Dissipation in nanocrystalline-diamond nanomechanical resonators

We have measured the dissipation and frequency of nanocrystalline-diamond nanomechanical resonators with resonant frequencies between 13.7 MHz and 157.3 MHz, over a temperature range of 1.4–274 K. Using both magnetomotive network analysis and a time-domain ring-down technique, we have found the dissipation in this material to have a temperature dependence roughly following T0.2, with Q−1≈10−4 at low temperatures. The frequency dependence of a large dissipation feature at ∼35–55 K is consistent with thermal activation over a 0.02 eV barrier with an attempt frequency of 10 GHz.

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