• 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