Dynamical Casimir-Polder interaction between a chiral molecule and a surface
Quantum Physics
2016-03-23 v1
Abstract
We develop a dynamical approach to study the Casimir-Polder force between a initially bare molecule and a magnetodielectric body at finite temperature. Switching on the interaction between the molecule and the field at a particular time, we study the resulting temporal evolution of the Casimir-Polder interaction. The dynamical self-dressing of the molecule and its population-induced dynamics are accounted for and discussed. In particular, we find that the Casimir-Polder force between a chiral molecule and a perfect mirror oscillates in time with a frequency related to the molecular transition frequency, and converges to the static result for large times.
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@article{arxiv.1512.02426,
title = {Dynamical Casimir-Polder interaction between a chiral molecule and a surface},
author = {Pablo Barcellona and Roberto Passante and Lucia Rizzuto and Stefan Yoshi Buhmann},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1512.02426},
year = {2016}
}
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10 pages, 4 figures