Dynamic manipulation of nanomechanical resonators in the high-amplitude regime and non-volatile mechanical memory operation

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 726-732

  Bagheri, Mahmood ^a   Poot, Menno ^a   Li, Mo ^a,b   Pernice, Wolfram P H ^a   Tang, Hong X ^a  

^a Yale University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY BARRIERS; GROUND STATE; QUANTUM THEORY;

DOUBLE-WELL POTENTIAL; EFFICIENT PROCESS; MECHANICAL MEMORY; MECHANICAL MOTIONS; MECHANICAL RESONATORS; NANOMECHANICAL RESONATORS; QUANTUM GROUND STATE; STABLE CONFIGURATION;

RESONATORS;

ELEMENT;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENERGY; FREQUENCY MODULATOR; MECHANICAL TORSION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOTION; OPTICS; PHONON; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 80755163184     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2011.180     Document Type: Article

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