  We study a quantum dot strongly coupled to a single high-finesse optical
microcavity mode. We use a rotating wave approximation method, commonly used in
ion-laser interactions, tegether with the Lamb-Dicke approximation to obtain an
analytic solution of this problem. The decay of Rabi oscillations because of
the electron-phonon coupling are studied at arbitrary temperature and
analytical expressions for the collapse and revival times are presented.
Analyses without the rotating wave approximation are presented by means of
investigating the energy spectrum.
