| AC | Alternating Current |
| BSI | Backside Illumination |
| CCD | Charged coupled Device |
| CIE | Commission internationale de l’éclairage |
| CIS | CMOS Image Sensor |
| CMY | Cyan Magenta Yellow |
| CMOS | Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor |
| EBL | Electron-Beam Lithography |
| ED | Electric Dipole |
| ELT | Extraordinary Low Transmission |
| EOT | Extraordinary Transmission |
| FIB | Focused Ion Beam |
| FWHM | Full Width Half Maximum |
| GSR | Gap Surface Plasmon |
| ITO | Indium Titanium Oxide |
| LC | Liquid Crystal |
| LCD | Liquid Crystal Display |
| LSP | Local Surface Plasmon |
| LSPP | Local Surface Plasmon Polaritons |
| LSPR | Local Surface Plasmon Resonance |
| MD | Magnetic Dipole |
| MIMFP | Metal-Insulator-Metal Fabry-Perot |
| ND | Nano Disks |
| NIL | Nanoimprint Lithography |
| PMMA | Poly Methyl MethAcrylate |
| RGB | Red Green Blue |
| SEM | Scanning Electron Microscope |
| SERS | Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy |
| SLR | Surface Lattice Resonance |
| SPR | Surface Plasmon Resonance |
| sRGB | standarad Red Green Blue |
| TN | Twisted Nematic |