Retardation effects in spectroscopic measurements of the Casimir-Polder interaction

• Main Authors: Carvalho, J. C. de Aquino, Pedri, P., Ducloy, Martial, Laliotis, A.
• Other Authors: School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Casimir-Polder Interaction; Spectroscopic Measurements
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/85177; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/45157
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Spectroscopy is a unique experimental tool for measuring the fundamental Casimir-Polder interaction between excited-state atoms, or other polarizable quantum objects, and a macroscopic surface. Spectroscopic measurements probe atoms at nanometric distances away from the surface where QED retardation...