Damped vacuum states of light

dc.contributor.author	Philbin, TG
dc.date.accessioned	2016-08-18T13:08:00Z
dc.date.issued	2016-08-10
dc.description.abstract	We consider one-dimensional propagation of quantum light in the presence of a block of material, with a full account of dispersion and absorption. The electromagnetic zero-point energy for some frequencies is damped (suppressed) by the block below the free-space value, while for other frequencies it is increased. We also calculate the regularized (Casimir) zero-point energy at each frequency and find that it too is damped below the free-space value (zero) for some frequencies. The total Casimir energy is positive.	en_GB
dc.identifier.citation	Vol. 18, No. 9, pp. 095201 -	en_GB
dc.identifier.doi	http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/2040-8978/18/9/095201
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10871/23074
dc.language.iso	en	en_GB
dc.publisher	IOP Publishing	en_GB
dc.relation.url	http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2040-8978/18/9/095201/meta	en_GB
dc.rights.embargoreason	Publisher's policy.	en_GB
dc.rights	This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from IOP Publishing via the DOI in this record.	en_GB
dc.subject	quant-ph	en_GB
dc.subject	quant-ph	en_GB
dc.subject	physics.optics	en_GB
dc.title	Damped vacuum states of light	en_GB
dc.type	Article	en_GB
dc.identifier.issn	2040-8978
dc.identifier.eissn	2040-8986
dc.identifier.journal	Journal of Optics	en_GB