| ESCA | Electron Spectroscopy for Chemical Analysis |
| XPD | X-ray Photo Electron Diffraction |
| ArTOF | Angle resolved Time-of-Flight |
| FEL | Free-Electron Laser |
| VUV | Vacuum Ultra-Violet |
| SASE | Self-Amplified Spontaneous Emission |
| HHG | Higher Harmonics Generation |
| TaS2 | Tantalumdisulphide |
| PGM | Plane Grating Monochromator |
| PPRE | Pulse Picking by Resonant Excitation |
| TRIBs | Transverse Island Buckets |
| FWHM | Full Width at Half Maximum |
| APD | Avalanche Photo Diode |
| MB | Multibunch |
| CS | Camshaft (bunch) |
| BBO | Beta Barium Borate |
| OPA | Optical Paramteric Amplifier |
| UV | Ultra-Violet |
| ND | Neutral Density |
| AR | Anti Reflective |
| MIM | Minimum Incremental Motion |
| TMP | Turbo Molecular Pump |
| IGP | Ion Getter Pump |
| NEG | Non-Evaporable Getter Pump |
| LHe | Liquid Helium |
| LEED | Low-Energy Electron Diffraction |
| LN2 | Liquid Nitrogen |
| CDW | Charge Density Wave |
| ICCDW | Incommensurate Charge Density Wave |
| NCCDW | Nearly Commensurate Charge Density Wave |
| CCDW | Commensurate Charge Density Wave |
| PLD | Periodic Lattice Distortion |
| XPS | X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy |
| SO | Spin-Orbit |
| trPES | Time-Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy |
| FLASH | Free-Electron Laser in Hamburg |
| HHG | Higher Harmonic Generation |
| SCS | Space-Charge Shift |