A quantum dot strongly coupled to a single high finesse optical microcavity mode constitutes a new fundamental system for quantum optics. Here, the effect of exciton-phonon interactions on reversible quantum-dot cavity coupling is analysed without making Born-Markov approximation. The analysis is based on techniques that have been used to study the ``spin boson'' Hamiltonian. Observability of vacuum-Rabi splitting depends on the strength and the frequency dependence of the spectral density function characterizing the interactions with phonons, both of which can be influenced by phonon confinement.
@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0105022,
title = {Quantum Dot Cavity-QED in the Presence of Strong Electron-Phonon Interactions},
author = {I. Wilson-Rae and A. Imamoglu},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0105022},
year = {2009}
}