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We study periodic solutions of a one-degree of freedom micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) with a parallel-plate capacitor under $T$--periodic electrostatic forcing. We obtain analytical results concerning the existence of $T-$ periodic…

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The dynamics of Fabry-Perot cavity with suspended mirrors is described. The suspended mirrors are nonlinear oscillators interacting with each other through the laser circulating in the cavity. The degrees of freedom decouple in normal…

Optics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Rakhmanov , A. Arodzero

We have experimentally studied the unstable dynamics of a harmonically trapped Bose-Einstein condensate loaded into a 1D moving optical lattice. The lifetime of the condensate in such a potential exhibits a dramatic dependence on the…

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We re-examine the electrodynamic Casimir effect in a wedge defined by two perfect conductors making dihedral angle \alpha=\pi/p. This system is analogous to the system defined by a cosmic string. We consider the wedge region as filled with…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 Iver Brevik , Simen Å Ellingsen , Kimball A. Milton

Molecular quantum electrodynamics leads to photon frequency shifts and thus to changes in condensed matter free energies often called the Casimir effect. Strong quantum electrodynamic coupling between radiation and molecular motions can…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2013-05-29 S. Sivasubramanian , A. Widom , Y. N. Srivastava

We analyse here the problem of large deformation of dielectric elastomeric membranes under coupled electromechanical loading. Extremely large deformations (enclosed volume changes of 100 times and greater) of a toroidal membrane are studied…

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Several experimental demonstrations of the Casimir force between two closely spaced bodies have been realized over the past two decades. Extending the theory to incorporate the behavior of the force between two superconducting films close…

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Well-established textbook arguments suggest that static electric susceptibility must be positive in "all bodies" [1]. However, it has been pointed out that media that are not in thermodynamic equilibrium are not necessarily subject to this…

Applied Physics · Physics 2020-01-29 F. Castles , J. A. J. Fells , D. Isakov , S. M. Morris , A. Watt , P. S. Grant

A model of two self-sustained oscillators interacting through memristive coupling is studied. Memristive coupling is realized by using a cubic memristor model. Numerical simulation is combined with theoretical analysis by means of…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2019-07-16 Ivan A. Korneev , Vladimir V. Semenov , Tatiana E. Vadivasova

A field-theoretical description of the behavior of compressible Ising systems with long-range interactions is presented. The description is performed in the two-loop approximation in three dimensions with the use of the Pade-Borel…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 S. V. Belim

The microscopic theory of the Casimir effect in the dielectric is studied in the framework when absorption is realized via a reservoir modeled by a set of oscillators with continuously distributed frquencies with the aim to see if the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-18 M. A. Braun

This Paper deals design and simulation of electrostatically actuated clamped clamped beam and cantilever beam using finite element analysis method (FEM). A detailed study and performance analysis for various bias voltages is provided in…

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A new concise method is presented for the calculation of the ground-state energy of the electromagnetic field and matter field interacting system. With the assumption of squeezed-like state, a new vacuum state is obtained for the…

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The Casimir force follows from quantum fluctuations of the electromagnetic field and yields a nonlinear attractive force between closely spaced conductive objects. Measuring the Casimir force in superconducting materials on either side of…

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The stability of a horizontal interface between two viscous fluids, one of which is conducting and the other is dielectric, acted upon by a vertical time-periodic electric field is considered. The two fluids are bounded by electrodes…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2018-01-17 Aditya Bandopadhyay , Steffen Hardt

Asymmetric Ising model, in which coupled spins affect each other differently, plays an important role in diverse fields, from physics to biology to artificial intelligence. We show that coupled parametric oscillators provide a…

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A prevailing trend in the stabilization of port-Hamiltonian systems is the assumption that the plant and the controller are both passive. In the standard approach of control by interconnection based on the generation of Casimir functions,…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2012-06-27 Johan Koopman , Dimitri Jeltsema

Casimir-Polder interactions cause energy and momentum exchange between microscopic and macroscopic bodies, a process mediated by quantum fluctuations in the coupled matter-electromagnetic field system. The dynamics of such effects are yet…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-04-13 Joseph Durnin , Juliane Klatt , Robert Bennett , Stefan Yoshi Buhmann

We examine whether fluctuation-induced forces can lead to stable levitation. First, we analyze a collection of classical objects at finite temperature that contain fixed and mobile charges, and show that any arrangement in space is unstable…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-11-20 Sahand Jamal Rahi , Mehran Kardar , Thorsten Emig

The Casimir effect arises when long-ranged fluctuations are geometrically confined between two surfaces, leading to a macroscopic force. Traditionally, these forces have been observed in quantum systems and near critical points in classical…

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