Observation of non-Markovian micromechanical Brownian motion

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Groblacher S ^a,b   Trubarov, A ^b   Prigge, N ^c   Cole, G D ^b   Aspelmeyer, M ^b,c   Eisert, J ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b University of Vienna Vienna Center for Quantum Science and Technology   (Austria)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROWNIAN MOTION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MICROMECHANICS; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LIGHT; MICROMECHANICAL OSCILLATOR; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR PHYSICS; MOTION; NONMARKOVIAN BROWNIAN MOTION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OSCILLATOR; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; QUANTUM THEORY; SOLID STATE; SPA TREATMENT; SPECTROMETRY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THERMOSTABILITY;

EID: 84938117626     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8606     Document Type: Article

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