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PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
Volume 102, Issue 22, Pages -Publisher
AMER PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.225503
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- NSF [DMR-0457533, DMR 0520404]
- IGERT [DGE-0654193]
- Analog Devices and DARPA [HR0011-06-1-0042]
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High-stress silicon nitride microresonators exhibit a remarkable room temperature Q factor that even exceeds that of single crystal silicon. A study of the temperature dependent variation of the Q of a 255 mu mx255 mu mx30 nm thick high-stress Si(3)N(4) membrane reveals that the dissipation Q(-1) decreases with lower temperatures and is similar or equal to 3 orders of magnitude smaller than the universal behavior. Stress-relieved cantilevers fabricated from the same material show a Q that is more consistent with typical disordered materials. e-beam and x-ray studies of the nitride film's structure reveal characteristics consistent with a disordered state. Thus, it is shown that stress alters the Q(-1), violating the universality of dissipation in disordered materials in a self-supporting structure.
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