Achieving a Strongly Temperature-Dependent Casimir Effect
We propose a method of achieving large temperature T sensitivity in the Casimir force that involves measuring the stable separation between dielectric objects immersed in a fluid. We study the Casimir force between slabs and spheres using realistic material models, and find large >2 nm/K variat...
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| author | Woolf, David McCauley, Alexander Patrick Capasso, Federico Rodriguez-Wong, Alejandro Joannopoulos, John Johnson, Steven G |
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| description | We propose a method of achieving large temperature T sensitivity in the Casimir force that involves measuring the stable separation between dielectric objects immersed in a fluid. We study the Casimir force between slabs and spheres using realistic material models, and find large >2 nm/K variations in their stable separations (hundreds of nanometers) near room temperature. In addition, we analyze the effects of Brownian motion on suspended objects, and show that the average separation is also sensitive to changes in T. Finally, this approach also leads to rich qualitative phenomena, such as irreversible transitions, from suspension to stiction, as T is varied. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/584772024-03-19T02:14:15Z Achieving a Strongly Temperature-Dependent Casimir Effect Woolf, David McCauley, Alexander Patrick Capasso, Federico Rodriguez-Wong, Alejandro Joannopoulos, John Johnson, Steven G Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mathematics Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics Rodriguez, Alejandro W. Rodriguez, Alejandro W. McCauley, Alexander Patrick Joannopoulos, John D. Johnson, Steven G. We propose a method of achieving large temperature T sensitivity in the Casimir force that involves measuring the stable separation between dielectric objects immersed in a fluid. We study the Casimir force between slabs and spheres using realistic material models, and find large >2 nm/K variations in their stable separations (hundreds of nanometers) near room temperature. In addition, we analyze the effects of Brownian motion on suspended objects, and show that the average separation is also sensitive to changes in T. Finally, this approach also leads to rich qualitative phenomena, such as irreversible transitions, from suspension to stiction, as T is varied. United States. Army Research Office (ISN under Contract No. W911NF-07-D-0004) United States Department of Energy (Grant No. DE-FG02-97ER25308) Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (Contract N66001-09-1-2070-DOD) 2010-09-07T18:51:42Z 2010-09-07T18:51:42Z 2010-08 2010-04 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 0031-9007 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/58477 Rodriguez, Alejandro W. et al. “Achieving a Strongly Temperature-Dependent Casimir Effect.” Physical Review Letters 105.6 (2010): 060401. ©2010 The American Physical Society. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7327-4967 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7244-3682 en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.060401 Physical Review Letters Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf American Physical Society Axelrod, Scott |
| spellingShingle | Woolf, David McCauley, Alexander Patrick Capasso, Federico Rodriguez-Wong, Alejandro Joannopoulos, John Johnson, Steven G Achieving a Strongly Temperature-Dependent Casimir Effect |
| title | Achieving a Strongly Temperature-Dependent Casimir Effect |
| title_full | Achieving a Strongly Temperature-Dependent Casimir Effect |
| title_fullStr | Achieving a Strongly Temperature-Dependent Casimir Effect |
| title_full_unstemmed | Achieving a Strongly Temperature-Dependent Casimir Effect |
| title_short | Achieving a Strongly Temperature-Dependent Casimir Effect |
| title_sort | achieving a strongly temperature dependent casimir effect |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/58477 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7327-4967 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7244-3682 |
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