"This book is special in that it covers certain topics from several viewpoints. Many are presented, compared, discussed, and described in terms of their similarities and differences. I think this is beautifully done! The writing is clear, precise, and concise, and the well-done citations to other parts of the text lead the reader along logical paths to a significant conclusion."--Harold Metcalf, State University of New York, Stony Brook

Preface xv Chapter 1: Preliminaries 1 Chapter 2: Two-Level Quantum Systems 17 Chapter 3: Density Matrix for a Single Atom 56 Chapter 4: Applications of the Density Matrix Formalism 83 Chapter 5: Density Matrix Equations: Atomic Center-of-Mass Motion, Elementary Atom Optics, and Laser Cooling 99 Chapter 6: Maxwell-Bloch Equations 120 Chapter 7: Two-Level Atoms in Two or More Fields: Introduction to Saturation Spectroscopy 136 Chapter 8: Three-Level Atoms: Applications to Nonlinear Spectroscopy-Open Quantum Systems 159 Chapter 9: Three-Level Atoms: Dark States, Adiabatic Following, and Slow Light 184 Chapter 10: Coherent Transients 206 Chapter 11: Atom Optics and Atom Interferometry 242 Chapter 12: The Quantized, Free Radiation Field 280 Chapter 13: Coherence Properties of the Electric Field 312 Chapter 14: Photon Counting and Interferometry 339 Chapter 15: Atom-Quantized Field Interactions 358 Chapter 17: Optical Pumping and Optical Lattices 402 Chapter 18: Sub-Doppler Laser Cooling 422 Chapter 19: Operator Approach to Atom-Field Interactions: Source-Field Equation 453 Chapter 20: Light Scattering 474 Chapter 21: Entanglement and Spin Squeezing 492 References 506 Bibliography 507 Index 509