All-optical mass sensing with coupled mechanical resonator systems

Physics Reports

Volumn 525, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 223-254

  Li, Jin Jin ^a   Zhu, Ka Di ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Cavity electromechanical system; Cavity optomechanics; Cooper pair box; Nanomechanical resonator; Optical mass sensing; Quantum dot; Surface plasmon

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875640338     PISSN: 03701573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physrep.2012.11.003     Document Type: Review

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