Observation of phonon trapping in the continuum with topological charges

Hao Tong, Shengyan Liu, Mengdi Zhao and Kejie Fang ()
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Hao Tong: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Shengyan Liu: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Mengdi Zhao: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Kejie Fang: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Nature Communications, 2020, vol. 11, issue 1, 1-7

Abstract: Abstract Phonon trapping has an immense impact in many areas of science and technology, from the antennas of interferometric gravitational wave detectors to chip-scale quantum micro- and nano-mechanical oscillators. It usually relies on the mechanical suspension—an approach, while isolating selected vibrational modes, leads to serious drawbacks for interrogation of the trapped phonons, including limited heat capacity and excess noises via measurements. To circumvent these constraints, we realize a paradigm of phonon trapping using mechanical bound states in the continuum (BICs) with topological features and conducted an in-depth characterization of the mechanical losses both at room and cryogenic temperatures. Our findings of mechanical BICs combining the microwave frequency and macroscopic size unveil a unique platform for realizing mechanical oscillators in both classical and quantum regimes. The paradigm of mechanical BICs might lead to unprecedented sensing modalities for applications such as rare-event searches and the exploration of the foundations of quantum mechanics in unreached parameter spaces.

Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-19091-3

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