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中国物理学会期刊

光子拓扑绝缘体多层系统中的Casimir效应

CSTR: 32037.14.aps.74.20250088

Casimir effect in photonic topological insulator multilayered system

CSTR: 32037.14.aps.74.20250088
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  • 光子拓扑绝缘体为光子器件的设计和应用带来了新的可能性. 本文研究了基于时间反演对称性破缺的非互易光子拓扑绝缘体多层结构间的Casimir效应. 讨论该多层系统中Casimir排斥作用力的产生, 以及Casimir稳定平衡回复力的实现和调控, 并且着重分析了光子拓扑绝缘体光轴角度差对Casimir作用力的影响. 利用多层系统间的整体相对旋转可得到Casimir作用力的不同取向及其平衡点, 而系统内部各层间的光轴角度差对Casimir效应的影响趋势中存在拐点, 因此可利用多层系统中的旋转自由度来精细控制Casimir相互作用. 本文所提供的新的操控途径和操控自由度, 在实际微纳米系统中减小Casimir效应的不良影响或利用该效应开发其对系统的调控方面具有实际意义.

     

    The Casimir effect has received extensive attention theoretically and experimentally in recent years. It arises from the macroscopic manifestation of quantum vacuum fluctuations, and this Casimir interaction force can be an effective means of driving and controlling components in micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) and nano-electromechanical system (NEMS). Due to the new possibilities provided by photonic topological insulator for designing and using photonic devices, in this work, the Casimir force between the multilayer structures of non-reciprocal photonic topological insulators with broken time-reversal symmetry is investigated, and the influences of the dielectric tensor of the photonic topological insulator, the spatial structural parameters of the multilayer system, and the rotational degree of freedom on the Casimir force are examined. It is found that there exists Casimir repulsive force in such a multilayer system, and the Casimir stable equilibrium and restoring force can be further realized and controlled. Continuous variation between anti-mirror-symmetric configuration and mirror-symmetric configuration is examined. Both the Casimir attraction and repulsion can be generally enhanced through structural optimization by increasing layer number and individual layer thickness. Furthermore, we focus on the detailed analysis of how the optical axis angle difference within the photonic topological insulator layers can be used to adjust the Casimir force. The overall relative rotation of the multilayer system may adjust the magnitude and the direction of the Casimir force, and some inflection points can be found from the influence curve of the optical axis angle difference between internal layers of the multilayer on the Casimir force, allowing the rotational degrees of freedom in the multilayer system to be used for fine-adjusting the Casimir interaction. This work introduces the enhanced degrees of freedom for probing and manipulating the interaction between small objects in micro/nano systems, thereby suppressing adverse Casimir forces and effectively using them.

     

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