Ultralow-loss diamond nanomechanics enabled by van der Waals self-assembly

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2507.01217v1
• Date: Tue, 01 Jul 2025 22:29:19 GMT
• Title: Ultralow-loss diamond nanomechanics enabled by van der Waals self-assembly
• Authors: Guanhao Huang, Chang Jin, Sophie Weiyi Ding, Marko Lončar,
• Abstract summary: High mechanical quality factors, often achieved using dissipation dilution, are important since they directly enhance measurement sensitivity and quantum coherence.<n>Here, we transform this longstanding obstacle into a solution for tension-enabled dissipation dilution, via a novel van der Waals (vdW) self-assembly method.<n>We demonstrate mechanical quality factors exceeding 100 million at 5K, surpassing state-of-the-art systems at comparable aspect ratios.
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• Abstract: Nanomechanical systems are critical platforms for precision measurement, sensing, macroscopic quantum physics, and emerging quantum-information technologies. In these applications, high mechanical quality factors, often achieved using dissipation dilution, are important since they directly enhance measurement sensitivity and quantum coherence. However, surface stiction intrinsic to nanoscale structures severely limits their performance. Here, we transform this longstanding obstacle into a solution for tension-enabled dissipation dilution, via a novel van der Waals (vdW) self-assembly method. Leveraging intrinsic nanoscale surface interactions, we achieve controlled tensile stresses up to 1.3GPa in single-crystal diamond--an ideal but notoriously difficult material to strain-engineer--without introducing additional interface losses. We demonstrate mechanical quality factors exceeding 100 million at 5K, surpassing state-of-the-art systems at comparable aspect ratios. This versatile approach, applicable to other crystalline materials, opens up avenues using cryogenic nanomechanical systems for ultra-precise quantum sensing, tests of quantum gravity, and hybrid quantum systems.

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