Nonequilibrium Casimir-Polder plasmonic interactions
Quantum Physics
2016-04-22 v2
Abstract
We investigate how the combination of nonequilibrium effects and material properties impacts on the Casimir-Polder interaction between an atom and a surface. By addressing systems with temperature inhomogeneities and laser interactions, we show that nonmonotonous energetic landscapes can be produced where barriers and minima appear. Our treatment provides a self-consistent quantum theoretical framework for investigating the properties of a class of nonequilibrium atom-surface interactions.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1601.05549,
title = {Nonequilibrium Casimir-Polder plasmonic interactions},
author = {Nicola Bartolo and Riccardo Messina and Diego A. R. Dalvit and Francesco Intravaia},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1601.05549},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
14 pages, 9 figures