Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 041804 (2002) [4 pages]Measurement of the Casimir Force between Parallel Metallic SurfacesReceived 10 October 2001; published 15 January 2002 We report on the measurement of the Casimir force between conducting surfaces in a parallel configuration. The force is exerted between a silicon cantilever coated with chromium and a similar rigid surface and is detected by looking at the shifts induced in the cantilever frequency when the latter is approached. The scaling of the force with the distance between the surfaces was tested in the 0.5–3.0μm range, and the related force coefficient was determined at the 15% precision level. © 2002 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.041804
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.041804
PACS:
12.20.Fv, 04.80.Cc, 07.07.Mp
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