Exploring the Quantum

Serge HarocheProfessor at Collège de France (Chaire de Physique Quantique) since 2001Member of the French Academy of Sciences since 1993Professor at Université Pierre et Marie Curie (1975-2000) and at Ecole Normale Supérieure (1984-2000).Maître de Conférence at Ecole Polytechnique (1975-1984)Professor (part time) at Yale University (1984-1993)Senior Member of Institut Universitaire de France (1991-2000)Fellow of the Americal Physical Society (1990)Prix Ricard of French Physical Society (1983)Michelson Medal of Franklin Insitute (1993)Quantum Electronics Prize of the European Physical Society (2002)Jean-Michel RaimondProfessor at Université Pierre et Marie Curie since 1988Junior member of Institut Universitaire de France, 1994-1999Senior member of Institut Universitaire de France, Quantum Optics chair, 2001-Ampère Prize of the French Academy of Sciences with M. Brune, 1998Chargé de recherches CNRS 1983-1988Attaché de recherches CNRS 1979-1983

• 1. Unveiling the quantum ; 2. Strangeness and power of the quantum ; 3. Of spins and springs ; 4. The environment is watching ; 5. Photons in a box ; 6. Seeing light in subtle ways ; 7. Taming Schrodinger's cats ; 8. Atoms in a box ; 9. Entangling matter waves ; 10. Conclusion ; Appendix: Quantum states in phase space

`A gem and a must-read for any student of quantum physics, from advanced undergraduate to expert.'Physics Today, August 2007