Dynamical Casimir effects with atoms: from the emission of photon pairs
to geometric phases
- URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2203.16387v1
- Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2022 15:19:12 GMT
- Title: Dynamical Casimir effects with atoms: from the emission of photon pairs
to geometric phases
- Authors: Fran\c{c}ois Impens, Reinaldo de Melo e Souza, Guilherme C. Matos, and
Paulo A. Maia Neto
- Abstract summary: Recent progress in this emerging field reveals unprecedented connections between non-trivial aspects of modern physics.
The coupling between a moving ground-state atom and the quantum electromagnetic field is at the origin of several intriguing phenomena.
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- Abstract: The coupling between a moving ground-state atom and the quantum
electromagnetic field is at the origin of several intriguing phenomena ranging
from the dynamical Casimir emission of photons to Sagnac-like geometric phase
shifts in atom interferometers. Recent progress in this emerging field reveals
unprecedented connections between non-trivial aspects of modern physics such as
electrodynamic retardation, non-unitary evolution in open quantum systems,
geometric phases, non-locality and inertia.
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