Self-sustained oscillations of a torsional SQUID resonator induced by Lorentz-force back-action

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Etaki, S ^a,b   Konschelle, F ^a   Blanter, Ya M ^a   Yamaguchi, H ^b   Van Der Zant, H S J ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b NTT Basic Research Laboratories   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE; DISPLACEMENT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; NONLINEARITY; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECT CURRENT; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; LORENTZ FORCE BACK ACTION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; OSCILLATION; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; TORSIONAL MECHANICAL RESONATOR;

EID: 84877785564     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2827     Document Type: Article

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