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View SchemaObservation of the skin-depth effect on the Casimir force between metallic surfaces
| Authors | Mariangela Lisanti, Davide Iannuzzi, Federico Capasso |
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| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0502123 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0502123 |
| DOI | 10.1073/pnas.0505614102 |
| Journal | Proc. Nat. Ac. Sci. USA 102, 11989 (2005) (with minor corrections) |
Abstract
We have performed comparative measurements of the Casimir force between a metallic plate and a transparent sphere coated with metallic films of different thicknesses. We have observed that, if the thickness of the coating is less than the skin-depth of the electromagnetic modes that mostly contribute to the interaction, the force is significantly smaller than that measured with a thick bulk-like film. Our results provide the first direct evidence of the skin-depth effect on the Casimir force between metallic surfaces.
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