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Comment on "Thermal Lifshitz force between an atom and a conductor with a small density of carriers"
We demonstrate that the generalization of the Lifshitz theory proposed by L.
P. Pitaevskii arXiv:0801.0656 [Phys. Rev. Lett. v.101, 163202 (2008)] violates
the Nernst heat theorem for many dielectric materials and is experimentally
inconsistent.Comment: 2 pages, 1 figure; minor revisions are made in accordance with the
text accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. Let
Demonstration of optically modulated dispersion forces
We report the first experiment on the optical modulation of dispersion forces
through a change of the carrier density in a Si membrane. For this purpose a
high-vacuum based atomic force microscope and excitation light pulses from an
Ar laser are used. The experimental results are compared with two theoretical
models. The modulation of the dispersion force will find applications in
optomechanical micromachines.Comment: 7 pages, 3 figures, opex3.sty is used, text has been made in
accordance with the final version to appear in Optics express, 3 misprints
are correcte
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