In this paper we report the status of the experiment MIR (Motion Induced Radiation), aimed at the experimental verification of the dynamical Casimir effect. The stringent theoretical requirements to observe the effect are satisfied in a scheme in which the conductivity of a semiconductor inside a superconducting microwave resonant cavity is varied in time. Free carriers in the semiconductor are periodically excited and recombine at 5 GHz. In this process vacuum and thermal photons are parametrically amplified in a time interval of 200-500 ns.

Agnesi, A., Braggio, C., Bressi, G., Carugno, G., Della Valle, F., Galeazzi, G., et al. (2009). MIR: an experiment for the measurement of the dynamical Casimir effect. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONFERENCE SERIES, 161 [10.1088/1742-6596/161/1/012028].

MIR: an experiment for the measurement of the dynamical Casimir effect

Della Valle, Federico;
2009-01-01

Abstract

In this paper we report the status of the experiment MIR (Motion Induced Radiation), aimed at the experimental verification of the dynamical Casimir effect. The stringent theoretical requirements to observe the effect are satisfied in a scheme in which the conductivity of a semiconductor inside a superconducting microwave resonant cavity is varied in time. Free carriers in the semiconductor are periodically excited and recombine at 5 GHz. In this process vacuum and thermal photons are parametrically amplified in a time interval of 200-500 ns.
2009
Agnesi, A., Braggio, C., Bressi, G., Carugno, G., Della Valle, F., Galeazzi, G., et al. (2009). MIR: an experiment for the measurement of the dynamical Casimir effect. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONFERENCE SERIES, 161 [10.1088/1742-6596/161/1/012028].
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