Numerical Regularization of Electromagnetic Quantum Fluctuations in Inhomogeneous Dielectric Media

DOI10.1103/PHYSREVA.85.034103arXiv1201.1160MaRDI QIDQ6230079FDOQ6230079

Authors: Shin-Itiro Goto, Alison C. Hale, R. W. Tucker, Timothy J. Walton 

Publication date: 5 January 2012

Abstract: Electromagnetic Casimir stresses are of relevance to many technologies based on mesoscopic devices such as MEMS embedded in dielectric media, Casimir induced friction in nano-machinery, micro-fluidics and molecular electronics. Computation of such stresses based on cavity QED generally require numerical analysis based on a regularization process. A new scheme is described that has the potential for wide applicability to systems involving realistic inhomogeneous media. From a knowledge of the spectrum of the stationary modes of the electromagnetic field the scheme is illustrated by estimating numerically the Casimir stress on opposite faces of a pair of perfectly conducting planes separated by a vacuum and the change in this result when the region between the plates is filled with an incompressible inhomogeneous non-dispersive dielectric.

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