Tuning nonlinearity, dynamic range, and frequency of nanomechanical resonators

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 88, Issue 25, 2006, Pages

  Kozinsky, I ^a   Postma, H W Ch ^a   Bargatin, I ^a   Roukes, M L ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC RANGE; NANOMECHANICAL RESONATORS; RESONANT FREQUENCY; TUNABLE NANOMECHANICAL DEVICES;

CONTROL NONLINEARITIES; ELECTROSTATICS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SENSORS; TUNING;

RESONATORS;

EID: 33745468031     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2209211     Document Type: Article

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