# Index [[Atom-light interaction]] [[dipole approximation]] [[dipole moment]] [Electric dipole operator](Electric%20dipole%20operator.md) [[Jaynes-Cummings Hamiltonian]] [[Optical bloch equations]] [[optical Rabi oscillation]] [[The quantum defect in Rydberg atoms]] [[Quantum defect theory]] [[Raman scattering]] [[Rydberg atoms]] [semi-classical interaction](semi-classical%20interaction.md) [[two-level atom]] ## Related Indices [Quantum Optics (index)](Quantum%20Optics%20(index).md) --- # Basic Concepts ## Atoms ### Structure of atoms %%Here we should describe the structure of the atom as determined by early experiments%% #### Rutherford Gold Foil Experiment #### Bohr Model ##### Rydberg Atom ## Quantum Optics with Atoms --- # Bibliography Metcalf, H. J., van der Straten P., _Laser cooling and trapping_ ![](%5BGraduate%20texts%20in%20contemporary%20physics%5D%20Harold%20J.%20Metcalf,%20Peter%20van%20der%20Straten%20-%20Laser%20cooling%20and%20trapping%20(1999,%20Springer)%20-%20libgen.lc.pdf) Allen L., Eberly J.H., _Optical Resonance and Two-Level Atoms_ ![](%5BInterscience%20monographs%20and%20texts%20in%20physics%20and%20astronomy,%2028%5D%20Leslie%20Allen,%20Joseph%20H.%20Eberly%20-%20Optical%20resonance%20and%20two-level%20atoms%20(1975,%20Wiley)%20-%20libgen.lc.pdf) #QuantumMechanics/AtomicPhysics #QuantumMechanics/Scattering #QuantumMechanics/ApproximationMethods/QuantumPerturbationTheory #index #Bibliography