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Formation energy of a waveguide as a measure of its cutoff frequency


It turns out that the cutoff frequency of a waveguide, multiplied by Planck's constant, and the rest mass of a photon in the waveguide, multiplied by the velocity of light squared, are equal to the work performed in opposition to the radiation-pressure forces of zero-point vacuum fluctuations during the formation of the waveguide from free space.

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PACS: 41.20.Jb
DOI: 10.1070/PU1991v034n03ABEH002353
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Citation: Rivlin L A "Formation energy of a waveguide as a measure of its cutoff frequency" Sov. Phys. Usp. 34 (3) 259–261 (1991)
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Оригинал: Ривлин Л А «Энергия образования волновода как мера его критической частоты» УФН 161 (3) 143–148 (1991); DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0161.199103g.0143

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