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On the Casimir effect between superconductors (1902.09136v1)

Published 25 Feb 2019 in quant-ph and cond-mat.mes-hall

Abstract: A recent experiment [R. A. Norte et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. {\bf 121}, 030405 (2018)] probed the variation of the Casimir force between two closely spaced thin Al films, as they transition into a superconducting state, observing a null result. We present here computations of the Casimir effect for superconductors, based on the Mattis-Bardeen formula for their optical response. We show that for the Al cavity used in the experiment the effect of the transition is over two hundred and fifty times smaller than the experimental sensitivity, in agreement with the observed null result. We demonstrate that a large enhancement of the effect can be achieved by using a cavity consisting of a Au mirror and a superconducting NbTiN film. We estimate that the effect of the superconducting transition would be observable with the proposed Au-NbTiN configuration, if the sensitivity of the apparatus could be increased by an order of magnitude.

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