Near-field dynamical Casimir effect

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2410.21420v1
• Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2024 18:14:10 GMT
• Title: Near-field dynamical Casimir effect
• Abstract summary: We propose the dynamical Casimir effect in a time-modulated near-field system. We have identified flux contributions from both quantum and thermal fluctuations at finite temperatures. Our findings open an avenue for the exploration of dynamical Casimir effect beyond cryogenic temperatures.
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• Abstract: We propose the dynamical Casimir effect in a time-modulated near-field system. The system consists of two bodies made of polaritonic materials, that are brought in close proximity to each other, and the modulation frequency is approximately twice the relevant resonance frequencies of the system. We develop a rigorous fluctuational electrodynamics formalism to explore the produced Casimir flux, associated with the degenerate as well as non-degenerate two-polariton emission processes. We have identified flux contributions from both quantum and thermal fluctuations at finite temperatures, with a dominant quantum contribution even at room temperature under the presence of a strong near-field effect. We have conducted a nonclassicality test for the total radiative flux at finite temperatures, and shown that nonclasscical states of emitted photons can be obtained for a high temperature up to $\sim 250\,$K. Our findings open an avenue for the exploration of dynamical Casimir effect beyond cryogenic temperatures, and may be useful for creating tunable nanoscale nonclassical light sources.

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