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Title: Direct observation of coherent energy transfer in nonlinear micromechanical oscillators

Abstract

Energy dissipation is an unavoidable phenomenon of physical systems that are directly coupled to an external environmental bath. In an oscillatory system, it leads to the decay of the oscillation amplitude. In situations where stable oscillations are required, the energy dissipated by the vibrations is usually compensated by replenishment from external energy sources. Consequently, if the external energy supply is removed, the amplitude of oscillations start to decay immediately, since there is no means to restitute the energy dissipated. Here, we demonstrate a novel dissipation engineering strategy that can support stable oscillations without supplying external energy to compensate losses. The fundamental intrinsic mechanism of resonant mode coupling is used to redistribute and store mechanical energy among vibrational modes and coherently transfer it back to the principal mode when the external excitation is off. To experimentally demonstrate this phenomenon, we exploit the nonlinear dynamic response of microelectromechanical oscillators to couple two different vibrational modes through an internal resonance.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1];  [2];  [1]; ORCiD logo [3];  [1]
  1. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
  2. Comision Nacional de Energia Atomica (CNEA), Rio Negro (Argentina). Centro Atomico Bariloche (CAB)
  3. Florida Inst. of Technology, Melbourne, FL (United States)
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Research Org.:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Science Foundation (NSF)
OSTI Identifier:
1364394
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-06CH11357
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Nature Communications
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 8; Journal ID: ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher:
Nature Publishing Group
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY

Citation Formats

Chen, Changyao, Zanette, Damian H., Czaplewski, David A., Shaw, Steven, and Lopez, Daniel. Direct observation of coherent energy transfer in nonlinear micromechanical oscillators. United States: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.1038/ncomms15523.
Chen, Changyao, Zanette, Damian H., Czaplewski, David A., Shaw, Steven, & Lopez, Daniel. Direct observation of coherent energy transfer in nonlinear micromechanical oscillators. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15523
Chen, Changyao, Zanette, Damian H., Czaplewski, David A., Shaw, Steven, and Lopez, Daniel. Fri . "Direct observation of coherent energy transfer in nonlinear micromechanical oscillators". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15523. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1364394.
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title = {Direct observation of coherent energy transfer in nonlinear micromechanical oscillators},
author = {Chen, Changyao and Zanette, Damian H. and Czaplewski, David A. and Shaw, Steven and Lopez, Daniel},
abstractNote = {Energy dissipation is an unavoidable phenomenon of physical systems that are directly coupled to an external environmental bath. In an oscillatory system, it leads to the decay of the oscillation amplitude. In situations where stable oscillations are required, the energy dissipated by the vibrations is usually compensated by replenishment from external energy sources. Consequently, if the external energy supply is removed, the amplitude of oscillations start to decay immediately, since there is no means to restitute the energy dissipated. Here, we demonstrate a novel dissipation engineering strategy that can support stable oscillations without supplying external energy to compensate losses. The fundamental intrinsic mechanism of resonant mode coupling is used to redistribute and store mechanical energy among vibrational modes and coherently transfer it back to the principal mode when the external excitation is off. To experimentally demonstrate this phenomenon, we exploit the nonlinear dynamic response of microelectromechanical oscillators to couple two different vibrational modes through an internal resonance.},
doi = {10.1038/ncomms15523},
journal = {Nature Communications},
number = ,
volume = 8,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri May 26 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Fri May 26 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
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