Fourier synthesis of radiofrequency nanomechanical pulses with different shapes

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 512-516

  Schülein, Florian J R ^a,b   Zallo, Eugenio ^c   Atkinson, Paola ^c,d   Schmidt, Oliver G ^c   Trotta, Rinaldo ^e   Rastelli, Armando ^c,e   Wixforth, Achim ^a,b,f   Krenner, Hubert J ^a,b,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^b NANOSYSTEMS INITIATIVE MUNICH NIM   (Germany)

^c IFW DRESDEN   (Germany)

^d SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^e JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SURFACE WAVE DEVICES; ACOUSTIC WAVES; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; GROUND STATE; NANOCRYSTALS; QUANTUM OPTICS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS; FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH; HIGHER FREQUENCIES; MECHANICAL ACTUATIONS; NANOMECHANICAL SYSTEMS; QUANTUM GATE OPERATIONS; SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVES; VIBRATIONAL GROUND STATE;

PULSE SHAPING;

QUANTUM DOT;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FOURIER ANALYSIS; FOURIER SYNTHESIS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; OSCILLATION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SENSOR; SYNTHESIS; WAVEFORM;

EID: 84930424266     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2015.72     Document Type: Article

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