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Abbreviations and Symbols
DBR
Distributed Bragg reflector
DFG
Difference-frequency generation (physical meaning), also, Deutsche
Forschungsgemeinschaft (funding agency)
DOS
Density of states
e
−
Electron
EID
Excitation-induced dephasing
EL
Electroluminescence
EP
Exceptional point
FCN
Free-carrier nonlinearities
FET
Field-effect transistor
FF
Far-field
FP
Fabry–Pérot (resonator/etalon)
FRET
Förster resonant energy transfer
FSR
Free spectral range
FWHM
Full width at half maximum
Ga
Gallium
h
+
Hole, defect electron
hBN
Hexagonal boron nitride, see BN
HBT
Hanbury–Brown-and-Twiss (experimental configuration)
high-Q
High-quality
HS
Heterostructure, also, heterosystem
iCCD
intensified CCD
In
Indium
IR
Infrared
LA
Longitudinal acoustic
LASER
Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation
LCF
Longitudinal confinement factor
LED
Light-emitting diode
LO
Longitudinal optical
LP
Lower polariton, referring to the lower energy mode/branch of a
polaritonic system
μEL
Micro-electroluminescence
μPL
Micro-photoluminescence
MBE
Molecular beam epitaxy
ML
Monolayer
MM
Multi-mode
MO
Microscope objective
MoS 2
Molybdenum disulfide
MoSe 2
Molybdenum diselenide
MoTe 2
Molybdenum ditelluride
MOVPE
Metal-organic vapour-phase epitaxy
NA
Numerical aperture
NF
Near-field
NIR
Near-infrared
OC
Output coupler