Casimir effects: an optical approach. I: Foundations and examples

DOI10.1016/J.NUCLPHYSB.2004.10.017zbMATH Open1119.81406arXivquant-ph/0406041OpenAlexW1984927586WikidataQ62048951 ScholiaQ62048951MaRDI QIDQ874537FDOQ874537

N. E. Zubov

Publication date: 10 April 2007

Published in: Nuclear Physics B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We present the foundations of a new approach to the Casimir effect based on classical ray optics. We show that a very useful approximation to the Casimir force between arbitrarily shaped smooth conductors can be obtained from knowledge of the paths of light rays that originate at points between these bodies and close on themselves. Although an approximation, the optical method is exact for flat bodies, and is surprisingly accurate and versatile. In this paper we present a self-contained derivation of our approximation, discuss its range of validity and possible improvements, and work out three examples in detail. The results are in excellent agreement with recent precise numerical analysis for the experimentally interesting configuration of a sphere opposite an infinite plane.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0406041

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Electromagnetic interaction; quantum electrodynamics (81V10) Physical optics (78A10)

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