Coupled mechanical oscillator enables precise detection of nanowire flexural vibrations

• Published in: Communications physics Vol. 6; no. 1; pp. 352 - 7
• Main Authors: Sharma, Maneesha, Sathyadharma Prasad, Aniruddha, Freitag, Norbert H., Büchner, Bernd, Mühl, Thomas
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 05.12.2023; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 639/925/927/356; 639/925/927/359; Coupling; Deflection; Diameters; Electric fields; Field emission; Laser beam heating; Mechanical oscillators; Nanowires; Physics; Physics and Astronomy; Room temperature; Scanning probe microscopes; Vibration measurement; Vibration mode

The field of nanowire (NW) technology represents an exciting and steadily growing research area with applications in ultra-sensitive mass and force sensing. Existing detection methods for NW deflection and oscillation include optical and field emission approaches. However, they are challenging for d...