2000/12/22 by Andreas Isacsson, A. Isacsson
Physics and Astronomy · #Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications #Mechanical and Optical Resonators #Quantum and electron transport phenomena #cond-mat.mes-hall
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevb.64.035326
published as Phys. Rev. B 64, 035326 (2001). · 6 pages, 9 figures, RevTeX
arxiv created 2000/12/22 · openalex publication_date 2001/06/29 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The dynamics of a nanoelectromechanical system in the form of a mechanically deformable three-terminal metallic tunneling device is studied by analytical and numerical methods in the absence of single charging effects. The coupling of electronic charge transport to the mechanical degree of freedom leads to a dynamical instability characterized by limit-cycle behavior. Furthermore, the existence of two stable stationary points may lead to directly detectable deterministic chaotic motion.