silicon nitride
noun
: any of several compounds of silicon and nitrogen
specifically
: a compound Si3N4 that is a hard ceramic used in high-temperature applications and in composites
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Anello’s low-loss silicon nitride waveguides allow light to circulate longer within the gyroscope, improving signal strength and reducing error accumulation.
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IEEE Spectrum, 10 Feb. 2025
The miniature sail, a square sheet 40 microns on each side, is tethered at the corners by silicon nitride springs and vibrates when struck by a laser.
—John Loeffler, Space.com, 7 Feb. 2025
Current techniques dissolve the silver in nitric acid and use other acids to handle a silicon nitride layer in the panel, as well as some of the minor materials, like solder.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 4 June 2024
The silicon nitride coating also came entirely loose and could be recovered largely intact.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 4 June 2024
How to make a liquid neural net In the new study, the scientists began with a silicon chip that had a square membrane of silicon nitride in the middle.
—IEEE Spectrum, 29 Mar. 2024
The result is a pattern of silicon nitride pillars sitting on top of the silicon dioxide substrate — a metalens.
—The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 29 Dec. 2023
This resin sits on top of a layer of silicon nitride on top of a layer of silicon dioxide.
—The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 29 Dec. 2023
The resulting hybrid meta-optics consisted of a standard refractive lens 4.5 millimeters thick covered with a quartz meta-optic film 500 µm thick coated in square silicon nitride pillars 700 nanometers high.
—IEEE Spectrum, 9 June 2023
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IEEE Spectrum, 10 Feb. 2025
The miniature sail, a square sheet 40 microns on each side, is tethered at the corners by silicon nitride springs and vibrates when struck by a laser.
—John Loeffler, Space.com, 7 Feb. 2025
Current techniques dissolve the silver in nitric acid and use other acids to handle a silicon nitride layer in the panel, as well as some of the minor materials, like solder.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 4 June 2024
The silicon nitride coating also came entirely loose and could be recovered largely intact.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 4 June 2024
How to make a liquid neural net In the new study, the scientists began with a silicon chip that had a square membrane of silicon nitride in the middle.
—IEEE Spectrum, 29 Mar. 2024
The result is a pattern of silicon nitride pillars sitting on top of the silicon dioxide substrate — a metalens.
—The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 29 Dec. 2023
This resin sits on top of a layer of silicon nitride on top of a layer of silicon dioxide.
—The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 29 Dec. 2023
The resulting hybrid meta-optics consisted of a standard refractive lens 4.5 millimeters thick covered with a quartz meta-optic film 500 µm thick coated in square silicon nitride pillars 700 nanometers high.
—IEEE Spectrum, 9 June 2023
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