Bistable behavior of a vibrating tip near a solid surface
- 24 June 1991
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 58 (25) , 2989-2991
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.104690
Abstract
Experiments using a vibrating tip close to a solid surface have shown a bistable behavior of the motion. These measurements have been interpreted in terms of perturbed harmonic oscillators both numerically and analytically.Keywords
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