Quantum electromagnetic vacuum fluctuations in inhomogeneous dielectric media

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8072, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Goto, Shin Itiro ^a   Tucker, Robin W ^a   Walton, Timothy J ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Casimir; Cavity qed; Electromagnetism; Inhomogeneous dielectric

Indexed keywords

BOUNDED DOMAIN; CASIMIR; CAVITY QED; COMPUTATIONAL TECHNIQUE; ELECTROMAGNETIC VACUUM; EXPECTATION VALUES; INHOMOGENEOUS DIELECTRICS; INHOMOGENEOUS MEDIA; MOMENTUM DENSITY; QUANTUM VACUUM; VACUUM FORCE;

COMPUTATIONAL ELECTROMAGNETICS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; PHOTONS; QUANTUM OPTICS; QUANTUM THEORY; VACUUM;

VACUUM APPLICATIONS;

EID: 79958702603     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.886255     Document Type: Conference Paper

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