Abbreviations
AZO
Aluminum zinc oxide
BZ
Brillouin zone
CMOS Complimentary metal-oxide semiconductor
DFG
Difference frequency generation
EMNZ Epsilon-and-mu-near-zero
ENZ
Epsilon-near-zero
FDM
Finite difference method
FDTD
Finite difference time domain
FEM
Finite element method
FF
Fundamental frequency
GH
Goos–Hanchen
IBZ
Irreducible Brillouin zone
IPM
Imperfect phase matching
ITO
Indium tin oxide
MM
Metamaterial
MNZ
Mu-near-zero
MPB
MIT photonic bands
NLO
Nonlinear optics
NZPI
Negative-zero-positive-index
PBG
Photonic bandgap
PEC
Perfect electric conductor
PhC
Photonic crystals
PM
Phase matching
PMC
Perfect magnetic conductor
PML
Perfectly matched layer
PMMA Polymethyl methacrylate
PPM
Perfect phase matching
PWEM Plane wave expansion method
QPM
Quasi-phase matching
SGF
Sum frequency generation
SHG
Second harmonic generation
TCO
Transparent conducting oxide
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