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Nature Portfolio2024

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Springer Nature2022

Perimeter Modes of Nanomechanical Resonators Exhibit Quality Factors Exceeding 10(9) at Room Temperature

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American Physical Society2022

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EPFL2022

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EPFL2023

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IOP Publishing Ltd2022

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Cambridge University Press2022

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Ideal magnetic frustration forms the basis for the emergence of exotic quantum spin states that are entirely nonmagnetic. Such singlet spin states are the defining feature of the Shastry-Sutherland model, and of its faithful materials realization in the qu ...

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Weak nonlinearity for strong non-normality

François Gallaire, Edouard Boujo, Yves-Marie François Ducimetière

We propose a theoretical approach to derive amplitude equations governing the weakly nonlinear evolution of non-normal dynamical systems, when they experience transient growth or respond to harmonic forcing. This approach reconciles the non-modal nature of ...

Cambridge University Press2022

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Springer Nature2023

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The paper presents an improved slow-speed mass balancing procedure capable of reducing high-speed related imbalance. Parametric excitation is used to project the small imbalance forces onto a chosen mode of vibration, corresponding to a high critical rotat ...

PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD2022

Voltage-tunable optical parametric oscillator with an alternating dispersion dimer integrated on a chip

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