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Q: Fachverband Quantenoptik und Photonik
Q 47: Quantum Effects (QED) II
Q 47.4: Talk
Thursday, March 14, 2019, 11:15–11:30, S Gr. HS Maschb.
Towards a spectroscopic measurement of quantum friction — •Nico Strauß1, Johannes Fiedler1,2, and Stefan Yoshi Buhmann1,3 — 1Institute of Physics, University of Freiburg, Germany — 2Centre for Materials Science and Nanotechnology, University of Oslo, Norway — 3Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS), Germany
The Casimir–Polder force between atoms or molecules and is of quantum mechanical origin and forms the basis of quantum friction, which is predicted to occur when two objects move at distance on the order of nanometers relative to each other. In this presentation, we consider the effects of this force on the energy levels of atoms and their velocity dependence as well as that of the resulting transition frequencies [1]. We propose to investigate this frequency dependence in the experiments of M. Ducloy and M. Fichet [2] by measuring the changes in the reflection coefficients of a modulated laser beam incident on the boundary between a dielectric and a gas of moving atoms.
[1] J. Klatt, R. Bennett and S. Y. Buhmann, Phys. Rev. A 94, 063803 (2016).
[2] M. Ducloy and M. Fichet, J. Phys. II, 1529 (1991).