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most citedThermal radiation dominated heat transfer in nanomechanical silicon nitride drum resonators

25 citations · 44 across the 6 of their papers we have counts for

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6 papers

physics.ins-det2025

Design optimization of silicon nitride nanomechanical resonators for thermal infrared detectors: a guide through key figures of merit

Paolo Martini, Kostas Kanellopulos, Silvan Schmid

Thermomechanical infrared (IR) detectors have emerged as promising alternatives to traditional photon and thermoelectric sensors, offering broadband sensitivity and low noise witho…

physics.ins-det2025★ 11 cited

Uncooled Thermal Infrared Detection Near the Fundamental Limit Using a Nanomechanical Resonator with a Broadband Absorber

Paolo Martini, Stefan Emminger, Kostas Kanellopulos +4

This paper introduces a thermal infrared detector utilizing a nano-optomechanical silicon nitride (SiN) resonator, equipped with a free-space impedance-matched (FSIM) absorber comp…

physics.optics2024★ 8 cited

Stress-Dependent Optical Extinction in LPCVD Silicon Nitride Measured by Nanomechanical Photothermal Sensing

Kostas Kanellopulos, Robert G. West, Stefan Emminger +4

Understanding optical absorption in silicon nitride is crucial for cutting-edge technologies like photonic integrated circuits, nanomechanical photothermal infrared sensing and spe…

physics.app-ph2024

Comparative Analysis of Nanomechanical Resonators: Sensitivity, Response Time, and Practical Considerations in Photothermal Sensing

Kostas Kanellopulos, Friedrich Ladinig, Stefan Emminger +3

Nanomechanical photothermal sensing has significantly advanced single-molecule/particle microscopy and spectroscopy, and infrared detection through the use of nanomechanical resona…

physics.app-ph2021

Thermal IR detection with nanoelectromechanical silicon nitride trampoline resonators

Markus Piller, Johannes Hiesberger, Elisabeth Wistrela +3

Nanoelectromechanical (NEMS) resonators are promising uncooled thermal infrared (IR) detectors to overcome existing sensitivity limits. Here, we investigated nanoelectromechanical…

physics.app-ph2020★ 25 cited

Thermal radiation dominated heat transfer in nanomechanical silicon nitride drum resonators

Markus Piller, Pedram Sadeghi, Robert G. West +4

Nanomechanical silicon nitride (SiN) drum resonators are currently employed in various fields of applications that arise from their unprecedented frequency response to physical qua…