TY - JOUR
T1 - Effect of hydrogen-switchable mirrors on the Casimir force
AU - Iannuzzi, D.
AU - Lisanti, M.
AU - Capasso, F.
N1 - Effect of hydrogen-switchable mirrors on the Casimir force
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - We present systematic measurements of the Casimir force between a gold-coated plate and a sphere coated with a hydrogen-switchable mirror. Hydrogen-switchable mirrors are shiny metals that can become transparent upon hydrogenation. Despite such a dramatic change of the optical properties of the sphere, we did not observe any significant decrease of the Casimir force after filling the experimental apparatus with hydrogen. This counterintuitive result can be explained by the Lifshitz theory that describes the Casimir attraction between metallic and dielectric materials.
AB - We present systematic measurements of the Casimir force between a gold-coated plate and a sphere coated with a hydrogen-switchable mirror. Hydrogen-switchable mirrors are shiny metals that can become transparent upon hydrogenation. Despite such a dramatic change of the optical properties of the sphere, we did not observe any significant decrease of the Casimir force after filling the experimental apparatus with hydrogen. This counterintuitive result can be explained by the Lifshitz theory that describes the Casimir attraction between metallic and dielectric materials.
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U2 - 10.1073/pnas.0400876101
DO - 10.1073/pnas.0400876101
M3 - Article
SN - 0027-8424
VL - 101
SP - 4019
EP - 4023
JO - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
JF - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
IS - 12
ER -