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Surpassing Fundamental Limits of Oscillators Using Nonlinear Resonators

Villanueva, L. G.  
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Kenig, E.
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Karabalin, R. B.
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2013
Physical Review Letters

In its most basic form an oscillator consists of a resonator driven on resonance, through feedback, to create a periodic signal sustained by a static energy source. The generation of a stable frequency, the basic function of oscillators, is typically achieved by increasing the amplitude of motion of the resonator while remaining within its linear, harmonic regime. Contrary to this conventional paradigm, in this Letter we show that by operating the oscillator at special points in the resonator's anharmonic regime we can overcome fundamental limitations of oscillator performance due to thermodynamic noise as well as practical limitations due to noise from the sustaining circuit. We develop a comprehensive model that accounts for the major contributions to the phase noise of the nonlinear oscillator. Using a nano-electromechanical system based oscillator, we experimentally verify the existence of a special region in the operational parameter space that enables suppressing the most significant contributions to the oscillator's phase noise, as predicted by our model. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.177208

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DOI
10.1103/Physrevlett.110.177208
Web of Science ID

WOS:000318212800020

Author(s)
Villanueva, L. G.  
Kenig, E.
Karabalin, R. B.
Matheny, M. H.
Lifshitz, R.
Cross, M. C.
Roukes, M. L.
Date Issued

2013

Publisher

American Physical Society

Published in
Physical Review Letters
Volume

110

Issue

17

Article Number

177208

Subjects

nanomechanical resonators

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amplifier-noise

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graphene

Note

Roukes, ML CALTECH, Kavli Nanosci Inst, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA CALTECH, Kavli Nanosci Inst, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA CALTECH, Kavli Nanosci Inst, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA Tel Aviv Univ, Raymond & Beverly Sackler Sch Phys & Astron, IL-69978 Tel Aviv, Israel, 134LX, Times Cited:0, Cited References Count:28

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