Casimir torque between corrugated metallic plates

DOI10.1088/1751-8113/41/16/164019MaRDI QIDQ5385773zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Robson B. Rodrigues, Paulo A. Maia Neto, Astrid Lambrecht, Serge Reynaud

Publication date 6 May 2008

Published in Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0710.5679

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Axiomatic quantum field theory; operator algebras (81T05) Electromagnetic interaction; quantum electrodynamics (81V10)

Abstract: We consider two parallel corrugated plates and show that a Casimir torque arises when the corrugation directions are not aligned. We follow the scattering approach and calculate the Casimir energy up to second order in the corrugation amplitudes, taking into account nonspecular reflections, polarization mixing and the finite conductivity of the metals. We compare our results with the proximity force approximation, which overestimates the torque by a factor 2 when taking the conditions that optimize the effect. We argue that the Casimir torque could be measured for separation distances as large as 1 $mumm.$

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