Magnetomotive Instability and Generation of Mechanical Vibrations in Suspended Semiconducting Carbon Nanotubes
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2010

We investigate the electromechanics of a freely suspended semiconducting carbon nanotube subjected to a magnetic field H in the current-biased regime and show that self-excitation of mechanical nanotube vibrations can occur if H exceeds a critical value Hc of the order of 10–100 mT. The effect can be detected by measuring the magnetic field dependence of the time-averaged voltage drop across the nanotube, which has a singularity at H=Hc. We discuss the applications of the device as an active, tuneable radiofrequency oscillator.

carbon nanotube

magnetomotive instability

self oscillation

oscillator

Författare

Anders Nordenfelt

Göteborgs universitet

Yury Tarakanov

Chalmers, Teknisk fysik, Kondenserade materiens teori

Leonid Gorelik

Chalmers, Teknisk fysik, Kondenserade materiens teori

Robert I. Shekhter

Göteborgs universitet

Mats Jonson

Göteborgs universitet

New Journal of Physics

1367-2630 (ISSN)

Vol. 12 12 123013 (9 pages)- 123013

Ämneskategorier

Fysik

DOI

10.1088/1367-2630/12/12/123013

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2017-10-08