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Temporal modulation of the quantum vacuum through fast motion of a neutral body or fast changes of its optical properties is known to promote virtual into real photons, the so-called dynamical Casimir effect. Empowering modulation protocols…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-05-11 Diego A. R. Dalvit , Wilton J. M. Kort-Kamp

We present a detailed description of a quantum scalar field theory within a flat spacetime confined to a cavity with perfectly reflecting moving boundaries. Moreover, we establish an equivalence between this time-dependent setting and a…

In this paper we study the one dimensional dynamical Casimir effect. We consider a one dimensional cavity formed by two mirrors, one of which performs an oscillatory motion with a frequency resonant with the cavity. The naive solution,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-07-19 Diego A. R. Dalvit , Francisco D. Mazzitelli

The dynamical Casimir effect (DCE) is the production of photons by the amplification of vacuum fluctuations. In this paper we demonstrate new resonance conditions in DCE that potentially allow the production of optical photons when the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-12-09 B. E. Ordaz-Mendoza , S. F. Yelin

The light force on particles trapped in the field of a high-Q cavity mode depends on the quantum state of field and particle. Different photon numbers generate different optical potentials anddifferent motional states induce different field…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-04-17 András Vukics , Wolfgang Niedenzu , Helmut Ritsch

We propose a method for the detection of a dynamical Casimir effect. Assuming that the Casimir photons are being generated in an electromagnetic cavity with a vibrating wall (dynamical Casimir effect), we consider electrons passing through…

The dynamical Casimir effect (DCE) predicts the generation of photons from the vacuum due to the parametric amplification of the quantum fluctuation of an electromagnetic field\cite{casimir1,casimir2}. The verification of such effect is…

We consider the nonstationary circuit QED architecture, where a single artificial two-level atom interacts with a cavity field mode under external modulation of one or more system parameters. Two different approaches are employed to study…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-04-21 D. S. Veloso , A. V. Dodonov

We study a quantum model of dynamical Casimir effect in an optical cavity enclosed by a freely moving mirror attached to a harmonic spring. The quantum fluctuations of the friction force exerted by the dynamical Casimir emission onto the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-01-29 Salvatore Butera , Iacopo Carusotto

A path integral formulation is developed for the dynamic Casimir effect. It allows us to study arbitrary deformations in space and time of the perfectly reflecting (conducting) boundaries of a cavity. The mechanical response of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-30 Ramin Golestanian , Mehran Kardar

The generation of photons from the vacuum by means of the movement of a mirror is known as the dynamical Casimir effect (DCE). In general, this phenomenon is effectively described by a field with time-dependent boundary conditions.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-06-04 Andrés Agustí , Laura García-Álvarez , Enrique Solano , Carlos Sabín

This is a review of publications on classical and quantum electrodynamics in cavities with moving boundaries (in the quantum case this subject is labeled frequently as "nonstationary Casimir effect" or "dynamical Casimir effect"), from 1921…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 V. V. Dodonov

The interaction between the quantum vacuum and time-dependent boundaries can produce particles via the dynamical Casimir effect. It is known that, for asymmetric Casimir systems, there is an imbalance in the particle production on either…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-10-04 Matthew J. Gorban , William D. Julius , Ramesh Radhakrishnan , Gerald B. Cleaver

Quantum dynamics of the photoisomerization of a single 3,3'-diethyl-2,2'-thiacynine iodide molecule embedded in an optical microcavity was theoretically studied. The molecule was coupled to a single cavity mode via the quantum Rabi…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-10-01 Juan B. Pérez-Sánchez , Joel Yuen-Zhou

We obtain explicit analytical expressions for the quadrature variances and the photon distribution functions of the electromagnetic field modes excited from vacuum or thermal states due to the non-stationary Casimir effect in an ideal…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 V. V. Dodonov , M. A. Andreata

In this paper we treat the so-called dynamical Casimir effect in a cavity with a two--level atom and give an analytic approximate solution under the general setting. The aim of the paper is to show another approach based on Mathematical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-04-08 Kazuyuki Fujii , Tatsuo Suzuki

We present a canonical formalism facilitating investigations of the dynamical Casimir effect by means of a response theory approach. We consider a massless scalar field confined inside of an arbitaray domain $G(t)$, which undergoes small…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-30 R. Schützhold , G. Plunien , G. Soff

Both real and virtual photons can be involved in light-matter interactions. A famous example of the observable implications of virtual photons -- vacuum fluctuations of the quantum electromagnetic field -- is the Casimir effect. Since…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-08-29 S. Ali Hassani Gangaraj , George Hanson , Francesco Monticone

We formulate a non-relativistic Hamiltonian in order to describe the interaction between a moving dielectric membrane and radiation pressure. Such a Hamiltonian is derived without making use of the single-mode adiabatic approximation, and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-12-08 H. K. Cheung , C. K. Law

We establish an explicit analogy between the dynamical Casimir effect and the photon emission of a thin non-linear crystal pumped inside a cavity. This allows us to propose a system based on a type-I optical parametric oscillator (OPO) to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-14 F. X. Dezael , A. Lambrecht