SLC
Single-level cell
SLG
Single layer graphene
SNR
Signal-to-noise ratio
s-o
Spin-orbit (or split-off)
SOA
Semiconductor optical amplifier
SOFC
Solid-oxide fuel cells
SPD
Spectral power distribution
SPICE
Simulation Program with Integrated Circuit Emphasis
SPIE
Society of Photographic Instrumentation Engineers
SPP
Surface plasmon polariton
SPS
Short-period superlattice
sRGB
Standard RGB
SRH
Shockley–Read–Hall (kinetics)
SSH
Su–Schrieffer–Heeger (model)
SSR
Side-mode suppression ratio
STEM
Scanning transmission electron microscopy
STEM-ADF Scanning transmission electron microscopy with annular dark field imaging
STM
Scanning tunneling microscopy
SWNT
Single-walled (carbon) nanotube
TA
Transverse acoustic (phonon)
TAS
Thermal admittance spectroscopy
TCO
Transparent conductive oxide
TE
transverse electric (polarization)
TED
transferred electron device
TEGFET
Two-dimensional electron gas field-effect transistor
TEM
Transmission electron microscopy
TES
Two-electron satellite
TF
Thermionic field emission
TFET
Transparent FET, tunneling FET
TFT
Thin film transistor
TM
Transverse magnetic (polarization)
TMAH
Tetramethyl-ammonium-hydroxide
TMDC
Transition metal dichalcogenide
TMR
Tunnel-magnetoresistance
TO
Transverse optical (phonon)
TOD
Turn-on delay (time)
TPA
Two-photon absorption
TSO
Transparent semiconducting oxide
UHV
Ultrahigh vacuum
UV
Ultraviolet
VCA
Virtual crystal approximation
VCO
Voltage-controlled oscillator
VCSEL
Vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser
VFF
Valence force field
VGF
Vertical gradient freeze (growth)
VIS
Visible
VLSI
Very large scale integration
WGM
Whispering gallery mode
WKB
Wentzel–Kramer–Brillouin (approximation or method)
WS
Wigner–Seitz (cell)
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