Non-Markovian interactions with pulses of quantum radiation

Quantum Physics arXiv:2609.01726 (quant-ph) [Submitted on 1 Sep 2026] Title:Non-Markovian interactions with pulses of quantum radiation Authors:Julien Pinske, Stefan Scheel View a PDF of the paper titled Non-Markovian interactions with pulses of quantum radiation, by Julien Pinske and Stefan Scheel View PDF HTML (experimental) Abstract:The interaction of a traveling pulse of quantum light with a localized quantum system shows non-Markovian features when scattering takes place in a structured environment. Here, we devise a non-Markovian input-output theory by coherently coupling the scatterer to a pseudomode, which decays into a Markovian reservoir. This incorporates memory effects of a structured environment without altering the cascaded nature of the Lindblad master equation, whose solution provides the quantum state of the output field of any desired mode. We apply our theory to the stimulated emission by a two-level atom, and to transmission of a Gaussian pulse through a cavity. We observe that the non-Markovian revival of coherence in the scatterer distorts the single-mode nature of the incoming pulse, thus resulting in a multimode output field. Subjects: Quantum Physics (quant-ph) Cite as: arXiv:2609.01726 [quant-ph] (or arXiv:2609.01726v1 [quant-ph] for this version) https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2609.01726 Focus to learn more arXiv-issued DOI via DataCite (pending registration) Submission history From: Julien Pinske [view email] [v1] Tue, 1 Sep 2026 18:01:09 UTC (265 KB) Full-text links: Access Paper: View a PDF of the paper titled Non-Markovian interactions with pulses of quantum radiation, by Julien Pinske and Stefan ScheelView PDFHTML (experimental)TeX Source view license Current browse context: quant-ph new | recent | 2026-09 References & Citations INSPIRE HEP NASA ADSGoogle Scholar Semantic Scholar export BibTeX citation Loading... BibTeX formatted citation × loading... Data provided by: Bookmark Bibliographic Tools Bibliographic and Citation Tools Bibliographic Explorer Toggle Bibliographic Explorer (What is the Explorer?) Connected Papers Toggle Connected Papers (What is Connected Papers?) Litmaps Toggle Litmaps (What is Litmaps?) scite.ai Toggle scite Smart Citations (What are Smart Citations?) Code, Data, Media Code, Data and Media Associated with this Article alphaXiv Toggle alphaXiv (What is alphaXiv?) Links to Code Toggle CatalyzeX Code Finder for Papers (What is CatalyzeX?) DagsHub Toggle DagsHub (What is DagsHub?) GotitPub Toggle Gotit.pub (What is GotitPub?) Huggingface Toggle Hugging Face (What is Huggingface?) ScienceCast Toggle ScienceCast (What is ScienceCast?) Demos Demos Replicate Toggle Replicate (What is Replicate?) Spaces Toggle Hugging Face Spaces (What is Spaces?) Spaces Toggle TXYZ.AI (What is TXYZ.AI?) Related Papers Recommenders and Search Tools Link to Influence Flower Influence Flower (What are Influence Flowers?) Core recommender toggle CORE Recommender (What is CORE?) Author Venue Institution Topic About arXivLabs arXivLabs: experimental projects with community collaborators arXivLabs is a framework that allows collaborators to develop and share new arXiv features directly on our website. Both individuals and organizations that work with arXivLabs have embraced and accepted our values of openness, community, excellence, and user data privacy. arXiv is committed to these values and only works with partners that adhere to them. Have an idea for a project that will add value for arXiv's community? Learn more about arXivLabs. Which authors of this paper are endorsers? | Disable MathJax (What is MathJax?)