• Atoms in weak broadband quasi-resonant fields - light shifts; atoms in linear superpositions of Zeeman sublevels-Zeeman coherences; atoms in strong radiofrequency fields - the dressed-atom approach in the RF domain; atoms in intense resonant laser beams - the dressed-atom approach in the optical domain; the radiative cascade of the dressed atom - photon correlations and quantum jumps; atoms in high-frequency fields or in the vacuum field - simple physical pictures for radiative corrections; atomic motion in laser light - laser cooling and trapping.

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