Chiral Casimir forces: Repulsive, enhanced, tunable
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Jiang, Qing-Dong; Wilczek, Frank
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Both theoretical interest and practical significance attach to the sign and strength of Casimir forces. A famous, discouraging no-go theorem states that “the Casimir force between two bodies with reflection symmetry is always attractive.” Here, we identify a promising way to avoid the assumptions of the no-go theorem, and propose a universal way to realize repulsive Casimir forces. We show that the sign and strength of Casimir forces can be adjusted by inserting optically active or gyrotropic media between bodies, and modulated by external fields.
Date issued
2019-03Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of PhysicsJournal
Physical Review B
Publisher
American Physical Society
Citation
Jiang, Qing-Dong, and Frank Wilczek. “Chiral Casimir Forces: Repulsive, Enhanced, Tunable.” Physical Review B, vol. 99, no. 12, Mar. 2019.
Version: Final published version
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2469-9950
2469-9969