Canonical Quantization of Macroscopic Electromagnetism and the Casimir-Lifshitz Effect

Thomas Philbin

doi:10.1364/QELS.2011.QWF6

CLEO:2011 - Laser Applications to Photonic Applications
OSA Technical Digest (CD) (Optica Publishing Group, 2011),
paper QWF6
•https://doi.org/10.1364/QELS.2011.QWF6

Canonical Quantization of Macroscopic Electromagnetism and the Casimir-Lifshitz Effect

Thomas Philbin

Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference 2011

Baltimore, Maryland United States
1–6 May 2011
ISBN: 978-1-55752-910-7

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Abstract

General macroscopic electromagnetism is canonically quantized, providing a rigorous quantum theory of light in dispersive, absorptive media. The theory illuminates the issue of electromagnetic energy density and stress in the Casimir-Lifshitz effect.

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