Nature Communications (Nov 2017)

Optically driven ultra-stable nanomechanical rotor

  • Stefan Kuhn,
  • Benjamin A. Stickler,
  • Alon Kosloff,
  • Fernando Patolsky,
  • Klaus Hornberger,
  • Markus Arndt,
  • James Millen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01902-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 5

Abstract

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Nanomechanical sensors that rely on intrinsic resonance frequencies usually present a tradeoff between sensitivity and bandwidth. In this work, the authors realise an optically driven nanorotor featuring high frequency stability and tunability over a large frequency range.