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Physics Letters A

Volume 370, Issues 3–4, 22 October 2007, Pages 202-206
Physics Letters A

Prospects of employing superconducting stripline resonators for studying the dynamical Casimir effect experimentally

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Abstract

We discuss the prospects of employing an NbN superconducting microwave stripline resonator for studying the dynamical Casimir effect experimentally. Preliminary experiments, in which optical illumination is employed for modulating the resonance frequencies of the resonator, show that such a system is highly promising for this purpose. In addition, we discuss the undesirable effect of heating which results from the optical illumination, and show that degradation in noise properties can be minimized by employing an appropriate design.

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the Israeli defense ministry, Israel Science Foundation under grant 1380021, the Deborah Foundation, Poznanski Foundation, and Russel Berrie nanotechnology institute. One of the authors E.B. would especially like to thank Michael L. Roukes for supporting the early stage of this research and for many helpful conversations and invaluable suggestions.

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