| Abbreviation | Definition |
|---|---|
| AAO | American Academy of Ophthalmology |
| ACOLS | Australian Conference on Optics Lasers and Spectroscopy |
| AFO | Advanced Fiber Optics |
| AFOC | Adaptive Fiber Optics Collimator |
| AIO | Applied Industrial Optics |
| AMO | Advanced Multisport Optics |
| AO | Aspheric Optics |
| AOC | Applied Optics Center |
| AOCG | Applied Optics Complutense Group |
| AODP | Adaptive Optics Development Program |
| AOF | Adaptive Optics Facility |
| AOLI | Adaptive Optics and Lucky Imager |
| AOLI | Adaptive Optics Lucky Imager |
| AOLT | Adaptive Optics for Large Telescopes |
| AOPDF | Acousto Optics Programmable Dispersive Filter |
| AOR | Applied Optics Research |
| AOS | Aspherical Optics System |
| APO | Apochromat chromatic & spherical aberration reduction lens |
| BOE | Biomedical Optics Express |
| BV | Blurred Vision |