Multimodal spectroscopy theory for ultrafast control of Rabi oscillations
Phys. Rev. A 114, 043734 – Published 23 October, 2026
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/g4dr-fh8b
Abstract
We investigate a three-cavity scheme to realize full control of the emitter-cavity coupling strength in cavity quantum electrodynamics (QED). The involvement of coupled oscillators gives rise to transient dynamics comprising multiple spectral components. To characterize such multimodal spectral dynamics, the sensor method is generalized to nonstationary quantum systems for calculating the time-resolved fluorescence spectrum. Multimodal spectroscopy reveals the emergence, splitting, and disappearance of supermodes in real time. Based on the depletion of the zero-energy supermode, ultrafast switching of Rabi oscillations is demonstrated for time-domain multimodal spectroscopy. These results exhibit a consistent picture from the spectral control of multiple oscillators to the quantum observation in ultrafast dynamics, which establishes the sensor method as a powerful theoretical tool for the ultrafast spectroscopy of cavity-QED systems.