Dr Robert Bennett
- Senior Lecturer (Physics & Astronomy)
Publications
2024
Kilianski, R. and Bennett, R. (2024) Atoms near a conducting wedge: decay rates and entanglement around a corner. Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, (Accepted for Publication)
Isaule, F. , Bennett, R. and Götte, J. B. (2024) Rotational properties of two interacting cold polar molecules: linear, symmetric, and asymmetric tops. Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 110(3), 033323. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.110.033323)
Cisowski, C. M. , Waller, M. and Bennett, R. (2024) Toward nanophotonic optical isolation via inverse design of energy transfer in nonreciprocal media. Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 109, 043533. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.109.043533)
Kilianski, R. and Bennett, R. (2024) Designer quantum reflection from a micropore. Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 109, 032812. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.109.032812)
2023
Kilianski, R. and Bennett, R. (2023) Inverse design of arbitrary optical helicity patterns. Physical Review Research, 5(3), 033076. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevResearch.5.033076)
Westerberg, N. and Bennett, R. (2023) Perturbative light–matter interactions; from first principles to inverse design. Physics Reports, 1026, pp. 1-63. (doi: 10.1016/j.physrep.2023.07.005)
2022
Waller, M. C. and Bennett, R. (2022) Environment-modified three-body energy transfer. Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 106(4), 043107. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.106.043107)
Isaule, F. , Bennett, R. and Goette, J. (2022) Quantum phases of bosonic chiral molecules in helicity lattices. Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 106(1), 013321. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.106.013321)
Matuszak, J., Buhmann, S. Y. and Bennett, R. (2022) Shape optimizations for body-assisted light-matter interactions. Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 106(1), 013515. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.106.013515)
Durnin, J., Klatt, J., Bennett, R. and Buhmann, S. Y. (2022) Spectroscopic effects of velocity-dependent Casimir-Polder interactions induced by parallel plates. Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 105(3), 032822. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.105.032822)
Lindel, F., Settembrini, F. F., Bennett, R. and Buhmann, S. Y. (2022) Probing the Purcell effect without radiative decay: lessons in the frequency and time domains. New Journal of Physics, 24(1), 013006. (doi: 10.1088/1367-2630/ac434e)
McWilliam, A., Cisowski, C. M. , Bennett, R. and Franke-Arnold, S. (2022) Angular momentum redirection phase of vector beams in a non-planar geometry. Nanophotonics, 11(4), pp. 727-736. (doi: 10.1515/nanoph-2021-0528)
2021
Niggas, A. et al. (2021) Peeling graphite layer by layer reveals the charge exchange dynamics of ions inside a solid. Communications Physics, 4(1), 180. (doi: 10.1038/s42005-021-00686-1)
Franz, J., Bennett, R. and Buhmann, S. Y. (2021) Auger decay in dispersing and absorbing environments. Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 104(1), 013103. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.104.013103)
Lindel, F., Bennett, R. and Buhmann, S. Y. (2021) Macroscopic quantum electrodynamics approach to nonlinear optics and application to polaritonic quantum-vacuum detection. Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 103(3), 033705. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.103.033705)
Bennett, R. (2021) Inverse design of environment-induced coherence. Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 103(1), 013706. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.103.013706)
2020
Lindel, F., Bennett, R. and Buhmann, S. Y. (2020) Theory of polaritonic quantum-vacuum detection. Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 102(4), 041701(R). (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.102.041701)
Bennett, R. and Buhmann, S. Y. (2020) Inverse design of light-matter interactions in macroscopic QED. New Journal of Physics, 22(9), 093014. (doi: 10.1088/1367-2630/abac3a)
Barcellona, P., Bennett, R. and Buhmann, S. Y. (2020) Lateral interatomic dispersion forces. Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 102(2), 020802(R). (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.102.020802)
Gack, N., Reitz, C., Hemmerich, J. L., Könne, M., Bennett, R. , Fiedler, J., Gleiter, H., Buhmann, S. Y., Hahn, H. and Reisinger, T. (2020) Signature of short-range van der Waals forces observed in Poisson spot diffraction with indium atoms. Physical Review Letters, 125(5), 050401. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.050401)
Bennett, R. , Steinbrecht, D., Gorbachev, Y. and Buhmann, S. Y. (2020) Symmetry breaking in a condensate of light and its use as a quantum sensor. Physical Review Applied, 13(4), 044031. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevApplied.13.044031)
2019
Bennett, R. , Votavová, P., Kolorenč, P., Miteva, T., Sisourat, N. and Buhmann, S. Y. (2019) Virtual photon approximation for three-body interatomic Coulombic decay. Physical Review Letters, 122(15), 153401. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.153401)
Bennett, R. and O'Dell, D.H.J. (2019) Revealing short-range non-Newtonian gravity through Casimir–Polder shielding. New Journal of Physics, 21(3), 033032. (doi: 10.1088/1367-2630/ab0ca6)
Haug, T., Buhmann, S. Y. and Bennett, R. (2019) Casimir-Polder potential in the presence of a Fock state. Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 99(1), 012508. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.99.012508)
2018
Winstone, G., Bennett, R. , Rademacher, M., Rashid, M., Buhmann, S. and Ulbricht, H. (2018) Direct measurement of the electrostatic image force of a levitated charged nanoparticle close to a surface. Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 98(5), 053831. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.98.053831)
Fuchs, S., Bennett, R. , Krems, R. V. and Buhmann, S. Y. (2018) Nonadditivity of optical and Casimir-Polder potentials. Physical Review Letters, 121(8), 083603. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.083603)
Bennett, R. , Buhmann, S. Y. and Eberlein, C. (2018) Distinguishing models of surface response through the self-energy of an electron. Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 98(2), 022515. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.98.022515)
Fuchs, S., Bennett, R. and Buhmann, S. Y. (2018) Casimir-Polder potential of a driven atom. Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 98(2), 022514. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.98.022514)
Hemmerich, J. L., Bennett, R. and Buhmann, S. Y. (2018) The influence of retardation and dielectric environments on interatomic Coulombic decay. Nature Communications, 9, 2934. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-05091-x) (PMID:30050091) (PMCID:PMC6062586)
Esfandiarpour, S., Safari, H., Bennett, R. and Buhmann, S. Y. (2018) Cavity-QED interactions of two correlated atoms. Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 51(9), 094004. (doi: 10.1088/1361-6455/aaae41)
Rode, S., Bennett, R. and Buhmann, S. Y. (2018) Casimir effect for perfect electromagnetic conductors (PEMCs): a sum rule for attractive/repulsive forces. New Journal of Physics, 20(4), 043024. (doi: 10.1088/1367-2630/aaaa44)
Barcellona, P., Bennett, R. and Buhmann, S. Y. (2018) Manipulating the Coulomb interaction: a Green's function perspective. Journal of Physics Communications, 2(3), 035027. (doi: 10.1088/2399-6528/aaa70a)
2017
Könne, M., Bennett, R. , Reisinger, T. and Buhmann, S. Y. (2017) Impact of dispersion forces on matter-wave scattering near a dielectric disk. Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 96(1), 013626. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.96.013626)
Klatt, J., Barcellona, P., Bennett, R. , Bokareva, O. S., Feth, H., Rasch, A., Reith, P. and Buhmann, S. Y. (2017) Strong van der Waals adhesion of a polymer film on rough substrates. Langmuir, 33(21), pp. 5298-5303. (doi: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b01381)
2016
Klatt, J., Bennett, R. and Buhmann, S. Y. (2016) Spectroscopic signatures of quantum friction. Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 94(6), 063803. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.94.063803)
Hemmerich, J. L., Bennett, R. , Reisinger, T., Nimmrichter, S., Fiedler, J., Hahn, H., Gleiter, H. and Buhmann, S. Y. (2016) Impact of Casimir-Polder interaction on Poisson-spot diffraction at a dielectric sphere. Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 94(2), 023621. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.94.023621)
Bennett, R. , Barlow, T. M. and Beige, A. (2016) A physically motivated quantization of the electromagnetic field. European Journal of Physics, 37(1), 014001. (doi: 10.1088/0143-0807/37/1/014001)
2015
Stokes, A. and Bennett, R. (2015) The Casimir effect for fields with arbitrary spin. Annals of Physics, 360, pp. 246-267. (doi: 10.1016/j.aop.2015.05.011)
Bennett, R. (2015) Spontaneous decay rate and Casimir-Polder potential of an atom near a lithographed surface. Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 92(2), 022503. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.92.022503)
Stokes, A. and Bennett, R. (2015) A generalized bag-like boundary condition for fields with arbitrary spin. New Journal of Physics, 17(7), 073012. (doi: 10.1088/1367-2630/17/7/073012)
Barlow, T. M., Bennett, R. and Beige, A. (2015) A master equation for a two-sided optical cavity. Journal of Modern Optics, 65(sup2), S11-S20. (doi: 10.1080/09500340.2014.992992) (PMID:25892851) (PMCID:PMC4436947)
2014
Bennett, R. (2014) Born-series approach to the calculation of Casimir forces. Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 89(6), 062512. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.89.062512)
Bennett, R. and Eberlein, C. (2014) Zeeman shift of an electron trapped near a surface. Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 89(4), 042107. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.89.042107)
2013
Bennett, R. and Eberlein, C. (2013) Anomalous magnetic moment of an electron near a dispersive surface. Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 88(1), 012107. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.88.012107)
2012
Bennett, R. and Eberlein, C. (2012) Magnetic moment of an electron near a surface with dispersion. New Journal of Physics, 14(12), 123035. (doi: 10.1088/1367-2630/14/12/123035)
Bennett, R. and Eberlein, C. (2012) Quantum electrodynamics of a free particle near dispersive dielectric or conducting boundaries. Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 86(6), 062505. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.86.062505)
Articles
Kilianski, R. and Bennett, R. (2024) Atoms near a conducting wedge: decay rates and entanglement around a corner. Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, (Accepted for Publication)
Isaule, F. , Bennett, R. and Götte, J. B. (2024) Rotational properties of two interacting cold polar molecules: linear, symmetric, and asymmetric tops. Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 110(3), 033323. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.110.033323)
Cisowski, C. M. , Waller, M. and Bennett, R. (2024) Toward nanophotonic optical isolation via inverse design of energy transfer in nonreciprocal media. Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 109, 043533. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.109.043533)
Kilianski, R. and Bennett, R. (2024) Designer quantum reflection from a micropore. Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 109, 032812. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.109.032812)
Kilianski, R. and Bennett, R. (2023) Inverse design of arbitrary optical helicity patterns. Physical Review Research, 5(3), 033076. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevResearch.5.033076)
Westerberg, N. and Bennett, R. (2023) Perturbative light–matter interactions; from first principles to inverse design. Physics Reports, 1026, pp. 1-63. (doi: 10.1016/j.physrep.2023.07.005)
Waller, M. C. and Bennett, R. (2022) Environment-modified three-body energy transfer. Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 106(4), 043107. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.106.043107)
Isaule, F. , Bennett, R. and Goette, J. (2022) Quantum phases of bosonic chiral molecules in helicity lattices. Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 106(1), 013321. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.106.013321)
Matuszak, J., Buhmann, S. Y. and Bennett, R. (2022) Shape optimizations for body-assisted light-matter interactions. Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 106(1), 013515. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.106.013515)
Durnin, J., Klatt, J., Bennett, R. and Buhmann, S. Y. (2022) Spectroscopic effects of velocity-dependent Casimir-Polder interactions induced by parallel plates. Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 105(3), 032822. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.105.032822)
Lindel, F., Settembrini, F. F., Bennett, R. and Buhmann, S. Y. (2022) Probing the Purcell effect without radiative decay: lessons in the frequency and time domains. New Journal of Physics, 24(1), 013006. (doi: 10.1088/1367-2630/ac434e)
McWilliam, A., Cisowski, C. M. , Bennett, R. and Franke-Arnold, S. (2022) Angular momentum redirection phase of vector beams in a non-planar geometry. Nanophotonics, 11(4), pp. 727-736. (doi: 10.1515/nanoph-2021-0528)
Niggas, A. et al. (2021) Peeling graphite layer by layer reveals the charge exchange dynamics of ions inside a solid. Communications Physics, 4(1), 180. (doi: 10.1038/s42005-021-00686-1)
Franz, J., Bennett, R. and Buhmann, S. Y. (2021) Auger decay in dispersing and absorbing environments. Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 104(1), 013103. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.104.013103)
Lindel, F., Bennett, R. and Buhmann, S. Y. (2021) Macroscopic quantum electrodynamics approach to nonlinear optics and application to polaritonic quantum-vacuum detection. Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 103(3), 033705. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.103.033705)
Bennett, R. (2021) Inverse design of environment-induced coherence. Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 103(1), 013706. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.103.013706)
Lindel, F., Bennett, R. and Buhmann, S. Y. (2020) Theory of polaritonic quantum-vacuum detection. Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 102(4), 041701(R). (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.102.041701)
Bennett, R. and Buhmann, S. Y. (2020) Inverse design of light-matter interactions in macroscopic QED. New Journal of Physics, 22(9), 093014. (doi: 10.1088/1367-2630/abac3a)
Barcellona, P., Bennett, R. and Buhmann, S. Y. (2020) Lateral interatomic dispersion forces. Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 102(2), 020802(R). (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.102.020802)
Gack, N., Reitz, C., Hemmerich, J. L., Könne, M., Bennett, R. , Fiedler, J., Gleiter, H., Buhmann, S. Y., Hahn, H. and Reisinger, T. (2020) Signature of short-range van der Waals forces observed in Poisson spot diffraction with indium atoms. Physical Review Letters, 125(5), 050401. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.050401)
Bennett, R. , Steinbrecht, D., Gorbachev, Y. and Buhmann, S. Y. (2020) Symmetry breaking in a condensate of light and its use as a quantum sensor. Physical Review Applied, 13(4), 044031. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevApplied.13.044031)
Bennett, R. , Votavová, P., Kolorenč, P., Miteva, T., Sisourat, N. and Buhmann, S. Y. (2019) Virtual photon approximation for three-body interatomic Coulombic decay. Physical Review Letters, 122(15), 153401. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.153401)
Bennett, R. and O'Dell, D.H.J. (2019) Revealing short-range non-Newtonian gravity through Casimir–Polder shielding. New Journal of Physics, 21(3), 033032. (doi: 10.1088/1367-2630/ab0ca6)
Haug, T., Buhmann, S. Y. and Bennett, R. (2019) Casimir-Polder potential in the presence of a Fock state. Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 99(1), 012508. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.99.012508)
Winstone, G., Bennett, R. , Rademacher, M., Rashid, M., Buhmann, S. and Ulbricht, H. (2018) Direct measurement of the electrostatic image force of a levitated charged nanoparticle close to a surface. Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 98(5), 053831. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.98.053831)
Fuchs, S., Bennett, R. , Krems, R. V. and Buhmann, S. Y. (2018) Nonadditivity of optical and Casimir-Polder potentials. Physical Review Letters, 121(8), 083603. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.083603)
Bennett, R. , Buhmann, S. Y. and Eberlein, C. (2018) Distinguishing models of surface response through the self-energy of an electron. Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 98(2), 022515. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.98.022515)
Fuchs, S., Bennett, R. and Buhmann, S. Y. (2018) Casimir-Polder potential of a driven atom. Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 98(2), 022514. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.98.022514)
Hemmerich, J. L., Bennett, R. and Buhmann, S. Y. (2018) The influence of retardation and dielectric environments on interatomic Coulombic decay. Nature Communications, 9, 2934. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-05091-x) (PMID:30050091) (PMCID:PMC6062586)
Esfandiarpour, S., Safari, H., Bennett, R. and Buhmann, S. Y. (2018) Cavity-QED interactions of two correlated atoms. Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 51(9), 094004. (doi: 10.1088/1361-6455/aaae41)
Rode, S., Bennett, R. and Buhmann, S. Y. (2018) Casimir effect for perfect electromagnetic conductors (PEMCs): a sum rule for attractive/repulsive forces. New Journal of Physics, 20(4), 043024. (doi: 10.1088/1367-2630/aaaa44)
Barcellona, P., Bennett, R. and Buhmann, S. Y. (2018) Manipulating the Coulomb interaction: a Green's function perspective. Journal of Physics Communications, 2(3), 035027. (doi: 10.1088/2399-6528/aaa70a)
Könne, M., Bennett, R. , Reisinger, T. and Buhmann, S. Y. (2017) Impact of dispersion forces on matter-wave scattering near a dielectric disk. Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 96(1), 013626. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.96.013626)
Klatt, J., Barcellona, P., Bennett, R. , Bokareva, O. S., Feth, H., Rasch, A., Reith, P. and Buhmann, S. Y. (2017) Strong van der Waals adhesion of a polymer film on rough substrates. Langmuir, 33(21), pp. 5298-5303. (doi: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b01381)
Klatt, J., Bennett, R. and Buhmann, S. Y. (2016) Spectroscopic signatures of quantum friction. Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 94(6), 063803. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.94.063803)
Hemmerich, J. L., Bennett, R. , Reisinger, T., Nimmrichter, S., Fiedler, J., Hahn, H., Gleiter, H. and Buhmann, S. Y. (2016) Impact of Casimir-Polder interaction on Poisson-spot diffraction at a dielectric sphere. Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 94(2), 023621. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.94.023621)
Bennett, R. , Barlow, T. M. and Beige, A. (2016) A physically motivated quantization of the electromagnetic field. European Journal of Physics, 37(1), 014001. (doi: 10.1088/0143-0807/37/1/014001)
Stokes, A. and Bennett, R. (2015) The Casimir effect for fields with arbitrary spin. Annals of Physics, 360, pp. 246-267. (doi: 10.1016/j.aop.2015.05.011)
Bennett, R. (2015) Spontaneous decay rate and Casimir-Polder potential of an atom near a lithographed surface. Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 92(2), 022503. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.92.022503)
Stokes, A. and Bennett, R. (2015) A generalized bag-like boundary condition for fields with arbitrary spin. New Journal of Physics, 17(7), 073012. (doi: 10.1088/1367-2630/17/7/073012)
Barlow, T. M., Bennett, R. and Beige, A. (2015) A master equation for a two-sided optical cavity. Journal of Modern Optics, 65(sup2), S11-S20. (doi: 10.1080/09500340.2014.992992) (PMID:25892851) (PMCID:PMC4436947)
Bennett, R. (2014) Born-series approach to the calculation of Casimir forces. Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 89(6), 062512. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.89.062512)
Bennett, R. and Eberlein, C. (2014) Zeeman shift of an electron trapped near a surface. Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 89(4), 042107. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.89.042107)
Bennett, R. and Eberlein, C. (2013) Anomalous magnetic moment of an electron near a dispersive surface. Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 88(1), 012107. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.88.012107)
Bennett, R. and Eberlein, C. (2012) Magnetic moment of an electron near a surface with dispersion. New Journal of Physics, 14(12), 123035. (doi: 10.1088/1367-2630/14/12/123035)
Bennett, R. and Eberlein, C. (2012) Quantum electrodynamics of a free particle near dispersive dielectric or conducting boundaries. Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 86(6), 062505. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.86.062505)
Research datasets
2023
Isaule Rodriguez, F. , Bennett, R. and Götte, J. B. (2023) Rotational properties of two interacting cold polar molecules: linear, symmetric, and asymmetric tops. [Data Collection]
2020
Bennett, R. (2020) Inverse design of environment-induced coherence. [Data Collection]