Glossary of Terms

AFM
Atomic Force Microscopy
Ag
Silver
AIN
Aluminum Nitride
Al
Aluminum
Al2O3
Aluminum Oxide
ALD
Atomic Layer Deposition
a-Si
Amorphous Silicon
Au
Gold
BCB
Benzocyclobutene
C4F8
Octafluorocyclobutane
CAIBE
Chemically-Assisted Ion Beam
CF4
Carbon Tetrafluoride
CHF3
either “Fluoroform” or “Trifluoromethane”
Cl2
Chlorine
CMOS
Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
Cr
Chrome
Cu
Copper
DBR
Distributed Bragg Reflector
DRIE
Deep Reactive Ion Etching
GaAs
Gallium Arsenide
GaN
Gallium Nitride
GaSb
Gallium Antimonide
Ge
Germanium
HMDS
Hexamethyldisilazane
HRD
High Resolution X-Ray Diffraction
ICP
Inductively-Coupled Plasma
In
Indium
InAlGaN
Indium Aluminum Gallium Nitride
INP
Indium Phosphide
ITO
Indium Tin Oxide

KOH

Potassium Hydroxide
LED
Light-emitting diode
LPCVD
Low Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition
LTPS
Low Temperature Polysilicon
MEMS
Micro-Electro-Mechanical-Systems
Mo
Molybdenum
MoCr
Moly-Chrome
MOCVD
Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition
Nb
Niobium
NH3
Ammonia
Ni
Nickel
O2
Oxygen
Pd
Paladium
PECVD
Plasma-Enhanced Chemcial Vapor Deposition
PL
Photoluminescence
Poly-Si
Polysilicon
Pt
Platinum
PVD
Physical Vapor Deposition
RF
Radio Frequency
RIE
Reactive Ion Etching
SEM
Scanning Electron Microscopy
SF6
Sulfur Hexafluoride
Si
Silicon
Si3N4
Silicon Nitride
SiC
Silicon Carbide
SiF4
Silicon Tetrafluoride
SiN
Silicon Nitride
SiO2
Silicon Dioxide
SiON
Silicon Oxinitride
SU8
SU-8
Ta2O5
Tantalum Pentoxide
Ti
Titanium
TiO2
Titanium Dioxide
TiW
Ti-Tungsten
UV
Utraviolet
UWBG
Ultra-Wide Bandgap
VCSEL
Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers
W
Tungsten
Xe
Xenon
XeF2
Xenon Difluoride
YF3
Yttrium Fluoride