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Yuan, M. (author), Cohen, M.A. (author), Steele, G.A. (author)We study the mechanical dissipation of the fundamental mode of millimeter-sized, high quality-factor (Q) metalized silicon nitride membranes at temperatures down to 14?mK using a three-dimensional optomechanical cavity. Below 200?mK, high-Q modes of the membranes show a diverging increase of Q with decreasing temperature, reaching Q=1.27×108Q=1...journal article 2015
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Kramer, E. (author), Van Dorp, J. (author), Van Leeuwen, R. (author), Venstra, W.J. (author)We investigate the effect of mechanical strain on the dynamics of thin MoS2 nanodrum resonators. Using a piezoelectric crystal, compressive and tensile biaxial strain is induced in initially flat and buckled devices. In the flat device, we observe a remarkable strain-dependence of the resonance line width, while the change in the resonance...journal article 2015
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Bruno, A. (author), De Lange, G. (author), Asaad, S. (author), Van der Enden, K.L. (author), Langford, N.K. (author), DiCarlo, L. (author)We present microwave-frequency NbTiN resonators on silicon, systematically achieving internal quality factors above 1?M in the quantum regime. We use two techniques to reduce losses associated with two-level systems: an additional substrate surface treatment prior to NbTiN deposition to optimize the metal-substrate interface and deep reactive...journal article 2015
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Testa, G. (author), Huang, Y. (author), Sarro, P.M. (author), Zeni, L. (author), Bernini, R. (author)The feasibility of an integrated silicon optofluidic ring resonator is demonstrated. Liquid core antiresonant reflecting optical waveguides are used to realize a rectangular ring resonator with a multimode interference liquid core coupler between the ring and the bus waveguide. In this configuration the same waveguide used to confine the light...journal article 2010
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Kuzmin, N.V. (author), Alkemade, P.F.A. (author), 't Hooft, G.W. (author), Elie, E.R. (author)Employing an interferometric cavity ring-down technique we study the launching, propagation and reflection of surface plasmons on a smooth gold-air interface that is intersected by two parallel, subwavelength wide slits. Inside the low-finesse optical cavity defined by these slits the surface plasmon is observed to make multiple bounces. Our...journal article 2007