Mesoscopic physics of nanomechanical systems

A Bachtold, J Moser, MI Dykman - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2022 - APS
Nanomechanics has brought mesoscopic physics into the world of vibrations. Because
nanomechanical systems are small, fluctuations are significant, the vibrations already …

Operating nanobeams in a quantum fluid

DI Bradley, R George, AM Guénault, RP Haley… - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
Microelectromechanical (MEMS) and nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) are ideal
candidates for exploring quantum fluids, since they can be manufactured reproducibly, cover …

Producing and imaging quantum turbulence via pair-breaking in superfluid

MT Noble, SL Ahlstrom, DI Bradley, EA Guise… - Physical Review B, 2022 - APS
Destroying superfluidity is a fundamental process and in fermionic superfluid such as He 3-B
it splits Cooper pairs into thermal excitations, quasiparticles. At the lowest temperatures, a …

Anomalous Damping of a Microelectromechanical Oscillator in Superfluid -B

P Zheng, WG Jiang, CS Barquist, Y Lee, HB Chan - Physical Review Letters, 2016 - APS
The mechanical resonance properties of a microelectromechanical oscillator with a gap of
1.25 μ m was studied in superfluid He 3-B at various pressures. The oscillator was driven in …

Dimensional control of tunneling two-level systems in nanoelectromechanical resonators

T Kamppinen, JT Mäkinen, VB Eltsov - Physical Review B, 2022 - APS
Tunneling two-level systems affect damping, noise, and decoherence in a wide range of
devices, including nanoelectromechanical resonators, optomechanical systems, and qubits …

Critical Velocity in the Presence of Surface Bound States in Superfluid

P Zheng, WG Jiang, CS Barquist, Y Lee, HB Chan - Physical Review Letters, 2017 - APS
A microelectromechanical oscillator with a gap of 1.25 μ m was immersed in superfluid He 3-
B and cooled below 250 μ K at various pressures. Mechanical resonances of its shear …

Nanomechanical resonators for cryogenic research

T Kamppinen, VB Eltsov - Journal of Low Temperature Physics, 2019 - Springer
Suspended aluminum nanoelectromechanical resonators have been fabricated, and the
manufacturing process is described in this work. Device motion is driven and detected with a …

Fully suspended nano-beams for quantum fluids

I Golokolenov, B Alperin, B Fernandez… - Journal of Low …, 2023 - Springer
Non-invasive probes are keystones of fundamental research. Their size and maneuverability
(in terms of, for example, speed, dissipated power) define their applicability range for a …

[HTML][HTML] Aluminum nanosized beams as probes of superfluid 4He

MT Noble, A Guthrie, A Jennings, S Kafanov… - Applied Physics …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Sub-micrometer size devices are strong candidates for future use as probes of quantum
fluids. They can be reproducibly manufactured with resonant frequencies in the range of …

Silicon Vibrating Micro-Wire Resonators for Study of Quantum Turbulence in Superfluid He

Š Midlik, J Sadílek, Z Xie, Y Huang… - Journal of Low …, 2022 - Springer
We report a fabrication process and characterization measurements of single crystal silicon
micro-wire resonators to be used for study of quantum turbulence in superfluid 4 He at …