Force sensitivity of multilayer graphene optomechanical devices

P. Weber, J. Güttinger, A. Noury, J. Vergara-Cruz and A. Bachtold ()
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P. Weber: ICFO-Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology
J. Güttinger: ICFO-Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology
A. Noury: ICFO-Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology
J. Vergara-Cruz: ICFO-Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology
A. Bachtold: ICFO-Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology

Nature Communications, 2016, vol. 7, issue 1, 1-8

Abstract: Abstract Mechanical resonators based on low-dimensional materials are promising for force and mass sensing experiments. The force sensitivity in these ultra-light resonators is often limited by the imprecision in the measurement of the vibrations, the fluctuations of the mechanical resonant frequency and the heating induced by the measurement. Here, we strongly couple multilayer graphene resonators to superconducting cavities in order to achieve a displacement sensitivity of 1.3 fm Hz−1/2. This coupling also allows us to damp the resonator to an average phonon occupation of 7.2. Our best force sensitivity, 390 zN Hz−1/2 with a bandwidth of 200 Hz, is achieved by balancing measurement imprecision, optomechanical damping, and measurement-induced heating. Our results hold promise for studying the quantum capacitance of graphene, its magnetization, and the electron and nuclear spins of molecules adsorbed on its surface.

Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1038/ncomms12496

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