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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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.
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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
This material isn’t suitable for generating entangled photons though, so the researchers connected that section of the chip via a waveguide to a second section made from silicon nitride.
—IEEE Spectrum, 17 Apr. 2023
At the moment, qubits include materials like silicon nitride and silicon oxide, which have so many defects that the qubits themselves have to be millimeter-sized to store electrical field energy, and crosstalk between adjacent qubits introduces considerable noise.
—Jessica Wade, WIRED, 27 Dec. 2022
The graphic dial on the new Crépuscule Cape Cod ($7,270), which will be available this summer, was actually created from a single 0.5 mm-thick plate coated with a minute film of silicon nitride measuring just 72 nanometers to achieve an intense blue color.
—Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 18 Feb. 2022
For example, the experiments involved two silicon nitride membranes, each roughly 100 nanometers thick.
—Charles Q. Choi, Scientific American, 11 Dec. 2019
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
This material isn’t suitable for generating entangled photons though, so the researchers connected that section of the chip via a waveguide to a second section made from silicon nitride.
—IEEE Spectrum, 17 Apr. 2023
At the moment, qubits include materials like silicon nitride and silicon oxide, which have so many defects that the qubits themselves have to be millimeter-sized to store electrical field energy, and crosstalk between adjacent qubits introduces considerable noise.
—Jessica Wade, WIRED, 27 Dec. 2022
The graphic dial on the new Crépuscule Cape Cod ($7,270), which will be available this summer, was actually created from a single 0.5 mm-thick plate coated with a minute film of silicon nitride measuring just 72 nanometers to achieve an intense blue color.
—Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 18 Feb. 2022
For example, the experiments involved two silicon nitride membranes, each roughly 100 nanometers thick.
—Charles Q. Choi, Scientific American, 11 Dec. 2019
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First Known Use
1903, in the meaning defined above
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