title: Stress and silicon nitride: a crack in the universal dissipation of glasses.
abstract: High-stress silicon nitride microresonators exhibit a remarkable room temperature Q factor that even exceeds that of single crystal silicon. A study of the temperature dependent variation of the Q of a 255 micromx255 micromx30 nm thick high-stress Si3N4 membrane reveals that the dissipation Q-1 decreases with lower temperatures and is approximately 3 orders of magnitude smaller than the universal behavior. Stress-relieved cantilevers fabricated from the same material show a Q that is more consistent with typical disordered materials. e-beam and x-ray studies of the nitride film's structure reveal characteristics consistent with a disordered state. Thus, it is shown that stress alters the Q-1, violating the universality of dissipation in disordered materials in a self-supporting structure.
authors: Center for Materials Research, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA.
authors: D R
authors: DR
authors: Southworth
authors: R A
authors: RA
authors: Barton
authors: S S
authors: SS
authors: Verbridge
authors: B
authors: B
authors: Ilic
authors: A D
authors: AD
authors: Fefferman
authors: H G
authors: HG
authors: Craighead
authors: J M
authors: JM
authors: Parpia