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Fractal-like Mechanical Resonators with a Soft-Clamped Fundamental Mode

Fedorov, S. A.  
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Beccari, A.
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Engelsen, N. J.
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January 16, 2020
Physical Review Letters

Self-similar structures occur naturally and have been employed to engineer exotic physical properties. We show that acoustic modes of a fractal-like system of tensioned strings can display increased mechanical quality factors due to the enhancement of dissipation dilution. We describe a realistic resonator design in which the quality factor of the fundamental mode is enhanced by as much as 2 orders of magnitude compared to a simple string with the same size and tension. Our findings can open new avenues in force sensing, cavity quantum optomechanics, and experiments with suspended test masses.

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DOI
10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.025502
Web of Science ID

WOS:000515350300008

Author(s)
Fedorov, S. A.  
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Beccari, A.
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Engelsen, N. J.
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Kippenberg, T. J.  
Date Issued

2020-01-16

Publisher

AMER PHYSICAL SOC

Published in
Physical Review Letters
Volume

124

Issue

2

Article Number

025502

Subjects

Physics, Multidisciplinary

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Physics

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