Dissipation due to two-level systems in nano-mechanical devices

C Seoanez, F Guinea, A. H. Castro Neto
2007 Europhysics letters  
We analyze the dissipation of the frequency vibrations of nano-mechanical devices. We show that the coupling between flexural modes and two-level systems leads to sub-ohmic dissipation. The inverse quality factor of the low energy vibrations depends on temperature as Q^-1 (T) ≈ Q_0 + C T^1/3, providing a quantitative description of the experimental data.
doi:10.1209/0295-5075/78/60002 fatcat:ws5t7bjh6bflhlsf5naemdrvwa