SEIRA surface-enhanced infrared absorption spectroscopy

SEM scanning electron microscope

SEROA surface-enhanced Raman optical activity

SERS surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy

SES surface-enhanced spectroscopy

Si silicon

SiC silicon carbide

SiN silicon nitride

SiP system-in-package

SLS strained layer superlattices

SM single mode

SMS spatial modulation spectroscopy

SoC system-on-chip

SOI silicon on insulator

SoP system on a package

SP surface plasmon

SPASER surface-plasmon amplification by stimulated emission of radiation

SPM scanning probe microscopy

SPP surface plasmon propogation

SPR surface plasmon resonance

s-SNOM scattering-scanning near-field optical microscopy

STM scanning tunneling microscope

TAR thermally assisted recording

TEM transmission electron microscope

TEOS tetraethylorthosilicate

TERS tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy

THPC tetrakis(hydroxymethyl)phosphonium chloride

TIGER (standing committee on) Technology Insight—Gauge, Evaluate and Review

TiO₂ titanium dioxide

TPV thermophotovoltaic

UAV unmanned aerial vehicle

UV ultraviolet

VLS vapor-liquid-solid

VLWIR very long wave infrared

WDM wavelength division multiplexing

WR waveguide ring

ZnS zinc sulfide