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Parametric Amplification: Macro…. Jeff Rhoads, Purdue University. Big Picture: Exploit a time-varying impedance (stiffness) to amplify/attenuate the resonant response of a directly-excited system Nonlinearity: detriment or enabler?. Parametric Amplification: … to Nano.
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Parametric Amplification: Macro… Jeff Rhoads, Purdue University • Big Picture: • Exploit a time-varying impedance (stiffness) to amplify/attenuate the resonant response of a directly-excited system • Nonlinearity: detriment or enabler?
Parametric Amplification: … to Nano Jeff Rhoads, Purdue University The Present The (Near) Future This work was graciously supported by the National Science Foundation under grant 0826276.