Nonequilibrium and quantum coherent phenomena in the electromechanics of suspended nanowires
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2009

Strong coupling between electronic and mechanical degrees of freedom is a basic requirement for the operation of any nanoelectromechanical device. In this Review we consider such devices and in particular investigate the properties of small tunnel-junction nanostructures that contain a movable element in the form of a suspended nanowire. In these systems, electrical currents and charge can be concentrated to small spatial volumes resulting in strong coupling between the mechanics and the charge transport. As a result, a variety of mesoscopic phenomena appear, which can be used for the transduction of electrical currents into mechanical operation. Here we will in particular consider nanoelectromechanical dynamics far from equilibrium and the effect of quantum coherence in both the electronic and mechanical degrees of freedom in the context of both normal and superconducting nanostructures.

NEM coupling

quantum coherence

electromechanical shuttling

superconducting weak links

Nanoelectromechanical systems

nonequilibrium dynamics

Författare

Robert I. Shekhter

Göteborgs universitet

Fabio Santandrea

Göteborgs universitet

Gustav Sonne

Göteborgs universitet

Leonid Gorelik

Chalmers, Teknisk fysik, Kondenserade materiens teori

Mats Jonson

Göteborgs universitet

Low Temperature Physics

1063-777X (ISSN)

Vol. 35 8 662-678

Ämneskategorier

Den kondenserade materiens fysik

DOI

10.1063/1.3224725

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