by-point point contact (-) point design (-) point-diffraction interferometer point-projection imaging point-source backlighter point-spread function (PSF) pointing target (-) poise (a unit of viscosity) Poisson ratio ν POL1 polar direct drive (-) (PDD) (this is the LLE

standard for “polar drive”) polar drive (-) polar-direct-drive–ignition campaign polarization-selective (adj.) polarization-sensitive (adj.) polarization smoothing (PS) polycrystalline polyimide polymer ablator (-) polymer cholesteric liquid crystal (PCLC)

flake [PCLC flake (-)] polymer-dispersed (adj.) polymer shell (-) ponderomotive porous silica (-)

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positive-dispersion (adj.) positive-intrinsic-negative (p-i-n) diode positive-slope curve positron (positive electron; abbrev. p) positron–antiproton post-annealed post-clean post-coating treatment postdoctoral post-process (verb) postprocessor (noun) postpulse post-shock post-stagnation propagation potassium dihydrogen phosphate (KDP) (-) POTTS (Precision Optical Triggering and

Timing System) powder x-ray diffraction image plate (PXRDIP) 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 power spectral density (PSD) power spectrum (-) Poynting PPn (phase plate for cone n) Prague Asterix Laser Facility preamplifier preamplifier module (PAM) preceding pre-clean precompression preconceptual predominant

pre-eminent pre-existing preform preheat preimposed pre-lase preliminary design review (PDR) pre-plasma pre-polish prepulse preset (verb) pre-shock pre-shot pressure-continuity argument pressure–density pressure-release valve pressure volume (-) primary DT (-) primary neutron yield primary yield (-) principal (“foremost in rank or degree”) principle (“rule” or “standard”) PrismSPECT probability density function (pdf) probe beam (-) probe-laser wavelength probe-pulse duration procedure proceeding programmed Project Office projector augmented wave (PAW) proof of principle (-) proton activation pack (PAP) proton-backlighter target proton-beam profile proton energy (no hyphen as adj.) proton-fluence depletion

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proton source (-) proton-spectrum downshift proton temporal diagnostic (PTD) proton-track diameter proton yield (no hyphen as adj.) PRR (peak-removal rate) ps (picosecond) PS (polarization smoothing) PSA (pump skid assembly) PSD (power spectral density) PSF (point-spread function) PSL (photostimulated luminescence) pseudorandom PTD (proton temporal diagnostic) PTR (photo-thermo-refractive glass) PXRDIP (powder-x-ray-diffraction-image-

plate) pulse amplification (-) pulse compression (-) pulse-compression grating system pulse-energy output pulse-forming-network (PFN) (adj.) pulse-frame analysis pulse-front tilt pulse-generation room pulse height (-) pulse length (-) pulse-propagation direction pulse shape (-) pulse source (-) pulse-train envelope pulse width (-) pulsed laser beam (no -) pulsed-laser damage pulsed power (-) pump beam (extraordinary wave) (-) pump-beam lens pump-current level

pump-diode current pump-down (noun) pump energy (-) pump intensity (-) pump laser (-) pumpline pump-out tube (LLNL) pump-photon wavelength pump–probe pump pulse (no hyphen as adj.) pump repetition rate pump-wave frequency pure-DT-ice layer pure-tone phase modulation p–v (peak to valley) PW (petawatt) PXRDIP (powder x-ray diffraction image plate) Q factor Q-switch Q-switched laser QCDM (quad-channel delay module) QED (quantum electrodynamics) QEOS (“quotidian” equation of state) QMD (quantum-molecular dynamics) quadrupole quantum-mechanics–based tools quantum-molecular dynmaics (QMD) 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.) r (spatial coordinate)

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radial-convergence ratio radial-gain variation radiation flow (-) radiation front (-) radiation–hydrodynamics code radiation reaction (RR) (-) radiative-precursor shock radiative-transport model radiochromic film (RCF) radio frequency (rf) (-) radioactive radiocarbon RAINBOW (computer code) ramp compression (-) ramp generator ramp rate ramp-wave profile ramp-wave response ramped pressure profile random-phase plate rapid-rise pulse rare-earth–doped laser crystal rare-earth equation rarefaction–shock interaction rarefaction wave (-) raster-scanning rate equation (-) ray-position distribution ray trace (-) ray tracing Rayleigh–Taylor (RT) (the) Rayleigh–Taylor instability RCF (radiochromic film) RCS (resource control system) RCSA (regeneration condenser skid assembly) reabsorption reactivate reactive–evaporation (RE) grating

reactive ion (-) reactive ion-beam etch (RICA) read-noise–limited (adj.) readout realign real-space image real-time rear end (-) recessed electrode (-) reconfiguration re-create recurrence red shift reduced-description (adj.) re-emission re-enter re-entrant re-evaluate re-examine Ref. 1 Refs. 1, 2, and 5 Refs. 1–3 Reference 1.…..(spell out at beginning of sentence) referred reflectance reflected-shock measurement reflecting–transmitting polarizer (LLNL) reflection-grating technology reflection high-energy electron

diffraction (RHEED) reflection mode (-) reflective-optic imaging system refractive-index variation regeneration condenser skid assembly (RCSA) re-image reinforce relative-time resolution relativistic electron (-)

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relaxation-oscillation frequency relaxation-phase expansion relaxation picket (-) relaxed density profile re-layer relay-plane imaging release-layer (adj.) relevant renewal period (in Co-op Agreement) repoint reradiate rescatter reservoir-coupled experiment re-shock residual resistance ratio (RRR) residual stress (-) resist mask (-) resistive-interchange instability resistive state (-) resistivity resonance absorption resonance fluorescence resonant frequency ωr resource control system (RCS) résumé retarding-potential curve retarding-voltage measurement retrofit retro-mirror retroreflection return current (-) return shock (-) reuse Reynolds RHEED (reflection high-energy electron

diffraction) RICA (reactive ion-beam etch) Richtmyer–Meshkov

Riemann right-handed (also hyphenate as a predicate adj.)

ring cavity (-) ring-down cavity ring tool (-) rise time rms (root mean square) rms amplitude rms roughness of 1.0 µm Rochester Optical Streak System (ROSS) rocking curve rocking valve roll-off (noun) root mean square (rms) (-) ROSS (Rochester Optical Streak System) rotating-toroidal-resistive plasma round-trip RRR (residual resistance ratio) RT (Rayleigh–Taylor) RT growth rate RT-instability growth RTPOST s polarization s-polarized (when placed before a noun) saddle-field plasma saddle-point increment SAE (single-active-electron) approximation SAGE (computer code) SAGERAYS SAM (surface-activity monitor) sample-equivalent plane sample-specific threshold value sampling-beam path Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) saturated gain (-) SBS (stimulated Brillouin scattering) SBSS (SBS suppression) scale-1 hohlraum

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scale length (-) scale-up scaled-ignition design scanning-damage tester scanning electron micrograph scanning electron microscope (SEM) scanning near-field optical microscope (SNOM) scanning-tunneling (adj.) scan-parallel direction scattered-laser-light spectroscopy scattered-light calorimeter schlieren Schottky Schrödinger SCI (spherical crystal imaging) system Scyllac Sec. 1 Secs. 1, 2, and 5 Secs. 1–3 Section 1...(spell out at beginning of sentence)

second (abbrev. “s”) second harmonic (-) 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-order rezoning scheme (Co-op Renewal) seed beam (an ordinary wave) (-) seed crystal seed-field generator seed-pulse shape selectable-rate streak camera selective-reflection (adj.) self-consistent

self-emission self-emission x-ray shadowgraphy (SES) self-focusing self-mode-locking (SML) (adj.) self-phase modulation (SPM) SEM (scanning electron microscope) semiannual semi-infinite semirigid series-connecting (adj.) series–gap configuration servomotor SES (self-emission x-ray shadowgraphy) SESAME (computer code) set up (verb) setup (noun) seven-fiber bundle SFQ (single-flux-quantum) (adj.) shaft-encoder feedback shaped-adiabat ignition target shaped intensity (-) shaped pulse (-) sharp-boundary model sharp edge (-) shear-mode grinding shell–ablated plasma interface shell-areal-density modulation shell assembly (-) shell–cone (adj.) shell–core mixing shell–fuel (adj.) shell-implosion velocity SHG (sum-harmonic generation) shift-invariant device shinethrough shock-bang time shock beam (-) shock breakout (no hyphen as adj.)

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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

direct-electric-field reconstruction (SPIDER) spectral-sculpting technique spectral shearing (-) spherical crystal imaging (SCI) system spherical-harmonic (adj.) spherical implosion spherical Offner stretcher (SOS) spherical-shell target spherical target implosion SPIDER (spectral phase interferometry for

direct-electric-field reconstruction) spike beam (-) spike pulse (-) spike shock (-) spin-cast spin-coat

spin-off spin-orbit coupling spintronics SPM (self-phase modulation) spontaneous emission (-) spot-damage–afflicted (adj.) spot size spot speed SPS (single-photon source) square law (-) sr (steradian) SRS (stimulated Raman scattering) SSA (single-segment amplifier) SSD (smoothing by spectral dispersion) SSP (Stockpile Stewardship Program or

sustained self-pulsing) 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 stainless steel (-) stand-alone (adj.) standard balance (-) standard-PDD target standby (noun) stand-down (LLE term!!) standing wave (-) standoff Stark-broadened line profile start-up (noun) state of the art (-) static-ordered ETU static target (-) static-wavefront corrector stationary (fixed; immobile) stationery (paper)

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statistical-mechanics bubble-merger model steady-equilibrium model steady-state (adj.) step function (-) step-index fiber step-up (noun or adj.) step-voltage pulse stepwise stick–slip still-superconducting (adj.) stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) stochastic Stockpile Stewardship Program (SSP) stoichiometric Stokes stored-energy density straight-line (adj.) strain rate strained-pulse model streak camera (-) streak, conical-crystal x-ray spectrograph streak, planar-crystal x-ray spectrograph streak tube (-) streaked optical pyrometer (SOP) streaked x-ray spectrometer (SXS) Strehl ratio stress-optic (adj.) stress–strain (adj.) stripline (one word in Co-op Agreement) 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 sublime (verb “to pass from solid to vapor”) submicrometer-resolution mapping submillimeter subnanosecond subpicosecond subscale-polarizer substrate sub-series subsurface subsystem executive subwavelength sulfur sum–frequency mixing sum-harmonic generation (SHG) sum-in-quadrature value superalloy superconducting-microbridge structure superconducting-to-resistive transition superconductor–normal metal–superconductor

(adj.) supercritical-current–induced (adj.) supercurrent super-Gaussian supergiant superhigh superhot superimpose superintense superpixel superpose supersede suprathermal-electron preheat surface-activity monitor (SAM) surface-anchoring force

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surface-bound (adj.) surface damage (-) [except s.d. threshold (no -)]

surface density (-)

surface deviation (-) surface finish (-) surface-focus spectra surface-mass modulation surface-mode amplitude surface relief (-) surface-relief–generation capability surface-roughness value surfactant water (-) surrogate cryogenic target sustained self-pulsing (SSP) (adj.) sweep deflection plate sweep speed (-) swing-in (adj.) switchgear (OMEGA EP doc.) switch-out timing switch pulse (-) SXS (streaked x-ray spectrometer) symcap (symmetry capsule) systems-identification technique T3 (tabletop terawatt) (no italics) Tion (single-hit neutron scintillator array) Table I (use Roman numerals) tabletop tailored-adiabat design tanh (hyperbolic tangent) tantalum oxide (-) Target Area Structure (TAS) Target Bay target chamber center (TCC) Target Chamber Tritium Removal System

(TC-TRS) Target Chamber Vacuum System target-compression experiment target core (-)

target density (-) target-density profile target design (-) target diagnostic (-) target-diagnostic-payload (adj.) target edge (-) target-fab requirement target-fab technology target implosion (-) target imprint (-) target intensity (-) target normal (-) target normal sheath acceleration (TNSA) target physics (-) target-plane beam profile target positioner (-) Target Positioning System (TPS) target shell (-) target-support design target support structure target surface (-) Target Viewing System (TVS) TAS (Target Area Structure) TBJ (three-branch junction) TBR (three-body recombination) TCC (target chamber center) TCO (transparent conductive oxide) TC-TRS (Target Chamber Tritium

Removal System) Teflon™ telecommunication-wavelength photon counter Telios TEM (transverse electromagnetic or

transmission electron microscopy) temperature–density profile temperature front (-) temperature-gradient scale length temporal contrast (-)

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temporal domain (-) temporal-intensity profile temporal-phase modulator temporal-phase ramp temporal-pulse diagnostic temporal-pulse-shape distortion temporal-shape (adj.) temporal–spectral evolution ten-inch manipulator (TIM) tenth-critical-density plasma (LLNL) terahertz (1012; a million million) terawatt (TW) tertiary-neutron-yield measurement tesla (T) TESSA (time-expanded single-shot

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

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time-domain differential equation time-expanded single-shot autocorrelator

(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)

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VECSEL (vertical-external-cavity, surface- emitting laser)

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) (-)

Weiner well-known wet-chemical (adj.) wet-cleaning wet-etch wetted-foam target design white-light continuum white-noise dithering whole-beam energy wholly wideband wire-bonded workpiece workspace

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workstation WRF (wedge range filter) (-)

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)

x-ray CEA crystal spectrometer (XCCS)

x-ray conversion efficiency x-ray diffraction (adj.) (XRD) x-ray drive (adj.) x-ray framing camera (XRFC) x-ray image plate (X-IMP) diagnostic x-ray phase-contrast imaging x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) x-ray pinhole camera (XRPC) x-ray Thomson scattering (XRTS) XRD (x-ray diffraction) (adj.) XRS (x-ray scattering code) XRTS (x-ray Thomson scattering) XUV (extreme UV) y axis y coordinate y direction year-end yield amplitude (-) yield-over-clean (noun) YLiF (yttrium lithium fluoride)

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.