Casimir effect: Edges and diffraction
arXiv:1111.0838 · doi:10.1088/1742-6596/343/1/012053
Abstract
The Casimir effect refers to the existence of a macroscopic force between conducting plates in vacuum due to quantum fluctuations of fields. These forces play an important role, among other things, in the design of nano-scale mechanical devices. Accurate experimental observations of this phenomenon have motivated the development of new theoretical approaches in dealing with the effects of different geometries, temperature etc. In this talk, I will focus on a new method we have developed in calculating the contribution to the Casimir effect due to diffraction from edges and holes in different geometries, at zero and at finite temperature.
11 pages, 2 figures. Talk at the QTS7 conference, Prague, 2011; to appear in the proceedings
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