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On-chip Casimir effect

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Measurement of the forces that arise from quantum vacuum fluctuations between closely spaced surfaces typically requires large apparatus, making applications difficult. Now, an experiment on a silicon chip to measure the Casimir force has been realized.

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Figure 1: Structure used for demonstrating non-monotonic Casimir effect.

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  1. Kimball A. Milton is at the Homer L. Dodge Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Oklahoma, 440 West Brooks, Norman, Oklahoma 73019, USA,

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Milton, K. On-chip Casimir effect. Nature Photon 11, 73–74 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2016.277

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