Calculation of nonzero-temperature Casimir forces in the time domain

Publication Year
2011

Type

Journal Article
Abstract
We show how to compute Casimir forces at nonzero temperature with time-domain electromagnetic simulations, for example using a finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method. Compared to our previous zero-temperature time-domain method, only a small modification is required, but we explain that some case is required to properly capture the zero-frequency contribution. We validate the method against analytical and numerical frequency-domain calculations, and show a surprising high-temperature disappearance of a non-monotonic behavior previously demonstrated in a piston-like geometry.
Journal
PRA-rapid
Volume
83
Pages
040503