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Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1927-1933 |
Journal | Nanoscale |
Volume | 7 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 7 Feb 2015 |
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On-chip read-out of picomechanical motion under ambient conditions. / Putrino, Gino; Martyniuk, Mariusz; Keating, Adrian; Faraone, Lorenzo; Dell, John.
In: Nanoscale, Vol. 7, No. 5, 07.02.2015, p. 1927-1933.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - On-chip read-out of picomechanical motion under ambient conditions
AU - Putrino, Gino
AU - Martyniuk, Mariusz
AU - Keating, Adrian
AU - Faraone, Lorenzo
AU - Dell, John
PY - 2015/2/7
Y1 - 2015/2/7
N2 - © The Royal Society of Chemistry 2015. Monitoring the nanomechanical movement of suspended cantilever structures has found use in applications ranging from biological/chemical sensing to atomic force microscopy. Interrogating these sensors relies on the ability to accurately determine the sub-nanometre movements of the cantilever. Here we investigate a technique based on the combination of integrated silicon photonics and microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) to create an optically resonant microcavity and demonstrate its use for monitoring of the position of cantilevers on the picometer scale under ambient conditions with dynamic range extending over several microns. The technique is interferometric, and we show it to be sufficiently sensitive to measure both the first and second modes of cantilever Brownian motion. We anticipate that application of this technique will provide a physically robust, picometer precision, integrated cantilever movement read-out technology which can take cantilever sensors from laboratory controlled environments into real world conditions, allowing everyday applications.
AB - © The Royal Society of Chemistry 2015. Monitoring the nanomechanical movement of suspended cantilever structures has found use in applications ranging from biological/chemical sensing to atomic force microscopy. Interrogating these sensors relies on the ability to accurately determine the sub-nanometre movements of the cantilever. Here we investigate a technique based on the combination of integrated silicon photonics and microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) to create an optically resonant microcavity and demonstrate its use for monitoring of the position of cantilevers on the picometer scale under ambient conditions with dynamic range extending over several microns. The technique is interferometric, and we show it to be sufficiently sensitive to measure both the first and second modes of cantilever Brownian motion. We anticipate that application of this technique will provide a physically robust, picometer precision, integrated cantilever movement read-out technology which can take cantilever sensors from laboratory controlled environments into real world conditions, allowing everyday applications.
U2 - 10.1039/c4nr05419a
DO - 10.1039/c4nr05419a
M3 - Article
VL - 7
SP - 1927
EP - 1933
JO - Nanoscale
JF - Nanoscale
SN - 2040-3364
IS - 5
ER -