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Noto, Antonio. "Non-equilibrium Casimir interactions : from dynamical to thermal effects." Thesis, Montpellier, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016MONTT279/document.
Full textIn this thesis, after an introduction where we briefly present the general context of Casimir physics, we present the results obtained during the PhD. At first, we show our work about the van der Waals/Casimir-Polder interactions between two atoms in an out-of-equilibrium condition due to their uniformly accelerated motion. We study the system of two uniformly accelerated atoms in vacuum space, when they are in their ground-state and when they are in a correlated state (one excited and one ground-state atom). We analyze this system both with an heuristic semiclassical model and with a more rigorous method, based on a separation of radiation reaction and vacuum fluctuations contributions, that we extend starting from a general procedure known in literature. We find a change of the distance-dependence of the interaction due to the acceleration. We show that Casimir-Polder forces between two relativistic uniformly accelerated atoms, interacting with the scalar field, exhibit a transition from the short-distance thermal-like behavior predicted by the Unruh effect to a long-distance nonthermal behavior, associated with the breakdown of a local inertial description of the system. In addition, we obtain new features of the resonance interaction in the case of atoms interacting with the quantum electromagnetic field.Next, we present our work about a new optomechanical coupling of an effectively oscillating mirror with a Rydberg atoms gas, mediated by the dynamical atom-mirror Casimir-Polder force. We find that this coupling may produce a near-field resonant atomic excitation not related to the excitation of atoms by the few real photons expected by dynamical Casimir effect. In accessible experimental conditions, this excitation probability is significant (about 20%) making the observation of this new dynamical Casimir-Polder effect possible. For this reason, we propose a realistic experimental configuration to realize this system made of a cold atom gas trapped in front of a semiconductor substrate, whose dielectric properties are periodically modulated in time.Finally, we focus on our results obtained for the Casimir-Lifshitz pressure between two different dielectric lamellar gratings. This system is assumed to be in an out-of-thermal-equilibrium configuration, i.e. the two gratings have two different temperatures and they are immersed in a thermal bath having a third temperature. The computation of the pressure is based on a method exploiting the scattering operators of the bodies, deduced using the Fourier modal method. In our numerical results we characterize in detail the behavior of the pressure, both by varying the three temperatures and by changing the geometrical parameters of the gratings. In this way we show that it is possible to tune the force from attractive to repulsive or to strongly reduce the pressure for large ranges of temperatures. Moreover, we stress that the interplay between nonequilibrium effects and geometrical periodicity make this system particularly interesting for the observation of the repulsive Casimir force
Phan, Anh Duc. "Graphene Casimir Interactions and Some Possible Applications." Scholar Commons, 2012. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/4386.
Full textSin, Ronia Kévin. "Casimir and dynamical interactions in membranes and model systems." Paris 7, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014PA077254.
Full textLes membranes lipidiques sont des milieux complexes qui sont soumis à des fluc-tuations thermiques donnant naissance à des interactions du type Casimir quand des objets y sont inclus. Dans cette thèse, nous nous intéressons aux interactions du type Casimir et aux interactions élastiques qui apparaissent entre objets inclus dans un milieu élastique. Dans la première partie, nous nous intéressons à deux bâtons parallèles de longueur L adsorbés sur une membrane fluide et calculons analytiquement l'interaction du type Casimir pour de faibles distances d< L. Les deux bâtons sont modélisés comme des contraintes, le long d'une ligne droite, imposées à la membrane et en particulier à sa courbure. Ceci nous permet de définir quatre type de bâton, selon que la membrane peut se tordre ou non le long ou/et perpendiculairement aux bâtons. Pour des contraintes rigides, toutes les énergies d'interactions sont attractives et proportionnelles à L/d. Deux des quatre type de bâtons définis sont équivalents ce qui conduit à six amplitudes différentes mais universelles pour les interactions de Casimir. Des conditions de répulsions peuvent être réunies pour des bâtons différents avec des contraintes molles. Des résultats numériques obtenus pour une large gamme de ratio d/L montrent que le potentiel attractif peut atteindre kBT pour d/L≃0. 2. Enfin pour des distances plus petites que dc≃ L(L//p)1/3, où lp est la longueur de persistance, deux bâtons aux extrémités fixées se courberont jusqu'à entrer en contact du fait de l'interaction de Casimir. Dans un second temps nous considérons le problème du calcul de l'interaction de Casimir pour des objets de forme arbitraire en discrétisant les contours avec des contraintes ponctuelles vue comme des inclusions ponctuelles. Nous étudions comment l'universalité émerge de cette discrétisation. Ayant introduit un cutoff et une régularisation pour le calcul de la fonction de corrélation du champ de la membrane, nous trouvons que l'universalité apparaît si (i) la distance entre les inclusions ponctuelles est inférieure au cutoff A-1 et (ii) si les objets considérés sont bien plus grands que le cutoff. Une transition brutale du régime de condition de bord discret au régime continu intervient pour δ =π/Λ dans la limite thermodynamique pour des bâtons à grande distance. Nous illustrons ces propriétés à deux dimensions pour des objets du type bâton et des objets de forme plus complexe comme des lunes. Enfin, dans un milieu élastique unidimentionnel avec une longueur de corrélation finie, ie loin des conditions critiques, et dont la dynamique suit uniquement une dynamique de relaxation, nous calculons la dépendance temporelle de la force élastique F(t) échangée par deux inclusions actives qui imposent une déformation élastique au milieu. Cette déformation est déclenchée à l'instant t = 0 par les inclusions. Nous considérons (i) des inclusions linéaires qui couplent les champs à une force finie puis (ii) des inclusions non linéaires qui impose une déformation finie au milieu. Dans le cas non linéaire, la force présente un maximum transitoire, bien plus élevé que la force à l'équilibre, et qui diverge comme ~ L2 pour des distance L inférieures à la longueur de corrélation du champs considéré. Nous calculons à la fois l'interaction de champs moyen et l'interaction de Casimir. Nous discutons également les temps caractéristiques d'établissement et de mise à l'équilibre des forces en comparant le cas linéaire et le cas non linéaire. Il est important de noter que l'existence d'un maximum transitoire dans l'établissement de la force non linéaire semble être une caractéristique des interactions élastiques médiées
Démery, Vincent. "Interactions induites par un environnement fluctuant." Phd thesis, Université Paul Sabatier - Toulouse III, 2012. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00713393.
Full textReid, M. T. (McMahon Thomas Homer). "Fluctuating surface currents : a new algorithm for efficient prediction of Casimir interactions among arbitrary materials in arbitrary geometries." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/68983.
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For most of its 60 year history, the Casimir effect was an obscure theoretical backwater, but technological advances over the past decade have promoted this curious manifestation of quantum and thermal fluctuations to a position of central importance in modern experimental physics. Dramatic progress in the measurement of Casimir forces since 1997 has created a demand for theoretical tools that can predict Casimir interactions in realistic experimental geometries and in materials with realistic frequency-dependent electrical properties. This work presents a new paradigm for efficient numerical computation of Casimir interactions. Our new technique, which we term the fluctuating-surface-current (FSC) approach to computational Casimir physics, borrows ideas from the boundary-element method of computational electromagnetism to express Casimir energies, forces, and torques between bodies of arbitrary shapes and materials in terms of interactions among effective electric and magnetic surface currents flowing on the surfaces of the objects. We demonstrate that the master equations of the FSC approach arise as logical consequences of either of two seemingly disparate Casimir paradigms-the stress-tensor approach and the path-integral (or scattering) approach-and this work thus achieves an unexpected unification of these two otherwise quite distinct theoretical frameworks. But a theoretical technique is only as relevant as its practical implementations are useful, and for this reason we present three distinct numerical implementations of the FSC formulae, each of which poses a series of unique technical challenges. Finally, using our new theoretical paradigm and our practical implementations of it, we obtain new predictions of Casimir interactions in a number of experimentally relevant geometric and material configurations that would be difficult or impossible to treat with any other existing Casimir method.
by M. T. Homer Reid.
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Tatur, Kevin. "Theoretical studies of long range interactions in quasi-one dimensional cylindrical structures." [Tampa, Fla] : University of South Florida, 2009. http://purl.fcla.edu/usf/dc/et/SFE0003135.
Full textSchiefele, Jürgen. "Casimir-Polder interaction in second quantization." Phd thesis, Universität Potsdam, 2011. http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/volltexte/2011/5417/.
Full textDie durch (quantenmechanische und thermische) Fluktuationen des elektromagnetischen Feldes hervorgerufene Casimir-Polder-Wechselwirkung zwischen einem elektrisch neutralen Atom und einer benachbarten Oberfläche stellt einen theoretisch gut untersuchten Aspekt der Resonator-Quantenelektrodynamik (cavity quantum electrodynamics, cQED) dar. Seit kurzem werden atomare Bose-Einstein-Kondensate (BECs) verwendet, um die theoretischen Vorhersagen der cQED zu überprüfen. Das Ziel der vorliegenden Arbeit ist es, die bestehende cQED Theorie für einzelne Atome mit den Techniken der Vielteilchenphysik zur Beschreibung von BECs zu verbinden. Es werden Werkzeuge und Methoden entwickelt, um sowohl Photon- als auch Atom-Felder gleichwertig in zweiter Quantisierung zu beschreiben. Wir formulieren eine diagrammatische Störungstheorie, die Korrelationsfunktionen des elektromagnetischen Feldes und des Atomsystems benutzt. Der Formalismus wird anschließend verwendet, um für in Fallen nahe einer Oberfläche gehaltene BECs Atom-Oberflächen-Wechselwirkungen vom Casimir-Polder-Typ und die bosonische Stimulation des spontanen Zerfalls angeregter Atome zu untersuchen. Außerdem untersuchen wir einen phononischen Casimir-Effekt, der durch die quantenmechanischen Fluktuationen in einem wechselwirkenden BEC entsteht.
Intravaia, Francesco. "Effet Casimir et interaction entre plasmons de surface." Phd thesis, Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris VI, 2005. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00009755.
Full textHaakh, Harald Richard. "Cavity QED with superconductors and its application to the Casimir effect." Master's thesis, Universität Potsdam, 2009. http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/volltexte/2009/3256/.
Full textThis thesis investigates the Casimir effect between plates made of normal and superconducting metals over a broad range of temperatures, as well as the Casimir-Polder interaction of an atom to such a surface. Numerical and asymptotical calculations have been the main tools in order to do so. The optical properties of the surfaces are described by dielectric functions or optical conductivities, which are reviewed for common models and have been analyzed with special weight on distributional properties and causality. The calculation of the Casimir energy between two normally conducting plates (cavity) is reviewed and previous work on the contribution to the Casimir energy due to the surface plasmons, present in all metallic cavities, has been generalized to finite temperatures for the first time. In the field of superconductivity, a new analytical continuation of the BCS conductivity to to purely imaginary frequencies has been obtained both inside and outside the extremely dirty limit of vanishing mean free path. The Casimir free energy calculated from this description was shown to coincide well with the values obtained from the two fluid model of superconductivity in certain regimes of the material parameters. The Casimir entropy in a superconducting cavity fulfills the third law of thermodynamics and features a characteristic discontinuity at the phase transition temperature. These effects were equally encountered in the Casimir-Polder interaction of an atom with a superconducting wall. The magnetic dipole coupling of an atom to a metal was shown to be highly sensible to dissipation and especially to the surface currents. This leads to a strong quenching of the magnetic Casimir-Polder energy at finite temperature. Violations of the third law of thermodynamics are encountered in special models, similar to phenomena in the Casimir-effect between two plates, that are debated controversely. None of these effects occurs in the analog electric dipole interaction. The results of this work suggest to reestablish the well-known plasma model as the low temperature limit of a superconductor as in London theory rather than use it for the description of normal metals. Superconductors offer the opportunity to control the dissipation of surface currents to a great extent. This could be used to access experimentally the low frequency optical response of metals, which is strongly connected to the thermal Casimir-effect. Here, differently from corresponding microwave experiments, energy and momentum are independent quantities. A measurement of the total Casimir-Polder interaction of atoms with superconductors seems to be in reach in today’s microchip-based atom-traps and the contribution due to magnetic coupling might be accessed by spectroscopic techniques
Maury, Axel. "Effet Casimir-Polder sur des atomes piégés." Thesis, Paris 6, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016PA066327/document.
Full textThis thesis presents the theoretical modeling of the experiment FORCA-G. The purpose of this experiment is to measure short-range interactions between trapped atoms in an optical lattice and a massive surface with a high precision. We are focused on Casimir-Polder effect induced by the surface on the atoms. The aim was to give the most possible precise prediction of atomic states. This work took the temperature effects on Casimir-Polder interaction into account, modelled the surface of the experiment. In order to solve the divergence problem due to the perturbative treatment of the atom-surface interaction, we developed a digital method for a non-perturbative treatment of the Casimir-Polder interaction and modelled the short-range atom-surface interaction by a Lennard-Jones potential. Each effect and uncertainties on the atomic states were evaluated so that we know if they could be observable or a limiting factor compared to the experiment precision. Finally we were focused on an out of thermal equilibrium situation between the miroir and environment temperature which may be induced by the lasers. We computed the correction to the Casimir-Polder potential due to this disequilibrium and evaluated the effect on the atomic states
Dufour, Gabriel. "Réflexion quantique sur le potentiel de Casimir-Polder." Thesis, Paris 6, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015PA066511/document.
Full textCollisions between ultracold atoms and material surfaces are characterized by the reflection of the atomic matter wave from the attractive Casimir-Polder potential. This quantum reflection is particularly relevant to experiments such as GBAR, which will determine the gravitational acceleration of a cold antihydrogen atom by timing its fall onto a detection plate. In this thesis, the Casimir-Polder potential is computed from the electromagnetic scattering properties of the atom and surface and it is found to depend notably on the dielectric response, thickness and density of the medium. We show that reflection on this potential is associated with a breakdown of the semiclassical approximation and that it is enhanced for slow atoms and weak potentials. Liouville transformations relate Schrödinger equations with different potential landscapes but identical scattering properties. We gain new insights on the problem of quantum reflection on a potential well by mapping it onto an equivalent problem of tunneling through a wall. We also discuss the effect of gravity on the atomic wavepacket and its implications for free fall experiments with atoms. When combined with quantum reflection from a horizontal mirror, gravity can be used to trap particles in long lived states with promising applications for metrology. In particular, we suggest a scheme to improve the precision of the GBAR experiment by reducing the velocity dispersion of the falling atoms
Schiefele, Jürgen [Verfasser], and Carsten [Akademischer Betreuer] Henkel. "Casimir-Polder interaction in second quantization / Jürgen Schiefele. Betreuer: Carsten Henkel." Potsdam : Universitätsbibliothek der Universität Potsdam, 2011. http://d-nb.info/1017407673/34.
Full textDe, Aquino Carvalho Joao Carlos. "Interaction Casimir-Polder entre atome de césium et surface de saphir thermiquement émissive." Thesis, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018USPCD054.
Full textIn this thesis we describe measurements of selective reflection spectroscopy that highlight the thermal effects of the Casimir-Polder interaction between atom and surface. In the near field regime, this interaction is governed by a potential decreasing with the cube of the distance between the atom and the surface (van der Waals -vdW- regime of dipoledipole type) We are particularly interested in the excited levels of cesium, we are particularly interested in the excited levels of cesium Cs (7P₁/₂) and Cs (7P₃/₂), which have a dipole coupling to respectively Cs (6D) at 12,15 µm and ~15 µm interacting with a thermally emissive sapphire surface. Sapphire emitting modes are around 12,2 µm, and, thus, these Cs levels are sensitive to a resonant, or non-resonant, vdW interaction. We compare experimentally these levels. The most important result of this thesis is the experimental observation of the difference in behavior of the vdW potential as a function of the window temperature (150 - 800 °C), for the Cs (7P₁/₂) and Cs (7P₃/₂) levels. For the Cs (7P₁/₂) level the vdW potential increases as a function of temperature, while for the Cs (7P₃/₂) level a slight decrease is observed. Selective reflection spectroscopy experiments, probing the Cs (6P₁/₂) level interacting with a hot sapphire surface, were also carried out, which confirm for this level the absence of a temperature effect. The theoretical predictions are refined by the evaluation of the dielectric constant of sapphire as a function of temperature, from new emissivity data provided by the CEMHTI's group, in Orléans. Finally, we use backscattered fluorescence as a diagnosis for the Cs hot cell when exciting Cs (6P ₁/₂) and Cs (7P ₁/₂) levels. We have interpreted, in a manner more consistent than previous literature, sub-Doppler structures observed in the excitation of the fluorescence near the window
Liu, Xianglei. "Tailoring thermal radiative properties and enhancing near-field radiative heat flux with electromagnetic metamaterials." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/54960.
Full textColombaro, Ivano. "Dynamical Casimir effect and the structure of vacuum in quantum field theory." Master's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2016. http://amslaurea.unibo.it/10382/.
Full textSpreng, Benjamin [Verfasser], and Gert-Ludwig [Akademischer Betreuer] Ingold. "Plane-wave approach to the Casimir interaction between colloid particles / Benjamin Spreng ; Betreuer: Gert-Ludwig Ingold." Augsburg : Universität Augsburg, 2021. http://d-nb.info/1233601164/34.
Full textBellouvet, Maxime. "Condensation de Bose-Einstein et simulation d’une méthode de piégeage d’atomes froids dans des potentiels sublongueur d’onde en champ proche d’une surface nanostructurée." Thesis, Bordeaux, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018BORD0265/document.
Full textAn interest for hybrid quantum systems (HSQs) has been growing up for the last decades. This object combines two quantum systems in order to take advantage of both systems’ qualities, not available withonly one. Among these quantum systems, ultracold atoms distinguish themselves by their strong decoupling from environment which enables an excellent control of their intrinsic properties. Optical lattice quantum simulators with tunable properties (energy scale, geometry,...) allows one to investigate new regimes incondensed matter physics. In this quest for exotic quantum phases (e.g., antiferromagnetism), the reduction of thermal entropy is a crucial challenge. The price to pay for such low temperature and entropy is a longthermalization time that will ultimately limit the experimental realization. Miniaturization of lattice spacingis a promising solution to speed up the dynamics. Engineering cold atom hybrids offers promising perspectives but requires us to interface quantum systems in different states of matter at very short distances, which still remains an experimental challenge.This thesis is part of the AUFRONS project, which aims at cooling down an atomic gas until the quantum degeneracy regime then transport and trap this cloud in the near field of a nanostructure. The idea is to trapcold atoms in a two-dimensional subwavelength lattice, at a few tenth of nm away from the surface. One goal is to study atom-atom interactions within the lattice but also atom-surface modes coupling.The work realized during this thesis splits into an experimental part and a theoretical part. In the firstone, we present the cooling of 87Rb atoms until the quantum degeneracy regime. The second part is dedicated to theoretical simulations of a new trapping method we have implemented to trap and manipulate cold atoms below 100 nm from structures. This method takes advantage of plasmonic resonance and vacuum forces (Casimir-Polder effect). It allows one to create subwavelength potentials with controllable parameters.We detail the calculations of optical and vacuum forces to apply them to an atom of 87Rb in the vicinity of a 1D nanostructure
St, Helene-Uko Illesha. "“In the Eye of the Employer”: An Investigation into the Role of Stigma and Shaming in the Professional Reintegration of Persons with Criminal Records." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/35733.
Full textTorricelli, Gauthier. "Caractérisation des Interactions entre une Microsphère et une Surface Métalliques aux Echelles Nanométriques." Phd thesis, 2005. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00069070.
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