Quantum Electromagnetic Fluctuations in Inhomogeneous Dielectric Media
arXiv:1107.1521 · doi:10.1117/12.886255
Abstract
A new mathematical and computational technique for calculating quantum vacuum expectation values of energy and momentum densities associated with electromagnetic fields in bounded domains containing inhomogeneous media is discussed. This technique is illustrated by calculating the mode contributions to the difference in the vacuum force expectation between opposite ends of an inhomogeneous dielectric non-dispersive medium confined to a perfectly conducting rigid box.
7 pages, appeared in Proceedings of SPIE Conference on Quantum Optics (2011)