Phys. Rev. A 77, 013811 (2008) [8 pages]Influence of slab thickness on the Casimir forceReceived 26 October 2007; published 15 January 2008 We calculate the Casimir force between slabs of finite thickness made of intrinsic and doped silicon with different concentration of carriers and compare the results to those obtained for gold slabs. We use the Drude and the plasma models to describe the dielectric function for the carriers in doped Si. We discuss the possibility of experimentally testing the appropriateness of these models. We also investigate the influence of finite thickness on VO2, which has recently been proposed for Casimir effect measurements testing the metal-insulator transition. © 2008 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.77.013811
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevA.77.013811
PACS:
42.50.Ct, 12.20.Ds, 12.20.−m
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