Dynamical Casimir effect (DCE) is the name assigned to the process of generating quanta from vacuum due to an accelerated motion of macroscopic neutral bodies (mirrors) or time-modulation of cavity material properties, as well as the simulation of such processes. Here I review the theoretical results on the detection of DCE using intracavity quantum detectors, such as multi-level atoms, atomic networks and harmonic oscillators. I also stress the mathematical equivalence of this problem to the physics of optical parametric oscillators interacting with atoms or quantum wells, studied in Quantum Nonlinear Optics.
@article{arxiv.1211.0432,
title = {Continuous intracavity monitoring of the dynamical Casimir effect},
author = {A. V. Dodonov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1211.0432},
year = {2013}
}
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Short review on the dynamical Casimir effect in the presence of quantum detectors. 8 pages, 3 figures. To be published in the CAMOP special section of Physica Scripta