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Cavity quantum electrodynamics is about what happens to light and, in particular to its interaction with matter when it is trapped inside a box. By light I mean not only visible light (i.e., the optical region of the spectrum) but also the infrared and microwave regions. This book has two main aims. The first is to serve as an intro-ductory text for Ph.D. students, postdocs, and more experienced physicists wishing to enter this field. I have worked hard to write the book that I dreamed of reading when I started my Ph.D. The second aim is to serve as a supplementary text for an advanced undergraduate course in quantum mechanics.
Why would cavity quantum electrodynamics, which sounds like a highly spe-cialized topic, be of any use as a supplement to an undergraduate lecture course in quantum mechanics? Because it provides a bridge between the bread-and-butter quantum mechanics that is usually taught to undergraduates and most of the exciting new physics and technology that is being done today. Quantum electrodynamics is the basis of all other quantum field theories, which together with general relativity, form the fundamental core of the whole of contemporary physics. Considering quantum electrodynamics in a cavity makes it more accessible both from a pedagogical point of view and from that of an experimentalist who wishes to observe the various quantum effects predicted by the theory. Many conceptual issues of elementary quantum mechanics, such as the EPR and Schrodinger cat paradoxes, have been investigated in cavity QED experiments that I wish to bring within reach of undergraduate students.
Preface.
Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
Fiat Lux!
The Photon's Wavefunction.
A Box of Photons.
Let Matter Be!
Spontaneous Emission.
Macroscopic QED.
The Maser, the Laser, and their Cavity-QED Cousins.
Open Cavities.
Appendicies.
References.
Index