Universal tuning of quantum electrodynamic interactions from power laws to exponential screening and logarithmic antiscreening
Abstract
We introduce a material-agnostic platform for \emph{universal tuning of quantum electrodynamic interactions from power laws to exponential screening and logarithmic antiscreening}, realized in a dielectric spacer bounded by two gate-tunable two-dimensional conductors. The structured electromagnetic environment is completely specified by the transverse-magnetic and transverse-electric reflection amplitudes of the sheets. Starting from the QED action and a Green-function formulation, we resum the multiple-reflection series and show that the interactions are governed by a discrete set of transverse cavity harmonics. In the transparent limit , the interactions reduce to bulk power laws . In the reflective limit , the \emph{phase/parity} of selects two qualitatively distinct branches: a Dirichlet/PEC (screening) branch that removes the gapless transverse mode and yields an evanescent Bessel- function at , and an opposite Neumann/PMC-like (antiscreening) branch that retains a gapless mode and can strongly enhance the long-range tail. Thus, the same heterostructure provides in situ electrical control over both the \emph{range} and the \emph{strength} of mediated interactions.
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@article{arxiv.2603.14780,
title = {Universal tuning of quantum electrodynamic interactions from power laws to exponential screening and logarithmic antiscreening},
author = {Michael N. Leuenberger and Daniel Gunlycke},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.14780},
year = {2026}
}
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9 pages, 2 figures