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Q-Control 464, 465 Q-factor 388, 436, 455, 1126 quad photodetector 334 quadrant detector 354 quadrature signal 943–945 quality factor Q 339, 348, 389, 454, 911 quality system 1101 quantization energy 117 quantum – corrals 427 – dot 134, 172, 173 – effects 126, 134 – Hall regime 438 – limit for the thermal conductance 125 – subbands 116 – well 421 – wire superlattices 123 – yield 16 quantum confinement 99, 126, 127, 129 – effect 116, 135, 138 quantum size – effect 118, 134 – regimes 116 quantum-confined structures 133 quartz-crystal microbalance (QCM) 717 quasi-optical experiment 421 quasi-static – bending test 775, 777 – mode 388 – strain rate 677