title: Time-domain control of ultrahigh-frequency nanomechanical systems.
abstract: Nanoelectromechanical systems could have applications in fields as diverse as ultrasensitive mass detection and mechanical computation, and can also be used to explore fundamental phenomena such as quantized heat conductance and quantum-limited displacement. Most nanomechanical studies to date have been performed in the frequency domain. However, applications in computation and information storage will require transient excitation and high-speed time-domain operation of nanomechanical systems. Here we show a time-resolved optical approach to the transduction of ultrahigh-frequency nanoelectromechanical systems, and demonstrate that coherent control of nanomechanical oscillation is possible through appropriate pulse programming. A series of cantilevers with resonant frequencies ranging from less than 10 MHz to over 1 GHz are characterized using the same pulse parameters.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton T6G 2G7, Canada.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Giesen
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Belov
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Losby
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Moroz
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Fraser
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: McKinnon
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Clement
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sauer
authors.forename: W K
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Hiebert
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Freeman
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D004581:Electronics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004867:Equipment Design; D055595:Mechanical Phenomena; D008872:Microwaves; D049329:Nanostructures; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D009991:Oscillometry; D014159:Transducers