Casimir‐Lifshitz Optical Resonators: A New Platform for Exploring Physics at the Nanoscale

V Esteso, D Frustaglia… - Advanced Physics …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Casimir‐Lifshitz force, FC− L, has become a subject of great interest to both
theoretical and applied physics communities due to its fundamental properties and potential …

[HTML][HTML] Casimir Effect in MEMS: Materials, Geometries, and Metrologies—A Review

B Elsaka, X Yang, P Kästner, K Dingel, B Sick… - Materials, 2024 - mdpi.com
Casimir force densities, ie, force per area, become very large if two solid material surfaces
come closer together to each other than 10 nm. In most cases, the forces are attractive. In …

Observation and control of Casimir effects in a sphere-plate-sphere system

Z Xu, P Ju, X Gao, K Shen, Z Jacob, T Li - Nature Communications, 2022 - nature.com
A remarkable prediction of quantum field theory is that there are quantum electromagnetic
fluctuations (virtual photons) everywhere, which leads to the intriguing Casimir effect. While …

Twisted bilayered graphenes at magic angles and Casimir interactions: correlation-driven effects

P Rodriguez-Lopez, DN Le, MJ Calderón… - 2D …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Twisted bilayered graphenes (TBGs) at magic angles are systems housing long ranged
periodicity of moiré patterns together with short ranged periodicity associated with the …

Opportunities and challenges involving repulsive Casimir forces in nanotechnology

C Shelden, B Spreng, JN Munday - Applied Physics Reviews, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
The Casimir force, which arises from quantum electrodynamic fluctuations, manifests as an
attraction between metallic surfaces spaced mere hundreds of nanometers apart. As …

Electrically switchable Casimir forces using transparent conductive oxides

T Gong, B Spreng, M Camacho, I Liberal, N Engheta… - Physical Review A, 2022 - APS
Casimir forces between charge-neutral bodies originate from quantum vacuum fluctuations
of electromagnetic fields, which exhibit a critical dependence on material's electromagnetic …

Zeptometer metrology using the Casimir effect

J Javor, M Imboden, A Stange, Z Yao… - Journal of Low …, 2022 - Springer
In this paper, we discuss using the Casimir force in conjunction with a MEMS parametric
amplifier to construct a quantum displacement amplifier. Such a mechanical amplifier …

Spin-orbit interaction induced Casimir-Lifshitz torque between two-dimensional electron gases

JN Rong, L Chen, K Chang - Science China Physics, Mechanics & …, 2024 - Springer
We investigate theoretically the Casimir interaction between two parallel two-dimensional
electron gases (2DEGs) with Rashba and Dresselhaus spin-orbit interactions (SOIs), based …

Pull-in features of nanoswitches in the Casimir regime with account of contact repulsion

GL Klimchitskaya, AS Korotkov, VV Loboda… - Europhysics …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
The cantilever tip of a nanoswitch in close proximity to the ground plate is considered with
account of electrostatic, elastic, van der Waals (Casimir), and also contact repulsive forces …

A Brief Review of Some Recent Precision Casimir Force Measurements

M Dhital, U Mohideen - Physics, 2024 - mdpi.com
Here, we review recent advances in precision Casimir force measurements with both non-
magnetic and magnetic materials. In addition, the measurement of the geometric …