Vacuum Rabi oscillation in nonzero-temperature open cavity

TL;DR

This paper investigates the impact of realistic initial states on vacuum Rabi oscillations in open cavities, showing that cavity lifetime estimates remain consistent even with more accurate state descriptions.

Contribution

It demonstrates that previous conclusions about cavity lifetime parameters are robust against more realistic initial state modeling.

Findings

Cavity lifetime parameters are consistent across different initial state assumptions.

Realistic initial states do not alter the fundamental conclusions about Rabi oscillations.

Theoretical predictions align with experimental observations even with improved state descriptions.

Abstract

Comparison of theory of Rabi oscillations with experiment [M. Wilczewski and M. Czachor, Phys. Rev. A {\bf 79}, 033836 (2009)] suggests that cavity lifetime parameters obtained in measurements with many photons may be much smaller than those applicable to almost vacuum states of light. In this context we show that the conclusion remains unchanged even if one takes a more realistic description of the initial state of light in cavity.