Putting Mechanics into Quantum Mechanics

2005/07/01 by Keith C. Schwab, Keith Schwab, Michael L. Roukes +1 · 591 citations
Engineering · Materials Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced MEMS and NEMS Technologies #Analytical dynamics #Analytical mechanics #Carbon Nanotubes in Composites #Classical mechanics #Mechanical and Optical Resonators #Mechanics #Physics #Quantum #Quantum mechanics #Quantum statistical mechanics

paper · doi:10.1063/1.2012461

published in Physics Today 58(7), 36-42 (AIP Publishing)

openalex publication_date 2005/07/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

Nanoelectromechanical structures are starting to approach the ultimate quantum mechanical limits for detecting and exciting motion at the nanoscale. Nonclassical states of a mechanical resonator are also on the horizon.

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