Nonlinear micromechanical Casimir oscillator

被引:378
作者
Chan, HB [1 ]
Aksyuk, VA [1 ]
Kleiman, RN [1 ]
Bishop, DJ [1 ]
Capasso, F [1 ]
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[1] Bell Labs, Lucent Technol, Murray Hill, NJ 07974 USA
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.211801
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
The Casimir force between uncharged metallic surfaces originates from quantum-mechanical zero-point fluctuations of the electromagnetic field. We demonstrate that this quantum electrodynamical effect has a profound influence on the oscillatory behavior of microstructures when surfaces are in close proximity (less than or equal to 100 nm). Frequency shifts, hysteretic behavior, and bistability caused by the Casimir force are observed in the frequency response of a periodically driven micromachined torsional oscillator.
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