Quantum optics: an introduction is a modern textbook written primarily for advanced undergraduate and masters level students in physics. In addition to standard topics, the text includes a broad range of topics in applied quantum optics such as laser cooling, Bose-Einstein condensation and quantum information processing.

Dr A M Fox is Reader in Physics, Dept of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S3 7RH, UK.

• Part I: Introduction and background


• 1: Introduction


• 2: Classical optics


• 3: Quantum mechanics


• 4: Radiative transitions in atoms


• Part II: Photons


• 5: Photon statistics


• 6: Photon antibunching


• 7: Coherent states and squeezed light


• 8: Photon number states


• Part III: Atom--photon interactions


• 9: Resonant light--atom interactions


• 10: Atoms in cavities


• 11: Cold atoms


• Part IV: Quantum information processing


• 12: Quantum cryptography


• 13: Quantum computing


• 14: Entangled states and quantum teleportation


• Appendices


• A: Poisson statistics


• B: Parametric amplification


• C: The density of states


• D: Low dimensional semiconductor structures


• E: Nuclear magnetic resonance


• F: Bose--Einstein condensation