4 papers
Measurement of the Casimir force between superconductors
Matthijs H. J. de Jong, Evren Korkmazgil, Louise Banniard +2
The Casimir force follows from quantum fluctuations of the electromagnetic field and yields a nonlinear attractive force between closely spaced conductive objects. Measuring the Ca…
Simulating the electrostatic patch force in experimental geometries
Matthijs H. J. de Jong, Laure Mercier de Lépinay
Potential patches are responsible for a force between closely-spaced objects that forms a parasitic contribution to sensitive force measurements. Existing analytical models cannot…
Long-range optomechanical interactions in SiN membrane arrays
Xiong Yao, Matthijs H. J. de Jong, Jie Li +1
Optomechanical systems using a membrane-in-the-middle configuration can exhibit a long-range type of interaction similar to how atoms show collective motion in an optical potential…
Pentagonal Photonic Crystal Mirrors: Scalable Lightsails with Enhanced Acceleration via Neural Topology Optimization
L. Norder, S. Yin, M. J. de Jong +5
The Starshot Breakthrough Initiative aims to send one-gram microchip probes to Alpha Centauri within 20 years, using gram-scale lightsails propelled by laser-based radiation pressu…