Non-Markovian resonance fluorescence

Abstract

We derive a general formula for the non-Markovian fluorescence spectrum of a multi-level system interacting with a bosonic environment. To this end, we apply linear-response theory to describe the dynamics of a detector monitoring the emission spectrum of a general multi-level system. The resultant emission lineshape function is directly related to the two-time correlation of system observables, which we derive using Nakajima-Zwanzig Generalized Master Equation without assuming a Markov approximation.