Surpassing fundamental limits of oscillators using nonlinear resonators

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 110, Issue 17, 2013, Pages

  Villanueva, L G ^a   Kenig, E ^a   Karabalin, R B ^a   Matheny, M H ^a   Lifshitz, Ron ^b   Cross, M C ^a   Roukes, M L ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIC FUNCTIONS; COMPREHENSIVE MODEL; FUNDAMENTAL LIMITATIONS; NON-LINEAR OSCILLATORS; NONLINEAR RESONATORS; OPERATIONAL PARAMETERS; PERIODIC SIGNAL; STABLE FREQUENCIES;

OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); RESONATORS;

PHASE NOISE;

EID: 84876983972     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.177208     Document Type: Article

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