Intrinsic noise properties of atomic point contact displacement detectors

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dc.creatorFlowers-Jacobs, N. E.
dc.creatorSchmidt, D. R.
dc.creatorLehnert, K. W.
dc.date2007-01-23
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dc.descriptionWe measure the noise added by an atomic point contact operated as a displacement detector. With a microwave technique, we increase the measurement speed of atomic point contacts by a factor of 500. The measurement is then fast enough to detect the resonant motion of a nanomechanical beam at frequencies up to 60 MHz and sensitive enough to observe the random thermal motion of the beam at 250 mK. We demonstrate a shot-noise limited imprecision of $2.3\pm0.1\ \mathrm{fm/\sqrt{Hz}}$ and observe a $78\pm20 \mathrm{aN/\sqrt{Hz}}$ backaction force, yielding a total uncertainty in the beam's displacement that is $42\pm9$ times the standard quantum limit.
dc.description5 pages, 4 figures, to appear in Physical Review Letters
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0701536
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0701536
dc.identifierN. E. Flowers-Jacobs, D. R. Schmidt, and K. W. Lehnert, Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 096804 (2007)
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.096804
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/173526
dc.subjectMesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
dc.subjectOther Condensed Matter
dc.titleIntrinsic noise properties of atomic point contact displacement detectors
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