# Cavity dark mode of distant coupled atom-cavity systems

## TL;DR

This paper investigates the normal modes of a fiber-coupled cavity-quantum-electrodynamics system, highlighting the cavity dark mode that enables remote atomic excitation and nonlocal saturation.

## Contribution

It provides the first combined experimental and theoretical analysis of normal modes in a fiber-coupled cavity-QED system, emphasizing the cavity dark mode and its unique properties.

## Key findings

- Identification of five non-degenerate normal modes.
- Successful individual excitation of each mode.
- Observation of the cavity dark mode enabling remote atomic control.

## Abstract

We report on a combined experimental and theoretical investigation into the normal modes of an all-fiber coupled cavity-quantum-electrodynamics system. The interaction between atomic ensembles and photons in the same cavities, and that between the photons in these cavities and the photons in the fiber connecting these cavities, generates five non-degenerate normal modes. We demonstrate our ability to excite each normal mode individually. We study particularly the `cavity dark mode', in which the two cavities coupled directly to the atoms do not exhibit photonic excitation. Through the observation of this mode, we demonstrate remote excitation and nonlocal saturation of atoms.