Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Experiment Videos

Nonlinear micromechanical Casimir oscillator.

H B Chan1, V A Aksyuk, R N Kleiman

  • 1Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies, Murray Hill, New Jersey 07974, USA. hochan@lucent.com

Physical Review Letters
|December 12, 2001
PubMed
Summary
This summary is machine-generated.

Related Concept Videos

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

Sprint interval exercise disrupts mitochondrial ultrastructure driving a unique mitochondrial stress response and remodelling in men.

Nature communications·2025
Same author

Twice-a-day exercise increases acute MCT1 gene expression in skeletal muscle but does not change the lactate curve after 3 weeks of training in adult men.

Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologica·2025
Same author

Short-term moderate-intensity treadmill running may confer a greater benefit to bone strength than high-intensity treadmill running in 12-month-old C57BL/6 mice.

Bone·2025
Same author

Temporal solitons in hybrid-driven active resonators.

Reports on progress in physics. Physical Society (Great Britain)·2025
Same author

An Innovative Management in the Diagnosis of Mediastinal Masses.

Thoracic cancer·2025
Same author

Coherently averaged optical frequency comb spectroscopy with a single electro-optic modulator.

Optics letters·2025
Same journal

Erratum: Spectroscopy and Ground-State Transfer of Ultracold Bosonic ^{39}K^{133}Cs Molecules [Phys. Rev. Lett. 135, 203401 (2025)].

Physical review letters·2026
Same journal

Erratum: Lifetime of the ^{2}F_{7/2} Level in Yb^{+} for Spontaneous Emission of Electric Octupole Radiation [Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 213001 (2021)].

Physical review letters·2026
Same journal

Laser-Plasma Based Seeded Free Electron Laser in the High-Gain Regime.

Physical review letters·2026
Same journal

Parent Hamiltonians for Stabilizer Quantum Many-Body Scars.

Physical review letters·2026
Same journal

Properties of Heavy Cosmic Nuclei Phosphorus, Chlorine, Argon, Potassium, and Calcium: Results from the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer.

Physical review letters·2026
Same journal

Role of Spin-Isospin Symmetries in Nuclear β-Decays.

Physical review letters·2026
See all related articles

The Casimir force, arising from quantum fluctuations, significantly impacts microstructures near surfaces. This quantum electrodynamical effect causes observable frequency shifts and bistability in oscillating devices.

Area of Science:

  • Quantum Electrodynamics
  • Nanotechnology
  • Materials Science

Background:

  • The Casimir force is a quantum mechanical phenomenon.
  • It arises from zero-point fluctuations of the electromagnetic field.
  • This force acts between uncharged conductive surfaces in proximity.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the influence of the Casimir force on microstructures.
  • To analyze the effect of the Casimir force on oscillatory behavior at nanoscale separations.
  • To observe and characterize Casimir force-induced phenomena in a micromachined device.

Main Methods:

  • Utilizing a periodically driven micromachined torsional oscillator.
  • Examining the frequency response of the oscillator at surface proximity < or = 100 nm.

Related Experiment Videos

  • Analyzing frequency shifts, hysteresis, and bistability.

    • Main Results:

    • The Casimir force profoundly influences microstructure oscillations.
    • Observable frequency shifts were detected due to the Casimir force.
    • Hysteretic behavior and bistability were observed in the oscillator's frequency response.

    Conclusions:

    • Quantum electrodynamical effects, specifically the Casimir force, are critical in nanoscale systems.
    • The Casimir force can alter the dynamic behavior of microstructures.
    • This force must be considered in the design and operation of micro/nanoscale devices.