Resonance oscillations of non-reciprocal long-range van der Waals forces between atoms in electromagnetic fields
Quantum Physics
2018-05-09 v2
Abstract
We study theoretically the van der Waals interaction between two atoms out of equilibrium with isotropic electromagnetic field. We demonstrate that at large interatomic separations, the van der Waals forces are resonant, spatially oscillating and non-reciprocal due to resonance absorption and emission of virtual photons. We suggest that the van der Waals forces can be controlled and manipulated by tuning the spectrum of artificially created random light.
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@article{arxiv.1711.01205,
title = {Resonance oscillations of non-reciprocal long-range van der Waals forces between atoms in electromagnetic fields},
author = {Yury Sherkunov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1711.01205},
year = {2018}
}
Comments
Extended version accepted by PRA