Physics – Quantum Physics
Scientific paper
2006-12-21
Physical Review A 75 (4), 042109 (2007); Erratum: Physical Review A 76 (4), 029905(E) (2007)
Physics
Quantum Physics
9 pages, 2 figures, corrections according to erratum
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevA.75.042109
Based on macroscopic quantum electrodynamics in linearly and causally responding media, we study the local-field corrected van der Waals potentials and forces for unpolarized ground-state atoms placed within a magnetoelectric medium of arbitrary size and shape. We start from general expressions for the van der Waals potentials in terms of the (classical) Green tensor of the electromagnetic field and the atomic polarizability and incorporate the local-field correction by means of the real-cavity model. In this context, special emphasis is given to the decomposition of the Green tensor into a medium part multiplied by a global local-field correction factor and, in the single-atom case, a part that only depends on the cavity characteristics. The result is used to derive general formulas for the local-field corrected van der Waals potentials and forces. As an application, we calculate the van der Waals potential between two ground-state atoms placed within magnetoelectric bulk material.
Buhmann Stefan Yoshi
Sambale Agnes
Tomas Marin-Slodoban
Welsch Dirk-Gunnar
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