Slowing, advancing and switching of microwave signals using circuit nanoelectromechanics

Nature Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 179-184

  Zhou, X ^a,b   Hocke, F ^c   Schliesser, A ^a,b   Marx, A ^c   Huebl, H ^c   Gross, R ^c,d   Kippenberg, T J ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

^c WALTHER MEISSNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC PHYSICS; COPLANAR WAVEGUIDES; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ELECTROMECHANICAL COUPLING; MICROWAVE CIRCUITS; MICROWAVES; TIMING CIRCUITS; TRANSPARENCY;

ELECTROMAGNETIC SIGNALS; ELECTROMAGNETICALLY-INDUCED TRANSPARENCY; INDUCED TRANSPARENCY; MECHANICAL MOTIONS; MICROWAVE AMPLIFICATION; NANOELECTROMECHANICS; NANOMECHANICAL OSCILLATORS; PARAMETRIC-COUPLING;

MICROWAVE OSCILLATORS;

EID: 84874647260     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys2527     Document Type: Article

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