Lecture

Nonlinear Coupling in a Beam

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This lecture discusses the nonlinear coupling in a beam, focusing on the devices' fabrication, actuation, and detection methods, the origin of nonlinearity, and the determination of coupling constants using Euler-Bernoulli theory. The lecture also covers the separation of noise contributions and the signal-to-noise ratio in inter-modal coupling.

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