| Acronym | Meaning |
| MES | Molecular Emission Spectroscopy |
| IOW | Integrated Optical Waveguide |
| PSIM | Phase Shifting Interferential Microscopy |
| SAPT | Symmetry-adapted Perturbation Theory |
| FDTD | Finite-difference Time-domain |
| DOS | Density Of States (in Band Structures) |
| SRXFA | Synchrotron Radiation X-ray Fluorescence Analysis |
| LSM | Loop Sampling Mode |
| CW | Continuous Wave |
| NLLSF | Non-linear Least Square Fitting |