S. A. Ellingsen 2008 EPL 82 53001 doi:10.1209/0295-5075/82/53001
Frequency spectrum of the Casimir force: Interpretation and a paradox
S. A. Ellingsen
Show affiliationsThe frequency spectrum of the Casimir force between two plates separated by vacuum as it appears in the Lifshitz formalism is reexamined and generalised as compared to previous works to allow for imperfectly reflecting plates. As previously reported by Ford (Phys. Rev. A, 48 (1993) 2962), the highly oscillatory nature of the frequency dependence of the Casimir force points to possibilities for very large and indeed negative Casimir forces if the frequency-dependent dielectric response, 
(ω), of the materials could be tuned. A paradox occurs, however, because an alternative calculation of the effect of a perturbation of (ω) involving a Wick rotation to imaginary frequencies indicates only very modest effects. A recent experiment appears to convincingly rule out the reality of Ford's optimistic predictions, although given the enormous technological promise of such frequency effects, further theoretical and experimental study is called for.
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Issue 5 (June 2008)
Received 4 January 2008, accepted for publication 16 April 2008
Published 28 May 2008
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