ASG	Above-Surface Growth
BSG	Below-Surface Growth
CLSM	Confocal Laser Scanning Microscope
HSFL	High-Spatial-Frequency Laser-Induced Periodic Surface Structures
LIPSS	Laser-Induced Periodic Surface Structures
LO	Scanning Line Overlap
LSFL	Low-Spatial-Frequency Laser-Induced Periodic Surface Structures
MR	(Sub-)Micrometric Ripple(s)
NA	Numerical Aperture
PVA	Preferential Valley Ablation
PO	Laser Pulse Overlap
SEM	Scanning Electron Microscope/Scanning Electron Microscopy
USPL	Ultrashort-Pulse Laser
VLS	Vapor–Liquid–Solid