  Advanced control in Lambda ($\Lambda$) scheme of a solid state architecture
of artificial atoms and quantized modes would allow the translation to the
solid-state realm of a whole class of phenomena from quantum optics, thus
exploiting new physics emerging in larger integrated quantum networks and for
stronger couplings. However control solid-state devices has constraints coming
from selection rules, due to symmetries which on the other hand yield
protection from decoherence, and from design issues, for instance that coupling
to microwave cavities is not directly switchable. We present two new schemes
for the $\Lambda$-STIRAP control problem with the constraint of one or two
classical driving fields being always-on. We show how these protocols are
converted to apply to circuit-QED architectures. We finally illustrate an
application to coherent spectroscopy of the so called ultrastrong atom-cavity
coupling regime.
