Tanner, S.
, Gray, J.
, Rogers, C.
, Bertness, K.
and Sanford, N.
(2007),
High-Q GaN nanowire resonators and oscillators, Applied Physics Letters, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=32729
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High-Q GaN nanowire resonators and oscillators
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Shawn M. Tanner, Jason M. Gray, Charles T. Rogers, ,
Abstract
We report high mechanical quality factors Q for GaN nanowire cantilevers grown by molecular beam epitaxy. Nanowires with 30-500 nm diameters and 5-20 υm lengths having resonance frequencies from 400 kHz to 2.8 MHz were measured. Q near room temperature and 10-4 Pa ranged from 2,700 to above 60,000 with most above 10,000. Positive feedback to a piezoelectric stack caused spontaneous nanowire oscillations with Q exceeding 106. Spontaneous oscillations also occured with direct e-beam excitation of unintentionally doped nanowires. Doped nanowires showed no oscillations, consistent with oscillation arising via direct actuation of piezoelectric GaN.Citation
Applied Physics Letters
Volume
91
Issue
203117
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Journals
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GaN, mechanical oscillators, nanowire
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Created November 15, 2007, Updated October 12, 2021