TY - JOUR
T1 - Demonstration of the asymmetric lateral Casimir force between corrugated surfaces in the nonadditive regime
AU - Chiu, H. C.
AU - Klimchitskaya, G. L.
AU - Marachevsky, V. N.
AU - Mostepanenko, V. M.
AU - Mohideen, U.
PY - 2009/9/9
Y1 - 2009/9/9
N2 - The measurement of the lateral Casimir force between two aligned sinusoidally corrugated Au-coated surfaces has been performed in the nonadditive regime. The use of deeper corrugations also allowed us to demonstrate an asymmetry in the phase dependences of the lateral Casimir force, as predicted earlier. The measurement data are found to be in excellent agreement with the exact theoretical results computed at T=300 K including effect of real material properties. The deviations between the exact theory and the proximity force approximation are quantified. The obtained results are topical for applications in nanomachines.
AB - The measurement of the lateral Casimir force between two aligned sinusoidally corrugated Au-coated surfaces has been performed in the nonadditive regime. The use of deeper corrugations also allowed us to demonstrate an asymmetry in the phase dependences of the lateral Casimir force, as predicted earlier. The measurement data are found to be in excellent agreement with the exact theoretical results computed at T=300 K including effect of real material properties. The deviations between the exact theory and the proximity force approximation are quantified. The obtained results are topical for applications in nanomachines.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevB.80.121402
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevB.80.121402
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:70350651330
SN - 1098-0121
VL - 80
JO - Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
JF - Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
IS - 12
M1 - 121402
ER -