Microwave amplification with nanomechanical resonators

Nature

Volumn 480, Issue 7377, 2011, Pages 351-354

  Massel, F ^a   Heikkila T T ^a   Pirkkalainen, J M ^a   Cho, S U ^a   Saloniemi, H ^b   Hakonen, P J ^a   Sillanpaa M A ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL METHOD; MICROWAVE RADIATION; NOISE; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

ARTICLE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 83455234852     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature10628     Document Type: Article

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