Abbreviations/Acronyms

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.

metallorganic molecular beam epitaxy

transmission number

absolute (kelvin degrees), absorption, acoustic, alpha particle, analog, anode, ampere, amplitude, area, atomic, atomic mass, Helmholtz free energy, mass number, nucleon number

f number

footlambert

liter; lambert

millilambert; milliliter

reaction chamber; resistance × capacitance

atomic number; zepto-