Charge-sensing of a Ge/Si core/shell nanowire double quantum dot using a high-impedance superconducting resonator

Spin qubits in germanium are a promising contender for scalable quantum computers. Reading out of the spin and charge configuration of quantum dots formed in Ge/Si core/shell nanowires is typically performed by measuring the current through the nanowire. Here, we demonstrate a more versatile approach on investigating the charge configuration...

Nanomechanical absorption spectroscopy of 2D materials with femtowatt sensitivity

Nanomechanical spectroscopy (NMS) is a recently developed approach to determine optical absorption spectra of nanoscale materials via mechanical measurements. It is based on measuring changes in the resonance frequency of a membrane resonator vs. the photon energy of incoming light. This method is a direct measurement of absorption, which has...

Silicon carbide-on-insulator thermal-piezoresistive resonator for harsh environment application

The thermal-piezoresistive effect in silicon (Si) has attracted great attention toward high-performance resonant devices but still faces major challenges for harsh environment applications. Instead of using Si, this paper, for the first time, reports a thermal-piezoresistive resonator based on a silicon carbide-on-insulator (SiCOI) platform. The...

Classifiable Limiting Mass Change Detection in a Graphene Resonator Using Applied Machine Learning

Nanomechanical resonator devices are widely used as ultrasensitive mass detectors for fundamental studies and practical applications. The resonance frequency of the resonators shifts when a mass is loaded, which is used to estimate the mass. However, the shift signal is often blurred by the thermal noise, which interferes with accurate mass...

Method to Determine the Closed-Loop Precision of Resonant Sensors from Open-Loop Measurements

Resonant sensors determine a sensed parameter by measuring the resonance frequency of a resonator. For fast continuous sensing, it is desirable to operate resonant sensors in a closed-loop configuration, where a feedback loop ensures that the resonator is always actuated near its resonance frequency, so that the precision is maximized even in...

Nanoscale mechanical resonators and oscillators

In this thesis the physics of nanoscale mechanical resonators and oscillators is studied. We discuss two types of resonators. First, a top-down fabricated doubly clamped beam resonator with an integrated piezoelectric actuator is introduced. The second type of resonators are based on layered two-dimensional materials, such as graphene and...

Fully integrated MEMS TGA device for inspection of nano-masses

TGA is employed to determine degradation temperatures, absorbed moisture content, level of inorganic and organic components in milligram amount of materials. When such amounts of sample material are too dangerous to handle or not available MEMS TGA devices are a valuable option. To realize a MEMS TGA device a number of challenges arise: the...

Challenges in the Assembly and Handling of Thin Film Capped MEMS Devices

This paper discusses the assembly challenges considering the design and manufacturability of a Wafer Level Thin Film Package in MEMS applications. The assembly processes are discussed. The loads associated with these processes are illustrated and evaluated. Numerical calculations are combined with experimental observations in order to estimate...

A mechanistic model for adsorption-induced change in resonance response of submicron cantilevers

Submicron cantilever structures have been demonstrated to be extremely versatile sensors and have potential applications in physics, chemistry and biology. The basic principle in submicron cantilever sensors is the measurement of the resonance frequency shift due to the added mass of the molecules bound to the cantilever surface. This paper...