1108.0633 (Hooman Javaheri et al.)

On the Energy Transfer Performance of Mechanical Nanoresonators Coupled
with Electromagnetic Fields    [PDF]

Hooman Javaheri, Bernardo Barbiellini, Guevara Noubir

We study the energy transfer performance in electrically and magnetically coupled mechanical nanoresonators. Using the resonant scattering theory, we show that magnetically coupled resonators can achieve the same energy transfer performance as for their electrically coupled counterparts, or even outperform them within the scale of interest. Magnetic and electric coupling are compared in the Nanotube Radio, a realistic example of a nano-scale mechanical resonator. The energy transfer performance is also discussed for a newly proposed bio-nanoresonator composed of a magnetosomes coated with a net of protein fibers.

View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1108.0633