2013/01/30 by Jose C. Torres-Guzman, José C. Torres-Guzmán, Torres-Guzmán, José C. +2
Physics and Astronomy · #Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies #FOS: Physical sciences #Optics (physics.optics) #Quantum Electrodynamics and Casimir Effect #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #Quantum Physics (quant-ph) #physics.optics #quant-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1301.7306
18 pages, 9 figures
arxiv created 2013/01/30 · openalex publication_date 2013/01/30 · arxiv updated 2013/01/31 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We extend a fictitious-cavity approach to calculate the Casimir effect for cavities bounded by flat anisotropic materials. We calculate the energy, force and torque in terms only of the optical coefficients of the walls of the cavity. We calculate the Casimir effect at zero and finite temperature for some simple systems. As a non trivial application, we calculate the torque between a semi-infinite anisotropic plate and an anisotropic film. We study the effect of the film thickness in the torque and find an optimal width that maximizes the torque.