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The Casimir force between two metallic plates is affected by their roughness state. This effect is usually calculated through the so-called `proximity force approximation' which is only valid for small enough wavevectors in the spectrum of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Cyriaque Genet , Astrid Lambrecht , Paulo Maia Neto , Serge Reynaud

The polarization tensor of graphene derived in the framework of the Dirac model using the methods of thermal quantum field theory in (2+1) dimensions is recast in a mathematically equivalent but more compact and convenient in computations…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-02-20 G. L. Klimchitskaya , C. C. Korikov , V. M. Mostepanenko

We study the Casimir-Lifshitz force (CLF) between a gold plate and a graphene-covered dielectric grating. Using a scattering matrix (S-matrix) approach derived from the Fourier Modal Method (FMM), we find a significant enhancement in the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-02-20 Youssef Jeyar , Minggang Luo , Brahim Guizal , H. B. Chan , Mauro Antezza

We investigate the fluctuation-induced Casimir interactions between two parallel graphene sheets carrying steady-state drift currents. The graphene properties are modeled based on the shifted Fermi disk model to capture the non-equilibrium…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-15 Modi Ke , Dai-Nam Le , Lilia M. Woods

The comparison studies of theoretical approaches to the description of the Casimir interaction in layered systems including graphene is performed. It is shown that at zero temperature the approach using the polarization tensor leads to the…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2014-03-07 G. L. Klimchitskaya , V. M. Mostepanenko , Bo E. Sernelius

We study the spatial properties of the Casimir friction phenomenon for an atom moving at a non-relativistic constant velocity parallel to a planar graphene sheet. The coupling of the atom to the vacuum electromagnetic (EM) field is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-08-30 Aitor Fernández , César D. Fosco

The non-retarded Casimir interaction (van der Waals interaction) between two free standing graphene sheets as well as between a graphene sheet and a substrate is determined. An exact analytical expression is given for the dielectric…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-01-06 Bo E. Sernelius

We develop a general formalism to calculate the force between beads attached to a flat $d$-dimensional membrane due to the quantum fluctuations of the membrane. The interaction potential is derived as a function of $d$ and the membrane…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-28 Eric D'Hoker , Pierre Sikivie , Youli Kanev

In this paper we theoretically demonstrate the tunability of the Casimir force both in sign and magnitude between parallel plates coated with dispersive materials. We show that this force, existing between uncharged plates, can be tuned by…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-06-15 Miguel Camacho , Tao Gong , Benjamin Spreng , Iñigo Liberal , Nader Engheta , Jeremy N. Munday

The Casimir force between bodies in vacuum can be understood as arising from their interaction with an infinite number of fluctuating electromagnetic quantum vacuum modes, resulting in a complex dependence on the shape and material of the…

We find the Casimir energy, at finite temperature, for acoustic phonons in a Graphene sheet suspended over a rectangular trench, and the corresponding Casimir forces are interpreted as correction terms to the built-in tensions of the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-11-07 Y. Koohsarian , K. Javidan , A. Shirzad

We discuss experimental schemes to measure the Casimir force and short range forces from hypothetical modified gravity with unprecedented sensitivity using highly sensitive prototype gravitational wave detectors as displacement sensors. The…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-11-21 G. Rajalakshmi , C. S. Unnikrishnan

We adopt the Dirac model for graphene and calculate the Casimir interaction energy between a plane suspended graphene sample and a parallel plane perfect conductor. This is done in two ways. First, we use the Quantum Field Theory (QFT)…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-01-26 M. Bordag , I. V. Fialkovsky , D. M. Gitman , D. V. Vassilevich

We analyse the result of precise measurement of the Casimir force between bodies covered with gold. The values of the parameters used to extrapolate the gold dielectric function to low frequencies are very important and discussed in detail.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-06 V. B. Svetovoy , M. V. Lokhanin

We have performed comparative measurements of the Casimir force between a metallic plate and a transparent sphere coated with metallic films of different thicknesses. We have observed that, if the thickness of the coating is less than the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Mariangela Lisanti , Davide Iannuzzi , Federico Capasso

We derive the analytical expressions for the thermal Casimir-Polder energy and force between a spheroidal nanoparticle above a semi-infinite material and a graphene covered interface. We analyze in detail the Casimir-Polder force between a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-19 Svend-Age Biehs , Girish S. Agarwal

We adopt the Dirac model for graphene and calculate the Casimir interaction energy between a plane suspended graphene sample and a parallel plane ideal conductor. We employ both the Quantum Field Theory (QFT) approach, and the Lifshitz…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-08-23 I. V. Fialkovsky

We report on measurements of the Casimir force in a sphere-plane geometry using a cryogenic force microscope to move the force probe in situ over different materials. We show how the electrostatic environment of the interacting surfaces…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-01-30 J. Laurent , H. Sellier , A. Mosset , S. Huant , J. Chevrier

It is shown that a graphene layer on top of a dielectric slab can dramatically influence the ability of this dielectric for radiative heat exchange. Effect of graphene is related to thermally excited plasmons. Frequency of these resonances…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-09-04 V. B. Svetovoy , P. J. van Zwol , J. Chevrier

The normal Casimir force between a sinusoidally corrugated gold coated plate and a sphere was measured at various angles between the corrugations using an atomic force microscope. A strong dependence on the orientation angle of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-12 A. A. Banishev , J. Wagner , T. Emig , R. Zandi , U. Mohideen