It is 100 years since Minkowski and Abraham first gave rival expressions for the momentum
of light in a material medium. At the single-photon level, these correspond, respectively …

The description of dispersion forces within the framework of macroscopic quantum
electrodynamics in linear, dispersing and absorbing media combines the benefits of …

Experiments at the interface of quantum optics and chemistry have revealed that strong
coupling between light and matter can substantially modify the chemical and physical …

The dilemma of identifying the correct form for the momentum of light in a medium has run
for a century and has been informed by many distinguished contributions, both theoretical …

We revisit the interaction of a first-quantized atomic system (consisting of two charged
quantum particles) with the quantum electromagnetic field, pointing out the subtleties related …

Quantum phase of a moving dipole Page 1 VOLUME 72, NUMBER 1 PH YSICAL REVI EW
LETTERS Quantum Phase of a Moving Dipole 3 JANUARY 1994 Martin Wilkens Fakultat fiir …

Within the frame of macroscopic QED in linear, causal media, we study the radiation force of
Casimir-Polder type acting on an atom which is positioned near dispersing and absorbing …

Gauge freedom in quantum electrodynamics (QED) outside of textbook regimes is reviewed.
It is emphasized that QED subsystems are defined relative to a choice of gauge. Each …

We review the magnitudes of the photon momenta in free space, derived by Maxwell and
Einstein, and those in homogeneous, dispersionless and lossless dielectrics, associated …

We show how a simple calculation leads to the surprising result that an excited two-level
atom moving through a vacuum sees a tiny friction force of first order in v/c. At first sight this …