Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics: The Strange Theory of Light in a Box

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.