Ultrahigh-quality-factor micro-and nanomechanical resonators using dissipation dilution

NJ Engelsen, A Beccari, TJ Kippenberg - Nature Nanotechnology, 2024 - nature.com
Mechanical resonators are widely used in sensors, transducers and optomechanical
systems, where mechanical dissipation sets the ultimate limit to performance. Over the past …

[HTML][HTML] Quantum non-Gaussian optomechanics and electromechanics

AA Rakhubovsky, DW Moore, R Filip - Progress in Quantum Electronics, 2024 - Elsevier
Mechanical systems prepared in quantum non-Gaussian states constitute a new advanced
class of phenomena breaking the laws of classical physics. Specifically, such mechanical …

High‐Strength Amorphous Silicon Carbide for Nanomechanics

M Xu, D Shin, PM Sberna, R van der Kolk… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
For decades, mechanical resonators with high sensitivity have been realized using thin‐film
materials under high tensile loads. Although there are remarkable strides in achieving low …

Perimeter Modes of Nanomechanical Resonators Exhibit Quality Factors Exceeding at Room Temperature

MJ Bereyhi, A Arabmoheghi, A Beccari, SA Fedorov… - Physical Review X, 2022 - APS
Systems with low mechanical dissipation are extensively used in precision measurements
such as gravitational wave detection, atomic force microscopy, and quantum control of …

Digital synthesis of free-form multimaterial structures for realization of arbitrary programmed mechanical responses

W Li, F Wang, O Sigmund… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Programming structures to realize any prescribed mechanical response under large
deformation is highly desired for various functionalities, such as actuation and energy …

Spiderweb nanomechanical resonators via bayesian optimization: inspired by nature and guided by machine learning

D Shin, A Cupertino, MHJ de Jong… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
From ultrasensitive detectors of fundamental forces to quantum networks and sensors,
mechanical resonators are enabling next‐generation technologies to operate in room …

Entanglement-enhanced optomechanical sensing

Y Xia, AR Agrawal, CM Pluchar, AJ Brady, Z Liu… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Optomechanical systems have been exploited in ultrasensitive measurements of force,
acceleration and magnetic fields. The fundamental limits for optomechanical sensing have …

Room-temperature quantum optomechanics using an ultralow noise cavity

G Huang, A Beccari, NJ Engelsen, TJ Kippenberg - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
At room temperature, mechanical motion driven by the quantum backaction of light has been
observed only in pioneering experiments in which an optical restoring force controls the …

Nanomechanical crystalline AlN resonators with high quality factors for quantum optoelectromechanics

A Ciers, A Jung, J Ciers, LR Nindito… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
High‐quality factor (Qm) mechanical resonators are crucial for applications where low noise
and long coherence time are required, as mirror suspensions, quantum cavity …

Experimental realization of nonreciprocal adiabatic transfer of phonons in a dynamically modulated nanomechanical topological insulator

T Tian, Y Zhang, L Zhang, L Wu, S Lin, J Zhou… - Physical review …, 2022 - APS
High quality nanomechanical oscillators are promising platforms for quantum entanglement
and quantum technology with phonons. Realizing coherent transfer of phonons between …