Andres Castellanos-Gomez, Harold B. Meerwaldt, Warner J. Venstra, Herre S. J. van der Zant, Gary A. Steele
The non-linear interaction between two mechanical resonances of the same freely suspended carbon nanotube resonator is studied. We find that in the Coulomb blockade regime, the non-linear modal interaction is dominated by single-electron-tunneling processes, and that the mode-coupling parameter can be tuned with the gate voltage, allowing both mode weakening and mode stiffening behavior. This is in striking contrast to tension-induced mode coupling in strings, where the coupling parameter is positive and gives rise to a stiffening of the mode. The strength of the mode coupling in carbon nanotubes in the Coulomb blockade regime is six orders of magnitude larger than the mechanical mode coupling in micromechanical resonators.
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http://arxiv.org/abs/1205.3693
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