Micromechanical Systems
in the Quantum Regime

Acknowledgements

Web Sites

Buzz Words

Slide 5

2 Groups of Devices

Free Standing Wires

Musical Instruments

Thermal Landauer Formula

Universal Limits

Yoctocalorimetry

Slide 12

Quantum Gears

Planetary Gear

Hamiltonian

Single Gear

Nearly Free Gear

Nearly Free Electrons/Gears

Unexpected Result

2 Gears

Selection Rules

Identical Gears

Different Gears

Summary - Gears

Quantum Shuttle

3 Dot Model

Crossings and Anti-crossings

Steady State Current

Landauer Model

Elastic Transmission

Inelastic Transmission

Electron-Phonon Energy Transfer

Current – Voltage Characteristic

Summary - Shuttle

Which Path Device

Which Path Device – Why?

Electromechnical
Which-Path Device

Electromechanical Device
Simple Ideas

Resonant Coupling

Reflectivity

Slide 41

Summary