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    "abstract": "Left-handed metamaterials make perfect lenses that image classical\nelectromagnetic fields with significantly higher resolution than the\ndiffraction limit. Here we consider the quantum physics of such devices. We\nshow that the Casimir force of two conducting plates may turn from attraction\nto repulsion if a perfect lens is sandwiched between them. For optical\nleft-handed metamaterials this repulsive force of the quantum vacuum may\nlevitate ultra-thin mirrors.",
    "arxiv_id": "quant-ph/0608115",
    "authors": [
      "U. Leonhardt",
      "T. G. Philbin"
    ],
    "categories": [
      "quant-ph",
      "cond-mat.mtrl-sci",
      "physics.optics"
    ],
    "doi": "10.1088/1367-2630/9/8/254",
    "title": "Quantum levitation by left-handed metamaterials",
    "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0608115"
  },
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