  Here we introduce and study a photonic analogue of the Kondo model. The model
is defined as a far detuned regime of photonic scattering off a three-level
emitter in a $\Lambda$-type configuration coupled to a one-dimensional
transmission line with linear dispersion. We characterize this system by
studying the dynamics of a local system (emitter) driven by a coherent field
pulse as well as the first- and second-order correlation functions of the
scattered light. Various polarization-dependent correlation effects including
entanglement between the emitter and transmitted photons are quantified by the
purity of the emitter's state. We also show that statistical properties of the
scattered light are very sensitive to the polarization of the incoming coherent
pulse.
