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

11 citations · 19 across the 6 of their papers we have counts for

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physics.app-ph2026

Reduction of intrinsic losses in nanomechanical silicon nitride resonators through thermal treatment in ultrahigh vacuum

Nicola Cavalleri, Ariane Giesriegl, Robert G. West +7

Since the discovery of dissipation dilution, silicon nitride (SiN) nanomechanical resonators have set the benchmark for ultracoherent mechanical systems, with geometry and strain e…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

HF Etching and Silanization: Evidence for the Role of Surface Hydroxyl Groups in Silicon Nitride Resonator Loss

Ariane Giesriegl, Nicola Cavalleri, Robert West +4

Silicon nitride nanomechanical resonators are central to sensing, quantum technologies, and fundamental physics experiments due to their exceptional mechanical quality fact…

physics.app-ph2026

Position-Dependent Calibration and Frequency Stability in On-Axis Optical Transduction of Vertical InP Nanowire Resonators

Robert G. West, Kostas Kanellopulos, Lukas Hrachowina +2

We present a quantitative framework for on-axis optical transduction of vertical InP nanowire resonators, correlating laser position to signal amplitude, calibration, and frequency…

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…