Computing electrodynamic Casimir forces in arbitrary geometries

Alexander McCauley

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Physics Department, Cambridge, USA

We discuss recent advances in the numerical computation of electrodynamic Casimir forces in complex geometries. Special focus is put on a finite-difference time-domain implementation that can handle arbitrary geometries and boundary conditions. We then present several applications of this method, including demonstration of repulsion between vacuum-separated metallic objects and exact Casimir forces between chiral metamaterials.

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