_Quantum and Atomic Optics,_ first uploaded in 2007, is a _freely_ available set of notes meant to cover a range of topics that may come up in a graduate level course in [quantum optics](Quantum%20Optics%20(index).md) or [atomic Physics.](Atomic%20Physics%20(Index).md) It is formatted as a textbook with formal explanations along with exercises at the end of topic sections. These notes have been continuously revised and expanded with their most recent revision in September 2021 and are likely to continue to evolve. These notes are aimed at _graduate students_ studying physics, especially those specializing in [quantum optics,](Quantum%20Optics%20(index).md) [atomic physics,](Atomic%20Physics%20(Index).md) and/or [quantum Information.](Quantum%20Information%20(index).md) A subset of the topics that appear in these notes may be thus used to construct either an introductory or advanced graduate level course in quantum optics. These lecture can be found for _free_ [here,](https://atomoptics.uoregon.edu/~dsteck/teaching/quantum-optics/quantum-optics-notes.pdf) any additional information about these notes may be found [here,](https://atomoptics.uoregon.edu/~dsteck/teaching/quantum-optics/) links to courses taught by Daniel Steck as well as other lecture notes drafted by him may be found [here,](https://atomoptics.uoregon.edu/~dsteck/teaching/) and finally information about the author as well as additional miscellaneous links may be found [here.](https://steck.us/academic.html) __Prerequisites:__ * Quantum Mechanics 1^[Here we refer to a 1st course in quantum mechanics based on operators and state vectors on Hilbert spaces. This course is typically taken by 3rd year students at American universities, following a sequences of courses introducing modern physics (including a more elementary look at quantum mechanics in terms of wave functions), thermodynamics, optics, classical mechanics, and classical electrostatics.] * RECOMMENDED: Atomic Physics^[Here we refer to an introductory course in atomic physics that may be offered as an elective typically taken in the 4th year of undergraduate studies at American universities following a successful completion of Quantum Mechanics 1.]  # Table of Contents (This table of contents was retrieved on February 13, 2022. It may be subject to change. For an up to date version, the full text containing this table of contents [here.](https://atomoptics.uoregon.edu/~dsteck/teaching/quantum-optics/quantum-optics-notes.pdf))  #Literature/Physics #Literature/Textbooks #Literature/LectureNotes