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Introduction to electronic transport detection of nano-mechanical motion
Nano-electromechanical systems have important perspectives for applications and for fundamental research. The manipulation, actuation, and detection of nanometer scale mechanical systems remain an experimental challenge. In this first lecture I will give an overview of detection methods of nano-mechanical motion based on electronic transport techniques. Electronic transport is a very sensitive detection method, contrary to light, it is not limited by the diffraction effect, and sensitive detection is possible for extremely small systems, like molecules and carbon nanotubes. In this overview I will describe magneto-motive detection, SQUID based detection, non-linear mixing technique, and more generally Coulomb-blockaded devices.
