{
  "id": "0710.5259",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2007-10-28T01:00:09.000Z",
  "updated": "2007-10-28T01:00:09.000Z",
  "title": "High sensitivity cantilevers for measuring persistent currents in normal metal rings",
  "authors": [
    "Ania C. Bleszynski Jayich",
    "Will E. Shanks",
    "Rob Ilic",
    "J. G. E. Harris"
  ],
  "doi": "10.1116/1.2958247",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.mes-hall"
  ],
  "abstract": "We propose a new approach to measuring persistent currents in normal metal rings. By integrating micron-scale metal rings into sensitive micromechanical cantilevers and using the cantilevers as torque magnetometers, it should be possible to measure the rings' persistent currents with greater sensitivity than the SQUID-based and microwave resonator-based detectors used in the past. In addition, cantilever-based detectors may allow for measurements in a cleaner electromagnetic environment. We have fabricated ultra sensitive cantilevers with integrated rings and measured their mechanical properties. We present an estimate of the persistent current sensitivity of these cantilever-based detectors, focusing on the limits set by the cantilever's Brownian motion and the shot noise in the laser interferometer that monitors the cantilever.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2007-10-28T01:00:09.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "normal metal rings",
      "measuring persistent currents",
      "high sensitivity cantilevers",
      "cantilever-based detectors",
      "cantilevers brownian motion"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "journal": "Journal of Vacuum Science Technology B: Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures",
      "year": 2008,
      "volume": 26,
      "number": 4,
      "pages": 1412
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 0,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "adsabs": "2008JVSTB..26.1412B"
    }
  }
}