Design of a Casimir-driven parametric amplifier
arXiv:1404.3315 · doi:10.1063/1.4896732
Abstract
In this paper, we discuss a design for a MEMS parametric amplifier modulated by the Casimir force. We present the theory for such a device and show that it allows for the implementation of a very sensitive voltage measuring technique, where the amplitude of a high quality factor resonator includes a tenth power dependency on an applied DC voltage. This approach opens up a new and powerful measuring modality, applicable to other measurement types.
18 pages, 4 figures
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