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van Bergen, Steven (author), Norte, R.A. (author), Aragon, A.M. (author)The computational analysis of nanophotonic devices is usually carried out via the standard finite element method (FEM). However, FEM requires meshes that are fitted to the devices’ boundaries, so making changes to the geometry (and thus the mesh) results in an inefficient process at best. Such an approach is therefore at odds when conducting...journal article 2024
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Li, Z. (author), Xu, M. (author), Norte, R.A. (author), Aragon, A.M. (author), Steeneken, P.G. (author), Alijani, F. (author)Although strain engineering and soft-clamping techniques for attaining high Q-factors in nanoresonators have received much attention, their impact on nonlinear dynamics is not fully understood. In this study, we show that nonlinearity of high-Q Si<sub>3</sub>N<sub>4</sub> nanomechanical string resonators can be substantially tuned by support...journal article 2024
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Cupertino, A. (author), Shin, D. (author), Guo, L.L. (author), Steeneken, P.G. (author), Bessa, M.A. (author), Norte, R.A. (author)High-aspect-ratio mechanical resonators are pivotal in precision sensing, from macroscopic gravitational wave detectors to nanoscale acoustics. However, fabrication challenges and high computational costs have limited the length-to-thickness ratio of these devices, leaving a largely unexplored regime in nano-engineering. We present...journal article 2024
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de Jong, M.H.J. (author), Ganesan, Adarsh (author), Cupertino, A. (author), Groeblacher, S. (author), Norte, R.A. (author)Mechanical frequency combs are poised to bring the applications and utility of optical frequency combs into the mechanical domain. So far, their main challenge has been strict requirements on drive frequencies and power, which complicate operation. We demonstrate a straightforward mechanism to create a frequency comb consisting of mechanical...journal article 2023
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Xu, M. (author), Shin, D. (author), Sberna, P.M. (author), van der Kolk, R.J.H. (author), Cupertino, A. (author), Bessa, M.A. (author), Norte, R.A. (author)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-dissipation mechanical sensors by utilizing high tensile stress, the performance of even the best strategy is limited by the tensile fracture strength of the...journal article 2023
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Manzaneque Garcia, T. (author), Ghatkesar, M.K. (author), Alijani, F. (author), Xu, M. (author), Norte, R.A. (author), Steeneken, P.G. (author)Resonant sensors hold great promise in measuring small masses, to enable future mass spectrometers, and small forces in applications like atomic and magnetic force microscopy. During the last decades, scaling down the size of resonators has led to huge enhancements in sensing resolution, but has also raised the question of what the ultimate...journal article 2023
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Li, Y. (author), Gerritsma, F.A. (author), Kurdi, S. (author), Codreanu, N. (author), Groeblacher, S. (author), Hanson, R. (author), Norte, R.A. (author), van der Sar, T. (author)Magnetic imaging with nitrogen-vacancy (NV) spins in diamond is becoming an established tool for studying nanoscale physics in condensed matter systems. However, the optical access required for NV spin readout remains an important hurdle for operation in challenging environments such as millikelvin cryostats or biological systems. Here, we...journal article 2023
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Li, Z. (author), Xu, M. (author), Norte, R.A. (author), Aragon, A.M. (author), van Keulen, A. (author), Alijani, F. (author), Steeneken, P.G. (author)In recent years, the Q-factor of Si 3 N 4 nanomechanical resonators has significantly been increased by soft-clamping techniques using large and complex support structures. To date, however, obtaining similar performance with smaller supports has remained a challenge. Here, we make use of torsion beam supports to tune the Q-factor of Si 3 N 4...journal article 2023
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de Jong, M.H.J. (author), Li, J. (author), Gartner, C.M. (author), Norte, R.A. (author), Groeblacher, S. (author)Studying the interplay between multiple coupled mechanical resonators is a promising new direction in the field of optomechanics. Understanding the dynamics of the interaction can lead to rich new effects, such as enhanced coupling and multi-body physics. In particular, multi-resonator optomechanical systems allow for distinct dynamical...journal article 2022
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de Jong, M.H.J. (author), ten Wolde, M.A. (author), Cupertino, A. (author), Groeblacher, S. (author), Steeneken, P.G. (author), Norte, R.A. (author)State-of-the-art nanomechanical resonators are heralded as a central component for next-generation clocks, filters, resonant sensors, and quantum technologies. To practically build these technologies will require monolithic integration of microchips, resonators, and readout systems. While it is widely seen that mounting microchip substrates into...journal article 2022
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Shin, D. (author), Cupertino, A. (author), de Jong, M.H.J. (author), Steeneken, P.G. (author), Bessa, M.A. (author), Norte, R.A. (author)From ultrasensitive detectors of fundamental forces to quantum networks and sensors, mechanical resonators are enabling next-generation technologies to operate in room-temperature environments. Currently, silicon nitride nanoresonators stand as a leading microchip platform in these advances by allowing for mechanical resonators whose motion...journal article 2021
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Guo, J. (author), Norte, R.A. (author), Groeblacher, S. (author)Preparing mechanical systems in their lowest possible entropy state, the quantum ground state, starting from a room temperature environment is a key challenge in quantum optomechanics. This would not only enable creating quantum states of truly macroscopic systems, but at the same time also lay the groundwork for a new generation of quantum...journal article 2019
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Leeuwenhoek, M. (author), Norte, R.A. (author), Bastiaans, Koen M. (author), Cho, Doohee (author), Battisti, Irene (author), Blanter, Y.M. (author), Groeblacher, S. (author), Allan, Milan P. (author)We report on the fabrication and performance of a new kind of tip for scanning tunneling microscopy. By fully incorporating a metallic tip on a silicon chip using modern micromachining and nanofabrication techniques, we realize so-called smart tips and show the possibility of device-based STM tips. Contrary to conventional etched metal wire...journal article 2019
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Norte, R.A. (author), Forsch, M. (author), Wallucks, A. (author), Marinkovic, I. (author), Groeblacher, S. (author)Several experimental demonstrations of the Casimir force between two closely spaced bodies have been realized over the past two decades. Extending the theory to incorporate the behavior of the force between two superconducting films close to their transition temperature has resulted in competing predictions. To date, no experiment exists that...journal article 2018
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- Pinto Moura, J.P. (author), Norte, R.A. (author), Guo, J. (author), Schäfermeier, C. (author), Groeblacher, S. (author) journal article 2018
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Magrini, Lorenzo (author), Norte, R.A. (author), Riedinger, R.F. (author), Marinkovic, I. (author), Grass, David (author), Delić, Uroš (author), Groeblacher, S. (author), Hong, Sungkun (author), Aspelmeyer, Markus (author)Quantum control of levitated dielectric particles is an emerging subject in quantum optomechanics. A major challenge is to efficiently measure and manipulate the particle’s motion at the Heisenberg uncertainty limit. Here we present a nanophotonic interface suited to address this problem. By optically trapping a 150 nm silica particle and...journal article 2018
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Gartner, C.M. (author), Moura, João P. (author), Haaxman, Wouter (author), Norte, R.A. (author), Groeblacher, S. (author)Multielement cavity optomechanics constitutes a direction to observe novel effects with mechanical resonators. Several exciting ideas include superradiance, increased optomechanical coupling, and quantum effects between distinct mechanical modes among others. Realizing these experiments has so far been difficult, because of the need for...journal article 2018
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Guo, J. (author), Norte, R.A. (author), Groeblacher, S. (author)Mechanical oscillators are at the heart of many sensor applications. Recently several groups have developed oscillators that are probed optically, fabricated from high-stress silicon nitride films. They exhibit outstanding force sensitivities of a few aN/Hz1/2 and can also be made highly reflective, for efficient detection. The optical read-out...journal article 2017
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Norte, R.A. (author), Pinto Moura, J.P. (author), Groeblacher, S. (author)All quantum optomechanics experiments to date operate at cryogenic temperatures, imposing severe technical challenges and fundamental constraints. Here, we present a novel design of on-chip mechanical resonators which exhibit fundamental modes with frequencies f and mechanical quality factors Qm sufficient to enter the optomechanical quantum...journal article 2016