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Dynamical Casimir-Polder interaction between a chiral molecule and a surface

Lucia RizzutoPablo BarcellonaStefan Yoshi BuhmannRoberto Passante

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Surface (mathematics)PhysicsQuantum PhysicsPhotonField (physics)Dynamics (mechanics)InverseFOS: Physical sciences010402 general chemistry01 natural sciences0104 chemical sciencesCasimir effectQuantum mechanics0103 physical sciencesMoleculeChiral molecule010306 general physicsQuantum Physics (quant-ph)Dynamical Casimir-Polder forceMolecule-surface interaction

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We develop a dynamical approach to study the Casimir-Polder force between a initially bare molecule and a magnetodielectric body at finite temperature. Switching on the interaction between the molecule and the field at a particular time, we study the resulting temporal evolution of the Casimir-Polder interaction. The dynamical self-dressing of the molecule and its population-induced dynamics are accounted for and discussed. In particular, we find that the Casimir-Polder force between a chiral molecule and a perfect mirror oscillates in time with a frequency related to the molecular transition frequency, and converges to the static result for large times.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2016-03-16
10.1103/physreva.93.032508http://hdl.handle.net/10447/177694