A crystalline silicon string played with hours-long sustain

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25250/thescbr.brk679

Keywords:

Nanomechanics, Optomechanics, MEMS, Microresonators, Precision measurements

Abstract

We have developed nanoscale guitar strings with extremely low energy dissipation, using silicon under stress. The exceptional lifetime of these mechanical oscillators makes them perfect tools to sense minuscule forces in their environment, and to explore how quantum mechanics can apply to macroscopic objects.

Author Biography

Alberto Beccari, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL)

Doctoral student

Original article reference

Beccari, A., Visani, D. A., Fedorov, S. A., Bereyhi, M. J., Boureau, V., Engelsen, N. J., & Kippenberg, T. J. (2022). Strained crystalline nanomechanical resonators with quality factors above 10 billion. Nature Physics, 18(4), 436–441. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-021-01498-4

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Published

2023-02-17

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 1 (2023): TheScienceBreaker

Section

Maths, Physics & Chemistry

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