Cooling Torsional Nanomechanical Vibration by Spin-Orbit Interactions
arXiv:0705.1964 · doi:10.1088/0253-6102/50/6/43
Abstract
We propose and study a spin-orbit interaction based mechanism to actively cool down the torsional vibration of a nanomechanical resonator made by semiconductor materials. We show that the spin-orbit interactions of electrons can induce a coherent coupling between the electron spins and the torsional modes of nanomechanical vibration. This coherent coupling leads to an active cooling for the torsional modes via the dynamical thermalization of the resonator and the spin ensemble.
4 pages, 3 figures
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