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Casimir torque between two birefringent plates

Journal Article · · Physical Review. A
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  1. Department of Physics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074 (China)
The vacuum energy between two birefringent plates was calculated using the quantized surface mode technique. And an analytical approximate expression of Casimir torque was obtained in the retarded limit, which is found to vary as sin(2{phi}) with {phi}, the angle between the two optical axes. This result is a supplement to the numerical calculation obtained by Munday, Iannuzzi, Barash, and Capasso [Phys. Rev. A. 71, 042102 (2005)].
OSTI ID:
20718048
Journal Information:
Physical Review. A, Journal Name: Physical Review. A Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 72; ISSN 1050-2947; ISSN PLRAAN
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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