Effect of hydrogen-switchable mirrors on the Casimir force

Details Effect of hydrogen-switchable mirrors on the Casimir force Effect of hydrogen-switchable mirrors on the Casimir force

2004-03-19

arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0403142v1

Proc. Nat. Ac. Sci. USA 101 (2004) 4019

Physics

Quantum Physics

7 pages, 5 figures

Scientific paper

10.1073/pnas.0400876101

We present systematic measurements of the Casimir force between a gold-coated plate and a sphere coated with a Hydrogen Switchable Mirror (HSM). HSMs are shiny metals that can become transparent by hydrogenation. In spite of such a dramatic change of the optical properties of the sphere, we did not observe any significant decrease of the Casimir force after filling the experimental apparatus with hydrogen. This counterintuitive result can be explained by the Lifshitz theory that describes the Casimir attraction between metallic and dielectric materials.

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