Super-rolloff electron tunneling transduction of nanomechanical motion using frequency downmixing

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 97, Issue 25, 2010, Pages

  Kan, M R ^a,b   Fortin, D C ^b   Finley, E ^a   Cheng, K M ^a,b   Freeman, M R ^a,b   Hiebert, W K ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKACTION; DISPLACEMENT TRANSDUCER; ELECTRONIC BANDWIDTH; FUNDAMENTAL LIMITATIONS; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; MICRO-MECHANICAL; NANO ELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS; NANOMECHANICAL MOTION; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; READOUT CIRCUITRY; RESONANCE FREQUENCY SHIFT; VIBRATIONAL MODES;

BACTERIOPHAGES; ELECTRON TUNNELING; RESONANCE; TRANSDUCERS;

CUTOFF FREQUENCY;

EID: 78650730352     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3527931     Document Type: Article

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