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Electromagnetic vacuum energy for two parallel slabs in terms of surface, waveguide, and photonic modes

M. Bordag*

  • Universität Leipzig, Institute for Theoretical Physics Box 100 920, 04009 Leipzig, Germany

  • *bordag@itp.uni-leipzig.de
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Phys. Rev. D 85, 025005 – Published 13 January, 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.85.025005

Abstract

The formulation of the Lisfshitz formula in terms of real frequencies is reconsidered for half-spaces described by the plasma model. It is shown that besides the surface modes (for the TM polarization), and the photonic modes, also waveguide modes must be considered.

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Phys. Rev. D 85, 025005– Published 13 January, 2012
  • Received 27 November 2011

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