Silicon nitride membrane resonators at millikelvin temperatures with quality factors exceeding 108

Optical side-band cooling of a low frequency optomechanical system

(2015) H. J. Eerkens et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Large cooperativity and microkelvin cooling with a three-dimensional optomechanical cavity

(2015) Mingyun Yuan et al.   Nature Communications

Optical detection of radio waves through a nanomechanical transducer

(2014) T. Bagci et al.   NATURE

Bidirectional and efficient conversion between microwave and optical light

(2014) R. W. Andrews et al.   Nature Physics

Evidence of Surface Loss as Ubiquitous Limiting Damping Mechanism in SiN Micro- and Nanomechanical Resonators

(2014) L. G. Villanueva et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Dissipation in Ultrahigh Quality Factor SiN Membrane Resonators

(2014) S. Chakram et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Observation of decoherence in a carbon nanotube mechanical resonator

(2014) Ben H. Schneider et al.   Nature Communications

Optomechanical effects of two-level systems in a back-action evading measurement of micro-mechanical motion

(2013) J. Suh et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Observation of Radiation Pressure Shot Noise on a Macroscopic Object

(2013) T. P. Purdy et al.   SCIENCE

Strong Optomechanical Squeezing of Light

(2013) T. P. Purdy et al.   Physical Review X

Approaching intrinsic performance in ultra-thin silicon nitride drum resonators

(2012) V. P. Adiga et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Control of Material Damping in High-QMembrane Microresonators

(2012) P.-L. Yu et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Microwave cavity-enhanced transduction for plug and play nanomechanics at room temperature

(2012) T. Faust et al.   Nature Communications

Optomechanical trampoline resonators

(2011) Dustin Kleckner et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Damping mechanisms in high-Qmicro and nanomechanical string resonators

(2011) S. Schmid et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

High Q optomechanical resonators in silicon nitride nanophotonic circuits

(2010) K. Y. Fong et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Strong and tunable nonlinear optomechanical coupling in a low-loss system

(2010) J. C. Sankey et al.   Nature Physics

Optomechanically Induced Transparency

(2010) S. Weis et al.   SCIENCE

Preparation and detection of a mechanical resonator near the ground state of motion

(2009) T. Rocheleau et al.   NATURE

Universal transduction scheme for nanomechanical systems based on dielectric forces

(2009) Quirin P. Unterreithmeier et al.   NATURE

Near-field cavity optomechanics with nanomechanical oscillators

(2009) G. Anetsberger et al.   Nature Physics

High quality mechanical and optical properties of commercial silicon nitride membranes

(2008) B. M. Zwickl et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Strong dispersive coupling of a high-finesse cavity to a micromechanical membrane

(2008) J. D. Thompson et al.   NATURE