MEASUREMENT OF THE CASIMIR-POLDER FORCE

被引：333

作者：

SUKENIK, CI

BOSHIER, MG

CHO, D

SANDOGHDAR, V

HINDS, EA

机构：

[1] Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS | 1993年 / 70卷 / 05期

关键词：

D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevLett.70.560

中图分类号：

O4 [物理学];

学科分类号：

0702 ;

摘要：

We have studied the deflection of ground-state sodium atoms passing through a micron-sized parallel-plate cavity by measuring the intensity of a sodium atomic beam transmitted through the cavity as a function of cavity plate separation. This experiment provides clear evidence for the existence of the Casimir-Polder force, which is due to modification of the ground-state Lamb shift in the confined space of a cavity. Our results confirm the magnitude of the force and the distance dependence predicted by quantum electrodynamics.

引用

页码：560 / 563

页数：4

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