2005/06/01 by R. Esquivel–Sirvent, R. Esquivel, Esquivel, R. +3
Physics and Astronomy · #Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies #FOS: Physical sciences #Mechanical and Optical Resonators #Quantum Electrodynamics and Casimir Effect #Quantum Physics (quant-ph) #quant-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.quant-ph/0506003
arxiv created 2005/06/01 · openalex publication_date 2005/06/01 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
he Casimir force is calculated between plates with thin metallic coating. Thin films are described with spatially dispersive (nonlocal) dielectric functions. For thin films the nonlocal effects are more relevant than for half-spaces. However, it is shown that even for film thickness smaller than the mean free path for electrons, the difference between local and nonlocal calculations of the Casimir force is of the order of a few tenths of a percent. Thus the local description of thin metallic films is adequate within the current experimental precision and range of separations.