The Casimir force provides a striking example of the effects of quantum fluctuations in a mesoscopic system. Because it arises from the objects’ electromagnetic response, the necessary calculations in quantum field theory are most naturally expressed in terms of electromagnetic scattering from each object. In this review, we illustrate a variety of such techniques, with a focus on those that can be expressed in terms of surface effects, including both idealized boundary conditions and their physical realization in terms of material properties.

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无中生有：量子涨落和卡西米尔力的表面方法


卡西米尔力提供了介观系统中量子涨落效应的一个引人注目的例子。因为它是由物体的电磁响应产生的，所以量子场论中必要的计算最自然地用每个物体的电磁散射来表达。在这篇综述中，我们阐述了各种此类技术，重点关注那些可以用表面效应来表达的技术，包括理想化边界条件及其在材料特性方面的物理实现。