Suppression of the Rabi oscillations in a cavity partially filled with a dielectric having a time-dependent refractive index

In this paper the dynamics of wave fields in a cavity, part of which is filled with a dielectric, are investigated. The wave equation is solved approximately using the method of multiple time scales. Phase modulations of the cavity modes in an adiabatic case are given up to the first order. A simple effective field Hamiltonian operator is derived and then used to analyze the interaction of radiation with a two-level atom passing through the cavity. Corrections to the Rabi oscillations due to the time-dependent frequency of the cavity photons are investigated. It is shown that adiabatic time dependence of the refractive index of the dielectric can lead to suppression of the Rabi oscillations of atomic inversion.

Physical Review A 57, 5016 (1998)