Lateral Casimir–Polder force with corrugated surfaces
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DOI10.1088/1751-8113/41/16/164028zbMATH Open1137.81386arXiv0710.5249OpenAlexW2055766487WikidataQ60500040 ScholiaQ60500040MaRDI QIDQ5385779FDOQ5385779
Authors: D. A. R. Dalvit, 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)
Abstract: We derive the lateral Casimir-Polder force on a ground state atom on top of a corrugated surface, up to first order in the corrugation amplitude. Our calculation is based on the scattering approach, which takes into account nonspecular reflections and polarization mixing for electromagnetic quantum fluctuations impinging on real materials. We compare our first order exact result with two commonly used approximation methods. We show that the proximity force approximation (large corrugation wavelengths) overestimates the lateral force, while the pairwise summation approach underestimates it due to the non-additivity of dispersion forces. We argue that a frequency shift measurement for the dipolar lateral oscillations of cold atoms could provide a striking demonstration of nontrivial geometrical effects on the quantum vacuum.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0710.5249
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