| Short Form | Description |
| AN | Artificial neuron |
| ANN | Artificial neural networks |
| BPOF | Band pass optical filters |
| EON | Electro-optical neurons |
| FWHM | Full width half maximum |
| LED | Light emitting diode |
| LIM | Light intensity modulation |
| OA | Optical axon |
| ONN | Optical neural networks |
| OR | Optical receiver |
| PD | Photodiode |
| PNN | Photonic neural networks |
| Rx | Receiver |
| SNN | Spiking neural networks |
| SOMA | Input module of the electronic neuron |
| SYN | Electronic synapse |
| Tx | Transmitter |
| ws | Weights |
| WDM | Wavelength division multiplexing |
| μC | Microcontroller |
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