From the reviews: "This is a book that should be found in any physics library. It is extremely useful for all graduate students, Ph.D. students and researchers

This book grew out of a 2-semester graduate course in laser physics and quantum optics. It requires a solid understanding of elementary electro magnetism as wel

An in-depth and wide-ranging introduction to the field of quantum optics.

This book is a thoroughly modern and highly pedagogical graduate-level introduction to quantum optics, a subject which has witnessed stunning developments in re

Quantum mechanics does away with the distinction between particles and waves, and one of the more interesting implications of the wave/particle duality - the di