Spring constant and damping constant tuning of nanomechanical resonators using a single-electron transistor

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1276-1278

  Schwab, K ^a  

^a LABORATORY FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAMPING CONSTANTS; FORCE DETECTION; FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS; GATE ELECTRODES; HIGH MAGNETIC FIELDS; MECHANICAL SPRINGS; MECHANICAL SYSTEMS; NANOMECHANICAL RESONATORS; NANOMECHANICAL SYSTEMS; RADIOFREQUENCY SIGNALS; SILICON-BASED; SINGLE ELECTRON; SPRING CONSTANTS; ULTRASENSITIVE;

CAPACITANCE MEASUREMENT; CARBON NANOTUBES; DAMPING; MAGNETIC FIELDS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; RESONATORS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPRINGS (COMPONENTS);

SINGLE ELECTRON TRANSISTORS;

EID: 79956010435     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1449533     Document Type: Article

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