Recent progress in engineering the Casimir effect – applications to nanophotonics, nanomechanics, and chemistry
Quantum optics combines classical electrodynamics with quantum mechanics to describe how light interacts with material on the nanoscale, and many of the tricks and techniques used in nanophotonics can be extended to this quantum realm. Specifically, quantum vacuum fluctuations of electromagnetic fie...
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| author | Gong Tao Corrado Matthew R. Mahbub Ahmed R. Shelden Calum Munday Jeremy N. |
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| description | Quantum optics combines classical electrodynamics with quantum mechanics to describe how light interacts with material on the nanoscale, and many of the tricks and techniques used in nanophotonics can be extended to this quantum realm. Specifically, quantum vacuum fluctuations of electromagnetic fields experience boundary conditions that can be tailored by the nanoscopic geometry and dielectric properties of the involved materials. These quantum fluctuations give rise to a plethora of phenomena ranging from spontaneous emission to the Casimir effect, which can all be controlled and manipulated by changing the boundary conditions for the fields. Here, we focus on several recent developments in modifying the Casimir effect and related phenomena, including the generation of torques and repulsive forces, creation of photons from vacuum, modified chemistry, and engineered material functionality, as well as future directions and applications for nanotechnology. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-be50583943c04f0abf0c8852cdcbca772022-12-21T22:37:45ZengDe GruyterNanophotonics2192-86062192-86142020-09-0110152353610.1515/nanoph-2020-0425Recent progress in engineering the Casimir effect – applications to nanophotonics, nanomechanics, and chemistryGong Tao0Corrado Matthew R.1Mahbub Ahmed R.2Shelden Calum3Munday Jeremy N.4Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, Davis, CA95616, USADepartment of Physics, University of California, Davis, CA95616, USADepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, Davis, CA95616, USADepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, Davis, CA95616, USADepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, Davis, CA95616, USAQuantum optics combines classical electrodynamics with quantum mechanics to describe how light interacts with material on the nanoscale, and many of the tricks and techniques used in nanophotonics can be extended to this quantum realm. Specifically, quantum vacuum fluctuations of electromagnetic fields experience boundary conditions that can be tailored by the nanoscopic geometry and dielectric properties of the involved materials. These quantum fluctuations give rise to a plethora of phenomena ranging from spontaneous emission to the Casimir effect, which can all be controlled and manipulated by changing the boundary conditions for the fields. Here, we focus on several recent developments in modifying the Casimir effect and related phenomena, including the generation of torques and repulsive forces, creation of photons from vacuum, modified chemistry, and engineered material functionality, as well as future directions and applications for nanotechnology.https://doi.org/10.1515/nanoph-2020-0425casimir effectcasimir forcecasimir torquequantum electrodynamicsquantum fluctuations |
| spellingShingle | Gong Tao Corrado Matthew R. Mahbub Ahmed R. Shelden Calum Munday Jeremy N. Recent progress in engineering the Casimir effect – applications to nanophotonics, nanomechanics, and chemistry Nanophotonics casimir effect casimir force casimir torque quantum electrodynamics quantum fluctuations |
| title | Recent progress in engineering the Casimir effect – applications to nanophotonics, nanomechanics, and chemistry |
| title_full | Recent progress in engineering the Casimir effect – applications to nanophotonics, nanomechanics, and chemistry |
| title_fullStr | Recent progress in engineering the Casimir effect – applications to nanophotonics, nanomechanics, and chemistry |
| title_full_unstemmed | Recent progress in engineering the Casimir effect – applications to nanophotonics, nanomechanics, and chemistry |
| title_short | Recent progress in engineering the Casimir effect – applications to nanophotonics, nanomechanics, and chemistry |
| title_sort | recent progress in engineering the casimir effect applications to nanophotonics nanomechanics and chemistry |
| topic | casimir effect casimir force casimir torque quantum electrodynamics quantum fluctuations |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1515/nanoph-2020-0425 |
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