arXiv · cond-mat/0404211
van der Waals energy under strong atom-field coupling in doped carbon nanotubes
Abstract
Using a unified macroscopic QED formalism, we derive an integral equation for the van der Waals energy of a two-level atomic system near a carbon nanotube. The equation is valid for both strong and weak atom-vacuum-field coupling. By solving it numerically, we demonstrate the inapplicability of weak-coupling-based van der Waals interaction models in a close vicinity of the nanotube surface.
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Igor Bondarev, Philippe Lambin. 2004-04-08. van der Waals energy under strong atom-field coupling in doped carbon nanotubes. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssc.2004.07.039
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