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Classical Casimir force from a quasi-condensate of light

Simon Pigeon
Nicolas Cherroret

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We show that weakly incoherent optical beams propagating in a Kerr medium exhibit a universal algebraic coherence after a short propagation time, mimicking the quasi-long-range order of ultracold quantum Bose gases in two dimensions. If two plates are inserted in the medium, this optical quasi-condensate gives rise to a long-range Casimir-like force, attractive at large distances and repulsive at short distances.

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hal-02527188 , version 1 (01-04-2020)

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Tamara Bardon-Brun, Simon Pigeon, Nicolas Cherroret. Classical Casimir force from a quasi-condensate of light. Phys.Rev.Res., 2020, 2, pp.013297. ⟨10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.013297⟩. ⟨hal-02527188⟩
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