Abbreviations
0D
Zero-dimensional
1D
One-dimensional
2D
Two-dimensional
2DEG
Two-dimensional electron gas
3D
Three-dimensional
AAAS
American Association for the Advancement of Science
AB
Antibonding (position)
ac
Alternating current
ACS
American Chemical Society
ADF
Annular dark field (STEM method)
ADP
Acoustic deformation potential (scattering)
AFM
Atomic force microscopy
AHE
Anomalous Hall effect
AIP
American Institute of Physics
AM
Air mass
APD
Antiphase domain, avalanche photodiode
APS
American Physical Society
AR
Antireflection
ARPES
Angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy
ASE
Amplified spontaneous emission
AVS
American Vacuum Society (The Science & Technology Society)
bc
Body-centered
BC
Bond center (position)
bcc
Body-centered cubic
BD
Blu-ray
TM disc
BEC
Bose–Einstein condensation
BGR
Band gap renormalization
BIA
Bulk inversion asymmetry
BJT
Bipolar junction transistor
BZ
Brillouin zone
CAS
Calorimetric absorption spectroscopy
CCD
Charge coupled device
CD
Compact disc
CEO
Cleaved-edge overgrowth
CIE
Commission Internationale de l’Éclairage
CIGS
Cu(In,Ga)Se 2 material
CIS
CuInSe 2 material, CMOS image sensor
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