Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-380) and index.
Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics; Contents; 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.
What happens to light when it is trapped in a box?Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics addresses a fascinating question in physics: what happens to light, and in particular to its interaction with matter, when it is trapped inside a box? With the aid of a model-building approach, readers discover the answer to this question and come to appreciate its important applications in computing, cryptography, quantum teleportation, and opto-electronics.