Abbreviations/Acronyms

AC thin film electroluminescent display devices

cryogenic continuous-film memory

computer input from microfilm; computer-integrated manufacturing

computer-output microfilm; Center for Optical Manufacturing

edge-defined film-fed growth

molecular beam epitaxy — A well-controlled thin film technique for growing films with good crystal structure in ultra high vacuum environments at very low deposition rates. MBE is also commonly used in the manufacture of semiconductor devices and solar cells.

metal-dielectric multilayer (MDM) — Periodic nanofilm structures for optical mode confinement and tunneling of resonant surface plasmons.

optically shaped film

thin-film electroluminescent

thin-film filter

thin-film transistor