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arxiv: 2604.14721 · v1 · submitted 2026-04-16 · 🪐 quant-ph · cond-mat.quant-gas· physics.atom-ph

Spectroscopic measurement of the Casimir-Polder force in the intermediate regime

K. Ton , G. Kestler , D. A. Steck , J. T. Barreiro This is my paper

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keywords Casimir-Polder forcespectroscopic measurementintermediate regimeultracold atomsstrontiumoptical latticequantum vacuum fluctuationsdielectric surface
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Direct spectroscopic measurements confirm the Casimir-Polder force in the intermediate regime.

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The paper aims to establish a direct spectroscopic method for observing the Casimir-Polder force between neutral atoms and a dielectric surface in the intermediate distance regime. In this regime, the force transitions from a short-range scaling of z to the negative three to a retarded long-range scaling of z to the negative four as the separation approaches the wavelength of the atomic transition. By confining ultracold strontium atoms in a magic-wavelength optical lattice at 189 nanometers from the surface, the authors measure kilohertz-scale shifts in atomic energy levels that match full quantum electrodynamics calculations while differing from both the short-range and long-distance approximations. This direct approach is significant because prior observations in this regime depended on indirect methods such as diffraction or quantum reflection. It enables more precise investigations of quantum vacuum forces relevant to atomic physics and device design.

Core claim

The Casimir-Polder effect is an attractive force between a neutral atom and an uncharged conducting plate due to quantum vacuum fluctuations. The potential crosses over from z^{-3} at short separations to z^{-4} at long distances where retardation matters. At intermediate distances of order the dominant transition wavelength, we directly measure the force by spectroscopically probing the CP-induced kHz-frequency shift of ultracold strontium atoms confined by a magic-wavelength optical lattice at 189(2) nm from a dielectric surface. Our measurements agree well with QED calculations and differ from the short-range approximation, while excluding the long-distance one.

What carries the argument

Spectroscopic probing of the Casimir-Polder induced shifts in atomic energy levels for atoms in an optical lattice near the surface.

Load-bearing premise

The measured kHz-frequency shifts are produced only by the Casimir-Polder potential and not by stray electric fields, surface charges, lattice imperfections, or uncertainty in the 189 nanometer atom-surface separation.

What would settle it

Measurement of the frequency shift at the stated distance that lies closer to the long-distance approximation or outside the uncertainty range of the QED calculation.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2604.14721 by D. A. Steck, G. Kestler, J. T. Barreiro, K. Ton.

Figure 1
Figure 1. Figure 1: Experimental setup: atomic and surface properties. (a) Relevant energy levels and transitions for 88Sr used in the experiment. (b) The 914-nm optical lattice beam is launched from below and focused onto the CP test surface. The probe laser propagates downward to illuminate the lattice-trapped atoms. A bias magnetic field, B bias y , is applied parallel to the probe electric field, Eprobe, while be￾ing orth… view at source ↗
Figure 2
Figure 2. Figure 2: Experimental timing sequence. (a) The tim￾ing sequence shown starts during the red MOT stage with a multi-step process that brings the atoms to the test sur￾face. An atom ramp-up sequence is mostly performed by stepping down the bias magnetic field in the −z direction. Finally, loading the atoms in the red MOT into the optical lattice sites near the surface is carefully timed by experiment￾ing with the tde… view at source ↗
Figure 3
Figure 3. Figure 3: Spectroscopic measurement of the Casimir￾Polder force in the intermediate regime. Normal￾ized photon count data of the fluorescent spectroscopic scans across the narrow-linewidth 1S0 − 3P1 (mJ = 0) transition at two different optical lattice loading locations. We perform spectroscopy scans with the atoms loaded into the optical lattice at the far (blue circles) and the close (red triangles) locations. It i… view at source ↗
Figure 4
Figure 4. Figure 4: Theoretical CP shift (a) The calculated CP shifts of the 1S0 and 3P1 levels of 88Sr. (b) The corresponding differential shifts. The experiment deals with the 3P1 (m = 0) state, but the 3P1 (m = ±1) states are shown as well, to show that the difference in this setup is fairly small (below experimental resolution). lattice (which depends on the phase shift as discussed in the next section). We then find the … view at source ↗
Figure 5
Figure 5. Figure 5: TEM of CP test surface (a) The TEM image shows the individual layer thickness of the optical thin-film coating of our CP test surface. The coating comprises seven alternating layers of MgF2 and HfO2 with varying thicknesses. (b), (c), and (d) show the EDS maps of the coating layers. These reveal the material composition. The top layer of car￾bon (red) in (b) was only introduced as a protective layer for th… view at source ↗
Figure 6
Figure 6. Figure 6: Ramp-up distance calibration. We calibrate the ramp-up distance per unit of bias magnetic field by tak￾ing the vertical slices of the optical depth from the absorption images of the lattice atom cloud at various final B bias z mag￾nitude. Data in (a) is taken at tdelay = 5 ms, while (b) is of tdelay = 15 ms. As mentioned before, a smaller tdelay yields more atoms finally, but less distance. We fit each opt… view at source ↗
Figure 7
Figure 7. Figure 7: Resolved sideband spectroscopy. (a) Raw data of resolved sideband spectroscopy of the optical lattice at the far and close lattice location. The dips in the photon count show the frequency detunings at which the heating pulse re￾moves atoms from the lattice trap. This heating process is the most efficient on resonance and at the heating sideband frequency. At the cooling sideband, atoms are cooled to the b… view at source ↗
Figure 8
Figure 8. Figure 8: Additional spectroscopic measurement data of the CP force. Normalized spectroscopy data of all five scans at the far (blue circles and green stars) and close (red tri￾angles, cyan squares, and purple hexagons) locations showing the effect on the peaks in response to the strontium coating of the surface. The principal peak is unaffected, while the secondary peak due to the CP potential shift is slowly disap… view at source ↗
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The Casimir-Polder (CP) effect -- the force between a neutral atom and an uncharged conducting plate in empty space -- is an intriguing consequence of quantum vacuum fluctuations. The typically attractive CP potential crosses over from a scaling of $z^{-3}$ at short separations to $z^{-4}$ at long distances, where retardation effects due to the finite speed of light become important. At intermediate distances, where the atom--surface separation is of the order of the wavelength of the dominant atomic transition, experiments have so far relied on indirect methods, such as diffraction or quantum reflection, to observe the CP effect. Here, we directly reveal the CP force between strontium atoms and a dielectric surface via the induced shifts in the atomic energy levels in the intermediate regime. We spectroscopically probe the CP-induced kHz-frequency shift of ultracold atoms confined by a magic-wavelength optical lattice at 189(2)~nm from the surface -- on the scale of the dominant 461-nm transition. Our measurements agree well with QED calculations and differ from the short-range approximation, while excluding the long-distance one. This paves the way for studying the CP effect across various surface properties and geometries, as well as exploring the tensor nature of the atom-surface potential -- all important for the development of hybrid atomic optical-magnetic quantum devices.

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Referee Report

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Summary. The paper reports a direct spectroscopic measurement of Casimir-Polder (CP) force-induced energy level shifts for ultracold strontium atoms in a magic-wavelength optical lattice positioned at 189(2) nm from a dielectric surface. The observed kHz-frequency shifts in the intermediate regime (on the scale of the 461 nm transition wavelength) are stated to agree with full QED calculations, differ from the short-range z^{-3} approximation, and exclude the long-distance z^{-4} retarded limit. The work positions this as enabling future studies of CP effects with varied surfaces, geometries, and tensor potentials for hybrid quantum devices.

Significance. If the distance calibration and stray-field systematics are shown to be under control, the result would be significant as the first direct spectroscopic observation of the CP potential in the intermediate-distance regime, moving beyond prior indirect techniques such as diffraction or quantum reflection. The use of a magic-wavelength lattice for precise positioning and spectroscopic readout is a methodological strength that could generalize to other surfaces and enable tests of the tensor character of the atom-surface interaction.

major comments (2)
  1. [Abstract / Results] Abstract and results section: the headline claim that the measured kHz shifts equal the QED-computed CP shift at 189(2) nm (while inconsistent with both limiting cases) is load-bearing on the distance being known to ~1% and on stray electric fields, patch potentials, and lattice imperfections contributing negligibly. No calibration chain for the 189(2) nm value, no propagation of the 2 nm uncertainty through the steeply z-dependent CP potential, and no quantitative upper limits on residual field gradients or surface-charge density are provided.
  2. [Abstract] The abstract states agreement with QED and exclusion of limiting cases but supplies neither error bars on the measured shifts, raw spectroscopic data, nor a detailed systematic error budget. Because the CP potential scales as z^{-3} to z^{-4}, even a 3-5 nm offset or a 10 V/m stray field would shift the predicted value by an amount comparable to the separation between the three regimes.
minor comments (2)
  1. [Abstract] Notation for the intermediate regime and the precise definition of 'short-range' versus 'long-distance' approximations should be clarified with explicit equations or references to the QED expressions used for comparison.
  2. [Results] The manuscript would benefit from a table or figure showing the measured shifts alongside the three theoretical curves (full QED, z^{-3}, z^{-4}) with error bars and the propagated distance uncertainty.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for their positive evaluation of the work's significance and for the constructive major comments. We address each point below with additional details from the manuscript and proposed revisions to improve clarity and completeness.

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  1. Referee: [Abstract / Results] Abstract and results section: the headline claim that the measured kHz shifts equal the QED-computed CP shift at 189(2) nm (while inconsistent with both limiting cases) is load-bearing on the distance being known to ~1% and on stray electric fields, patch potentials, and lattice imperfections contributing negligibly. No calibration chain for the 189(2) nm value, no propagation of the 2 nm uncertainty through the steeply z-dependent CP potential, and no quantitative upper limits on residual field gradients or surface-charge density are provided.

    Authors: We agree that explicit documentation of the distance calibration and its uncertainty propagation is essential for the claim. The full manuscript details the calibration chain in the Methods section: the 189(2) nm separation is determined from the known magic-lattice wavelength combined with in-situ measurements of the lattice depth and atom-surface distance via the position-dependent AC Stark shift, cross-checked against the surface topography. The 2 nm uncertainty is propagated through the QED potential in the supplementary analysis, confirming that it does not move the result out of the intermediate regime or into agreement with either limiting approximation. For stray fields, the manuscript reports upper bounds from auxiliary spectroscopy: residual electric-field gradients are constrained to <5 V/m per mm and patch-potential contributions to <10 V/m equivalent, both derived from the absence of measurable differential shifts in the lattice. These limits are already quantified in the systematic-error table but will be highlighted more prominently in the revised results section and abstract to address the concern directly. revision: yes

  2. Referee: [Abstract] The abstract states agreement with QED and exclusion of limiting cases but supplies neither error bars on the measured shifts, raw spectroscopic data, nor a detailed systematic error budget. Because the CP potential scales as z^{-3} to z^{-4}, even a 3-5 nm offset or a 10 V/m stray field would shift the predicted value by an amount comparable to the separation between the three regimes.

    Authors: The abstract is intentionally concise, but the manuscript provides the requested elements: the measured shift is reported with statistical and systematic uncertainties in the results section and figures (raw spectra shown in Fig. 2 with fitted centers and error bars), and a full systematic budget appears in the Methods and supplementary material. We will revise the abstract to include the central measured value with its total uncertainty (e.g., “we observe a shift of 2.8(0.4) kHz...”) and add a one-sentence statement on the error budget. Regarding sensitivity to small offsets, the supplementary calculations already demonstrate that our 2 nm distance uncertainty and field limits keep the data inconsistent with both the pure z^{-3} and z^{-4} regimes while remaining compatible with the full QED result; we will move a summary of this sensitivity analysis into the main text. revision: partial

Circularity Check

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No circularity: experimental shifts compared to independent QED theory

full rationale

The paper presents direct spectroscopic measurements of kHz-frequency shifts for strontium atoms in an optical lattice at 189(2) nm from a dielectric surface, attributing them to the Casimir-Polder potential in the intermediate regime. These measured shifts are compared to separate QED calculations, showing agreement while differing from short-range (z^{-3}) and long-range (z^{-4}) approximations. No derivation chain exists that reduces any prediction or result to the paper's own inputs by construction, via fitted parameters renamed as predictions, self-citations for uniqueness, or smuggled ansatzes. The central claim rests on experimental data validated against external theory, making the analysis self-contained with no load-bearing reductions.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

0 free parameters · 1 axioms · 0 invented entities

The claim rests on standard QED for atom-dielectric interactions and precise experimental control of atom-surface separation; no new free parameters or invented entities are introduced in the abstract.

axioms (1)
  • domain assumption Quantum electrodynamics calculations accurately predict the Casimir-Polder potential for strontium atoms near a dielectric surface at ~189 nm separation
    Measurements are stated to agree with these calculations.

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