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Published June 2019 | public
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Imaging Multimode Vibrations in High-Frequency Aluminum Nitride Piezoelectric Nanomembrane Resonators

Abstract

We report on the first imaging and visualization of the multimode resonant behaviors of aluminum nitride (AlN) piezoelectric nanomembrane resonators, by exploiting a spectromicroscopy technique based on scanning laser interferometry. High-frequency multimode vibrations (up to 33MHz) with quality (Q) factors up to ~8500 are observed in the AlN nanomembranes. Both undriven thermomechanical and coherently excited vibrations of the devices are measured and spatially mapped. Such a multimode AlN device platform with abundant resonant modes, two-dimensional (2D) large capturing surfaces, and efficient all-electrical signal transduction, holds strong promise for enabling ultrasensitive gravimetric detection, mass spectroscopy, and inertial imaging.

Additional Information

© 2019 IEEE. H.J. and P.X.-L.F. acknowledge support from the National Science Foundation (NSF) through SNM Grant (CMMI-1246715), EPMD Grant (ECCS-1408494), and CCSS Grant (ECCS-1509721). M.L.R. and M.H.M. gratefully acknowledge support from the U.S. Army Research Office (ARO) under Grant W911NF13-1-0240.

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