AAWSAP DIRD, Quantum Tomography of Negative Energy States in the Vacuum, January 2011

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inside Casimir cavities. The most important feature of these devices is their ability to
quantify the quantum vacuum fluctuations of the electric field because the output of
BHDs provides information on the one- and two-point functions of arbitrary states of
quantum fields. Marecki computed the two-point function and the associated spectral
density for the ground state of the quantum electric field in Casimir geometries, and
predicts a position- and frequency-dependent pattern of BHD responses if a device of
this type is placed inside a Casimir cavity. The proposed device allows for the direct
detection of quantum vacuum fluctuations and provides a spatial mapping of the
negative energy contained inside the cavity, which will be summarized in this report.
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