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Single-Interface Casimir Torque (1605.02116v1)
Published 6 May 2016 in cond-mat.mes-hall
Abstract: It is shown that the quantum fluctuations of the electromagnetic field generally induce a torque at the interface of an anisotropic material with another anisotropic or isotropic material. It is proven that this torque depends on an interface zero-point energy determined by the dispersion of the interface (localized and extended) modes. Our theory demonstrates that the single-interface torque is essential to understand the Casimir physics of material systems with anisotropic elements and determines the equilibrium positions of the system.
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