Physics – Chemical Physics
Scientific paper
2005-08-18
Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 223203 (2005)
Physics
Chemical Physics
4 pages
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.223203
The dispersion interaction between two point-like particles confined in a dielectric slab between two plates of another dielectric medium is studied within a continuum (Lifshitz) theory. The retarded (Casimir-Polder) interaction at large inter-particle distances is found to be strongly enhanced as the mismatch between the dielectric permittivities of the two media is increased. The large-distance interaction is multiplied due to confinement by a factor of $(33\gamma^{5/2}+13\gamma^{-3/2})/46$ at zero temperature, and by $(5\gamma^2+\gamma^{-2})/6$ at finite temperature, $\gamma=\ein(0)/\eout(0)$ being the ratio between the static dielectric permittivities of the inner and outer media. This confinement-induced amplification of the dispersion interaction can reach several orders of magnitude.
Diamant Haim
Marcovitch Michal
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