DocumentCode
732945
Title
Casimir forces in inhomogeneous media: Towards a workable regularization
Author
Griniasty, Itay ; Leonhardt, Ulf
Author_Institution
Dept. of Phys. of Complex Syst., Weizmann Inst. of Sci., Rehovot, Israel
fYear
2015
fDate
10-15 May 2015
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
The most sophisticated theory of Casimir forces in realistic materials, Lifshitz theory, diverges in inhomogeneous media. Inspired by transformation optics, we have constructed a regularization procedure that appears to converge in planar materials.
Keywords
Casimir effect; electromagnetism; inhomogeneous media; Casimir forces; Lifshitz theory; inhomogeneous media; planar materials; regularization procedure; transformation optics; Casimir effect; Dielectrics; Electromagnetic scattering; Fluctuations; Green´s function methods; Nonhomogeneous media;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Type
conf
Filename
7183382
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