Quantum electromagnetic vacuum fluctuations in inhomogeneous dielectric media

Shin-itiro Goto; Robin W. Tucker; Timothy J. Walton

doi:10.1117/12.886255

6 May 2011 Quantum electromagnetic vacuum fluctuations in inhomogeneous dielectric media

Shin-itiro Goto, Robin W. Tucker, Timothy J. Walton

Proceedings Volume 8072, Photon Counting Applications, Quantum Optics, and Quantum Information Transfer and Processing III; 80720O (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.886255
Event: SPIE Optics + Optoelectronics, 2011, Prague, Czech Republic

Abstract

A new mathematical and computational technique for calculating quantum vacuum expectation values of energy and momentum densities associated with electromagnetic fields in bounded domains containing inhomogeneous media is discussed. This technique is illustrated by calculating the mode contributions to the difference in the vacuum force expectation between opposite ends of an inhomogeneous dielectric non-dispersive medium confined to a perfectly conducting rigid box.

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Shin-itiro Goto, Robin W. Tucker, and Timothy J. Walton "Quantum electromagnetic vacuum fluctuations in inhomogeneous dielectric media", Proc. SPIE 8072, Photon Counting Applications, Quantum Optics, and Quantum Information Transfer and Processing III, 80720O (6 May 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.886255

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