Nanoelectromechanics of shuttle devices

• Authors: R.I. Shekhter , L.Y. Gorelik , I.V. Krive , M.N. Kiselev , A. V. Parafilo , M. Jonson
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

A single-electron tunneling (SET) device with a nanoscale
central island that can move with respect to the bulk sourceand
drain electrodes allows for a nanoelectromechanical
(NEM) coupling between the electrical current through the device
and the mechanical vibrations of the island. Although
the electromechanical “shuttle” instability and the associated
phenomenon of single-electron shuttling were predicted more
than 15 years ago, both theoretical and experimental studies
of NEM-SET structures are still carried out. New functionalities
based on quantum coherence, Coulomb correlations and
coherent electron-spin dynamics are still of particular interest.
In this article we present a short review of recent activities in
this area.

Discipline

• 62.25.-g: Mechanical properties of nanoscale systems(for structure of nanoscale systems, see 61.46.-w; for structural transitions in nanoscale materials, see 64.70.Nd; for electronic transport in nanoscale systems, see 73.63.-b)
• 74.20.Fg: BCS theory and its development
• 85.85.+j: Micro- and nano-electromechanical systems (MEMS/NEMS) and devices
• 85.75.-d: Magnetoelectronics; spintronics: devices exploiting spin polarized transport or integrated magnetic fields
• 72.10.Fk: Scattering by point defects, dislocations, surfaces, and other imperfections (including Kondo effect)

• Publisher: Versita
• Journal: Nanoelectromechanical Systems
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 1
• Pages: 1-25

Dates

accepted

07 - 03 - 2013

received

17 - 12 - 2012

online

22 - 04 - 2013

Contributors

author

R.I. Shekhter

• Department of Physics, University of Gothenburg,
  SE-412 96 Göteborg, Sweden

author

L.Y. Gorelik

• Department of Applied Physics,
  Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412 96 Göteborg,Sweden

author

I.V. Krive

• B. Verkin Institute for Low Temperature Physics and Engineering
  of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 47 Lenin Ave.,
  Kharkov 61103, Ukraine
• Physical Department, V. N. Karazin National University,
  Kharkov 61077, Ukraine

author

M.N. Kiselev

• The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics,
  Strada Costiera 11, 1-34151 Trieste, Italy

author

A. V. Parafilo

• B. Verkin Institute for Low Temperature Physics and Engineering
  of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 47 Lenin Ave.,
  Kharkov 61103, Ukraine

author

M. Jonson

• Department of Physics, University of Gothenburg,
  SE-412 96 Göteborg, Sweden
• SUPA, Institute of Photonics and Quantum Sciences,
  Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh EH14 4AS, Scotland, UK
• Department of Physics, Division of Quantum Phases and Devices,
  Konkuk University, Seoul 143-701, Korea

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/nems-2013-0001