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Article Dans Une Revue Physical Review A : Atomic, molecular, and optical physics [1990-2015] Année : 2003

The Casimir force and the quantum theory of lossy optical cavities

Cyriaque Genet
Astrid Lambrecht
Serge Reynaud

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We present a new derivation of the Casimir force between two parallel plane mirrors at zero temperature. The two mirrors and the cavity they enclose are treated as quantum optical networks. They are in general lossy and characterized by frequency dependent reflection amplitudes. The additional fluctuations accompanying losses are deduced from expressions of the optical theorem. A general proof is given for the theorem relating the spectral density inside the cavity to the reflection amplitudes seen by the inner fields. This density determines the vacuum radiation pressure and, therefore, the Casimir force. The force is obtained as an integral over the real frequencies, including the contribution of evanescent waves besides that of ordinary waves, and, then, as an integral over imaginary frequencies. The demonstration relies only on general properties obeyed by real mirrors which also enforce general constraints for the variation of the Casimir force. Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats

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hal-00001643 , version 1 (28-05-2004)

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Cyriaque Genet, Astrid Lambrecht, Serge Reynaud. The Casimir force and the quantum theory of lossy optical cavities. Physical Review A : Atomic, molecular, and optical physics [1990-2015], 2003, 67, pp.043811. ⟨10.1103/PhysRevA.67.043811⟩. ⟨hal-00001643⟩
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