Abbreviations and Symbols
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PL
Photoluminescence
PNP
Plasmonic nanoparticle
PMMA
Poly(methyl methacrylate), a polymer also known as plexiglass or
acrylic
pn
Positive-negative (...junction/diode)
PSB
Phonon sidebands
PVD
Physical-vapour-deposition
Qubit
Quantum bit
Q-factor Quality factor
QCSE
Quantum-confined Stark effect
QCL
Quantum-cascade laser
QD
Quantum dot
QLED
Quantum-dot light-emitting diode
QW
Quantum well
QY
Quantum yield
s-SNOM Scattering-type SNOM
SC
Semiconductor
SE
Spontaneous emission
SEM
Scanning electron microscopy
SESAM
Semiconductor saturable-absorber mirror
SFG
Sum-frequency generation
SHG
Second-harmonic generation
SNOM
Scanning near-field optical microscopy
SPDC
Spontaneous parametric down conversion
SPS
Single-photon source
STEM
Scanning transmission electron microscopy
STM
Scanning tunnelling microscopy
SU-8
A negative photoresist, transparent, epoxy-based
TA
Transverse acoustic
TCSPC
Time-correlated single-photon counting
TDS
Time-domain spectroscopy
TECSEL Terahertz external-cavity surface-emitting laser
TMDC
Transition-metal dichalcogenide
Te
Tellurium
THz
Terahertz
TO
Transverse optical
TR
Time-resolved (e.g. photoluminescence)
UP
Upper polariton (...mode/branch)
UMR
Philipps-Universität Marburg
UV
Ultra violet
vac
Vacuum
VACNTs Vertically aligned carbon nanotubes
VB
Valence band
VCSEL
Vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser
VECSEL Vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting laser