Radio frequency electrical transduction of graphene mechanical resonators
Abstract
We report radio frequency (rf) electrical readout of graphene mechanical resonators. The mechanical motion is actuated and detected directly by using a vector network analyzer, employing a local gate to minimize parasitic capacitance. A resist-free doubly clamped sample with resonant frequency ∼34 MHz, quality factor ∼10 000 at 77 K, and signal-to-background ratio of over 20 dB is demonstrated. In addition to being over two orders of magnitude faster than the electrical rf mixing method, this technique paves the way for use of graphene in rf devices such as filters and oscillators.
- Publication:
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Applied Physics Letters
- Pub Date:
- December 2010
- DOI:
- 10.1063/1.3528341
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1012.4415
- Bibcode:
- 2010ApPhL..97x3111X
- Keywords:
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- capacitance;
- graphene;
- micromechanical resonators;
- nanoelectromechanical devices;
- 85.85.+j;
- 07.10.Cm;
- Micro- and nano-electromechanical systems and devices;
- Micromechanical devices and systems;
- Condensed Matter - Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
- E-Print:
- 10 pages, 2 figures