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Self-sustained oscillations in nanoelectromechanical systems induced by Kondo resonance

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2014-04-02 v1

Abstract

We investigate instability and dynamical properties of nanoelectromechanical systems represented by a single-electron device containing movable quantum dot attached to a vibrating cantilever via asymmetric tunnel contact. The Kondo resonance in electron tunneling between source and shuttle facilitates self-sustained oscillations originated from strong coupling of mechanical and electronic/spin degrees of freedom. We analyze stability diagram for two-channel Kondo shuttling regime due to limitations given by the electromotive force acting on a moving shuttle and find that the saturation amplitude of oscillation is associated with the retardation effect of Kondo-cloud. The results shed light on possible ways of experimental realization of dynamical probe for the Kondo-cloud by using high tunability of mechanical dissipation as well as supersensitive detection of mechanical displacement.

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@article{arxiv.1311.2317,
  title  = {Self-sustained oscillations in nanoelectromechanical systems induced by Kondo resonance},
  author = {Taegeun Song and Mikhail N. Kiselev and Konstantin Kikoin and Robert I. Shekhter and Leonid Y. Gorelik},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1311.2317},
  year   = {2014}
}