The quantum world obeys logic at odds with common sense intuition. This weirdness is directly displayed in recent experiments juggling with isolated atoms and photons. They are reviewed in this book, combining theoretical insight and experimental description, and providing useful illustrations for learning and teaching of quantum mechanics.

• 1: Unveiling the quantum


• 2: Strangeness and power of the quantum


• 3: Of spins and springs


• 4: The environment is watching


• 5: Photons in a box


• 6: Seeing light in subtle ways


• 7: Taming Schrödinger's cats


• 8: Atoms in a box


• 9: Entangling matter waves


• 10: Conclusion


• Appendix: Quantum states in phase space

Serge Haroche
Professor at Collège de France (Chaire de Physique Quantique) since 2001
Member of the French Academy of Sciences since 1993
Professor at Université Pierre et Marie Curie (1975-2000) and at Ecole Normale Supérieure (1984-2000).
Maître de Conférence at Ecole Polytechnique (1975-1984)
Professor (part time) at Yale University (1984-1993)
Senior Member of Institut Universitaire de France (1991-2000)
Fellow of the Americal Physical Society (1990)
Prix Ricard of French Physical Society (1983)
Michelson Medal of Franklin Insitute (1993)
Quantum Electronics Prize of the European Physical Society (2002)
Jean-Michel Raimond
Professor at Université Pierre et Marie Curie since 1988
Junior member of Institut Universitaire de France, 1994-1999
Senior member of Institut Universitaire de France, Quantum Optics chair, 2001-
Ampère Prize of the French Academy of Sciences with M. Brune, 1998
Chargé de recherches CNRS 1983-1988
Attaché de recherches CNRS 1979-1983