Nanoscale Torsional Dissipation Dilution for Quantum Experiments and Precision Measurement
Jon R. Pratt, Aman R. Agrawal, C. A. Condos, Christian M. Pluchar, Stephan Schlamminger, Dalziel J. Wilson
Abstract
Experiments show that the torsion modes of nanostructures can experience dissipation dilution, yielding a new class of ultrahigh-Q resonators with broad applications to quantum experiments and precision measurement.
Topics & Concepts
DissipationNanoscopic scaleQuantumTorsion (gastropod)ResonatorDilutionNanostructurePhysicsMaterials scienceClassical mechanicsQuantum mechanicsOptoelectronicsThermodynamicsSurgeryMedicineMechanical and Optical ResonatorsPhotonic and Optical DevicesAdvanced MEMS and NEMS Technologies