Abstract
We demonstrate the transition of a coupled electron shuttle from a stable to a strongly nonlinear response at room temperature. Within this transition we observe the coupled shuttle’s response to change from Coulomb controlled to conventional field emission. This parametric process is fully reversible and occurs within a broad frequency range. In combination, the large current and wide frequency band enable energy harvesting applications. The experimental data and the numerical calculations both indicate that the source of the nonlinearity is given by the electromechanical coupling of electron shuttling.
- Received 28 February 2013
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.197202
© 2013 American Physical Society
Synopsis
An Electron Bucket Brigade
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