Casimir Effect for Dielectric Plates

Autor: Ai-Hong Tong, Jun Luo, Cheng-Gang Shao
Rok vydání: 2006
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Zdroj: Communications in Theoretical Physics. 45:499-504
ISSN: 0253-6102
DOI: 10.1088/0253-6102/45/3/024
Popis: We generalize Kupisewska method to the three-dimensional system and another derivation of the Casimir effect between two dielectric plates is presented based on the explicit quantization of the electromagnetic field in the presence of dielectrics, where the physical meaning of ``evanescent mode'' is discussed. The Lifshitz's formula is rederived using all the vacuum mode functions, which include the contribution of the `evanescent modes'. Only in the case of the perfect metallic plates will the evanescent modes become unimportant.
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