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    "abstract": "The focusing of the vacuum modes of a quantized field by a parabolic mirror\nis investigated. We use a geometric optics approximation to calculate the\nenergy density and mean squared field averages for scalar and electromagnetic\nfields near the focus. We find that these quantities grow as an inverse power\nof the distance to the focus. There is an attractive Casimir-Polder force on an\natom which will draw it into the focus. Some estimates of the magnitude of the\neffects of this focusing indicate that it may be observable.",
    "arxiv_id": "quant-ph/0003129",
    "authors": [
      "L. H. Ford",
      "N. F. Svaiter"
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      "gr-qc",
      "hep-th"
    ],
    "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevA.62.062105",
    "journal_ref": "Phys.Rev. A62 (2000) 062105",
    "title": "Focusing Vacuum Fluctuations",
    "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0003129"
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