Dynamical Casimir Effects: The Need for Nonlocality in Time-Varying
Dispersive Nanophotonics
Dynamical Casimir Effects: The Need for Nonlocality in Time-Varying
Dispersive Nanophotonics
Both real and virtual photons can be involved in light-matter interactions. A famous example of the observable implications of virtual photons -- vacuum fluctuations of the quantum electromagnetic field -- is the Casimir effect. Since quantum vacuum effects are weak, various mechanisms have been proposed to enhance and engineer them, …