Microwave Nano-abacus Electro-mechanical Oscillator

ORAL

Abstract

We describe nanoscale electromechanical oscillators capable of operating in ambient-pressure air at room temperature with unprecedented fundamental resonance frequency of $\sim $4 GHz. The devices, created from suspended carbon nanotubes loaded abacus-style with inertial metal clamps yielding short effective beam lengths, open windows for immediate practical microwave frequency nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) applications.

Authors

  • T.D. Yuzvinsky

  • A. Zettl

    • UC Berkeley
  • S. Aloni

  • Haibing Peng

  • C.W. Chang