Damped vacuum states of light

@article{Philbin2016DampedVS,
  title={Damped vacuum states of light},
  author={T G Philbin},
  journal={Journal of Optics},
  year={2016},
  volume={18}
}
  • T. Philbin
  • Published 1 March 2016
  • Physics
  • Journal of Optics
We consider one-dimensional propagation of quantum light in the presence of a block of material, with a full account of dispersion and absorption. The electromagnetic zero-point energy for some frequencies is damped (suppressed) by the block below the free-space value, while for other frequencies it is increased. We also calculate the regularized (Casimir) zero-point energy at each frequency and find that it too is damped below the free-space value (zero) for some frequencies. The total Casimir… 
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