Resonance oscillations of non-reciprocal long-range van der Waals forces between atoms in electromagnetic fields

We study theoretically the van der Waals interaction between two atoms out of equilibrium with isotropic electromagnetic field. We demonstrate that at large interatomic separations, the van der Waals forces are resonant, spatially oscillating and non-reciprocal due to resonance absorption and emissi...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2018-02
Main Author: Sherkunov, Yury
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adhesion
Electromagnetic fields
PCB
Photons
Polychlorinated biphenyls
Resonance absorption
Van der Waals forces
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Summary:We study theoretically the van der Waals interaction between two atoms out of equilibrium with isotropic electromagnetic field. We demonstrate that at large interatomic separations, the van der Waals forces are resonant, spatially oscillating and non-reciprocal due to resonance absorption and emission of virtual photons. We suggest that the van der Waals forces can be controlled and manipulated by tuning the spectrum of artificially created random light.
ISSN:2331-8422
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.1711.01205