Optical bonding and antibonding forces in asymmetric geometries for Casimir force detection

  • David Woolf
  • , Pui Chuen Hui
  • , Eiji Iwase
  • , Alexajandro Rodriguez
  • , Alexander McCauley
  • , Igor Lovchinsky
  • , Mughees Kahn
  • , Steven Johnson
  • , Marko Loncar
  • , Federico Capasso

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Abstract

The optical bonding (attractive) and antibonding (repulsive) forces between a suspended, holey Silicon membrane and a Silicon-on-Insulator (SOI) substrate are shown to offer a sensitive new method for plane-plane geometry Casimir force detection.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationQuantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, QELS 2011
StatePublished - 2011
Externally publishedYes
EventQuantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, QELS 2011 - Baltimore, MD, United States
Duration: May 1 2011May 6 2011

Publication series

NameOptics InfoBase Conference Papers
ISSN (Electronic)2162-2701

Other

OtherQuantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, QELS 2011
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityBaltimore, MD
Period5/1/115/6/11

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Instrumentation
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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