Evolution of coherent waves driving a single artificial atom

Abstract

An electromagnetic wave propagating through a waveguide with a strongly coupled superconducting artificial two-level atom exhibits an evolving superposition with the atom. The Rabi oscillations in the atom result from a single excitation-relaxation, corresponding to photon absorption and stimulated emission from/to the field. In this study, we investigate the time-dependent behavior of the transmitted field and extract its spectra. The scattered fields are described using input-output theory. We demonstrate that the time evolution of the propagating fields, due to interaction, encapsulates all information about the atom. Additionally, we deduce the dynamics of the incoherent radiation component from the measured first-order correlation function of the field.

Main text: 6 pages, 4 figures; Supplemental Material: 4 pages, 1 figure; updated comment

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