Casimir calculations in Meep
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Casimir calculations in Meep
It is possible to use the Meep time-domain simulation code in order to calculate Casimir forces (and related quantities), a quantum-mechanical force that can arise even between neutral bodies due to quantum vacuum fluctuations in the electromagnetic field, or equivalently as a result of geometry dependence in the quantum vacuum energy.
Calculating Casimir forces in a classical time-domain Maxwell simulation like Meep is possible because of a new algorithm described in:
- Alejandro W. Rodriguez, Alexander P. McCauley, John D. Joannopoulos, and Steven G. Johnson, "Casimir forces in the time domain: I. Theory," arXiv preprint archive article arXiv:0904.0267 (April 2009).
- Alexander P. McCauley, Alejandro W. Rodriguez, John D. Joannopoulos, and Steven G. Johnson, "Casimir forces in the time domain: I. Applications," manuscript in preparation (2009).
This page will provide some tutorial examples showing how these calculations are performed for simple geometries.
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