We present the basic principles of non-local optics in connection with the calculation of the Casimir force between half-spaces and thin films. At currently accessible distances L, non-local corrections amount to about half a percent, but they increase roughly as 1/L at smaller separations. Self consistent models lead to corrections with the opposite sign as models with abrupt surfaces.
@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0512243,
title = {Spatial dispersion in Casimir forces: A brief review},
author = {R Esquivel-Sirvent and C Villarreal and W L Mochán and A M Contreras-Reyes and V B Svetovoy},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0512243},
year = {2009}
}
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Proceedings of QFEXT05, Barcelona, Sept. 5-9, 2005