On Casimir Forces for Media with Arbitrary Dielectric Properties
Quantum Physics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
We derive an expression for the Casimir force between slabs with arbitrary dielectric properties characterized by their reflection coefficients. The formalism presented here is applicable to media with a local or a non-local dielectric response, an infinite or a finite width, inhomogeneous dissipative, etc. Our results reduce to the Lifshitz formula for the force between semi-infinite dielectric slabs by replacing the reflection coefficients by the Fresnel amplitudes.
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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0206119,
title = {On Casimir Forces for Media with Arbitrary Dielectric Properties},
author = {W. L. Mochan and C. Villarreal and R. ESquivel-Sirvent},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0206119},
year = {2007}
}
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5 pages