Lateral Casimir-Polder force with corrugated surfaces

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2007-10-29

arxiv.org/abs/0710.5249v1

J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 41, 164028 (2008)

Physics

Quantum Physics

12 pages, 6 figures, contribution to QFEXT07 proceedings

Scientific paper

10.1088/1751-8113/41/16/164028

We derive the lateral Casimir-Polder force on a ground state atom on top of a corrugated surface, up to first order in the corrugation amplitude. Our calculation is based on the scattering approach, which takes into account nonspecular reflections and polarization mixing for electromagnetic quantum fluctuations impinging on real materials. We compare our first order exact result with two commonly used approximation methods. We show that the proximity force approximation (large corrugation wavelengths) overestimates the lateral force, while the pairwise summation approach underestimates it due to the non-additivity of dispersion forces. We argue that a frequency shift measurement for the dipolar lateral oscillations of cold atoms could provide a striking demonstration of nontrivial geometrical effects on the quantum vacuum.

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