Tracing the transition of a macro electron shuttle into nonlinear response

Journal Article · Mon Feb 09 00:00:00 EST 2015 · Applied Physics Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4908151· OSTI ID:22412604

Kim, Chulki ^[1]; Prada, Marta ^[2]; Qin, Hua ^[3]; Kim, Hyun-Seok ^[4]

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1. Sensor System Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul 136791 (Korea, Republic of)
2. I. Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Hamburg, Jungiusstr. 9, Hamburg 20355 (Germany)
3. Key Laboratory of Nanodevices, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 398 Ruoshui Road, Industrial Park, Suzhou City, Jiangsu 215123 (China)
4. Division of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, Dongguk University-Seoul, 100715 Seoul (Korea, Republic of)

We present a study on a macroscopic electron shuttle in the transition from linear to nonlinear response. The shuttle consists of a classical mechanical pendulum situated between two capacitor plates. The metallic pendulum enables mechanical transfer of electrons between the plates, hence allowing to directly trace electron shuttling in the time domain. By applying a high voltage to the plates, we drive the system into a controlled nonlinear response, where we observe period doubling.

• OSTI ID: 22412604
• Journal Information: Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 106, Issue 6; Other Information: (c) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0003-6951
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
CAPACITORS
ELECTRIC POTENTIAL
ELECTRON TRANSFER
ELECTRONS
MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS
NONLINEAR PROBLEMS
OSCILLATIONS
PLATES
RABBIT TUBES
TIME MEASUREMENT