SERGIO M. DUTRA's passion for quantum optics dates back to 1989. He received a PhD from Imperial College, London, studying cavity quantum electrodynamics. Dr. Dutra is a Chartered Physicist and a member of the British Institute of Physics. He has worked at Campinas University in Brazil and Leiden University in the Netherlands, published a number of papers in peer-reviewed international journals, a chapter of a book, and spoken at conferences in several countries.

• Preface. Acknowledgments.1. Introduction.2. Fiat Lux!3. The Photon's Wavefunction.4. A Box of Photons.5. Let Matter Be!6. Spontaneous Emission.7. Macroscopic QED.8. The Maser, the Laser, and their Cavity-QED Cousins.9. Open Cavities.Appendix A: Perfect Cavity Modes.Appendix B: Perfect Cavity Boundary Conditions.Appendix C: Quaternions and Special Relativity.Appendix D: The Baker-Hausdorff Formula.Appendix E: Vectors and Vector Identities.Appendix F: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.References.Index.

SERGIO M. DUTRA's passion for quantum optics dates back to 1989. He received a PhD from Imperial College, London, studying cavity quantum electrodynamics. Dr. Dutra is a Chartered Physicist and a member of the British Institute of Physics. He has worked at Campinas University in Brazil and Leiden University in the Netherlands, published a number of papers in peer-reviewed international journals, a chapter of a book, and spoken at conferences in several countries.

• Preface. Acknowledgments.1. Introduction.2. Fiat Lux!3. The Photon's Wavefunction.4. A Box of Photons.5. Let Matter Be!6. Spontaneous Emission.7. Macroscopic QED.8. The Maser, the Laser, and their Cavity-QED Cousins.9. Open Cavities.Appendix A: Perfect Cavity Modes.Appendix B: Perfect Cavity Boundary Conditions.Appendix C: Quaternions and Special Relativity.Appendix D: The Baker-Hausdorff Formula.Appendix E: Vectors and Vector Identities.Appendix F: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.References.Index.

SERGIO M. DUTRA's passion for quantum optics dates back to 1989. He received a PhD from Imperial College, London, studying cavity quantum electrodynamics. Dr. Dutra is a Chartered Physicist and a member of the British Institute of Physics. He has worked at Campinas University in Brazil and Leiden University in the Netherlands, published a number of papers in peer-reviewed international journals, a chapter of a book, and spoken at conferences in several countries.

• Preface. Acknowledgments.1. Introduction.2. Fiat Lux!3. The Photon's Wavefunction.4. A Box of Photons.5. Let Matter Be!6. Spontaneous Emission.7. Macroscopic QED.8. The Maser, the Laser, and their Cavity-QED Cousins.9. Open Cavities.Appendix A: Perfect Cavity Modes.Appendix B: Perfect Cavity Boundary Conditions.Appendix C: Quaternions and Special Relativity.Appendix D: The Baker-Hausdorff Formula.Appendix E: Vectors and Vector Identities.Appendix F: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.References.Index.