We present detailed calculations for the Casimir force between a plane and a nanostructured surface at finite temperature in the framework of the scattering theory. We then study numerically the effect of finite temperature as a function of the grating parameters and the separation distance. We also infer non-trivial geometrical effects on the Casimir interaction via a comparison with the proximity force approximation. Finally, we compare our calculations with data from experiments performed with nanostructured surfaces.
@article{arxiv.1212.5479,
title = {Thermal Casimir force between nanostructured surfaces},
author = {R. Guérout and J. Lussange and H. B. Chan and A. Lambrecht and S. Reynaud},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1212.5479},
year = {2015}
}