Quantum dynamics of coupled quasinormal modes and quantum emitters interacting via finite-delay propagating photons

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Main Authors: Fuchs, Robert Meiners, Ren, Juanjuan, Franke, Sebastian, Hughes, Stephen, Richter, Marten
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Published: 2026
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author Fuchs, Robert Meiners
Ren, Juanjuan
Franke, Sebastian
Hughes, Stephen
Richter, Marten
author_facet Fuchs, Robert Meiners
Ren, Juanjuan
Franke, Sebastian
Hughes, Stephen
Richter, Marten
contents A time-dependent theory for the interactions between spatially separated lossy cavities in a homogeneous background medium using quantized quasinormal modes (QNMs) is presented. The cavities interact via a bath of traveling photons, described by non-bosonic operators that are orthogonal to the open-cavity QNMs. The retarded (i.e., time-delayed) inter-cavity dynamics are fully described by system-bath correlation functions, in which the emission from one cavity appears as the input field for another. Coupling between quantum emitters (described as two-level systems), placed inside a cavity or embedded in an external medium, and the electromagnetic field (cavity modes and bath photons) is included in the theory, which gives rise to both bath-mediated and QNM-mediated interactions between the emitters.
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spellingShingle Quantum dynamics of coupled quasinormal modes and quantum emitters interacting via finite-delay propagating photons
Fuchs, Robert Meiners
Ren, Juanjuan
Franke, Sebastian
Hughes, Stephen
Richter, Marten
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Optics
Quantum Physics
A time-dependent theory for the interactions between spatially separated lossy cavities in a homogeneous background medium using quantized quasinormal modes (QNMs) is presented. The cavities interact via a bath of traveling photons, described by non-bosonic operators that are orthogonal to the open-cavity QNMs. The retarded (i.e., time-delayed) inter-cavity dynamics are fully described by system-bath correlation functions, in which the emission from one cavity appears as the input field for another. Coupling between quantum emitters (described as two-level systems), placed inside a cavity or embedded in an external medium, and the electromagnetic field (cavity modes and bath photons) is included in the theory, which gives rise to both bath-mediated and QNM-mediated interactions between the emitters.
title Quantum dynamics of coupled quasinormal modes and quantum emitters interacting via finite-delay propagating photons
topic Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Optics
Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.12605