Introducing the readers to the most general concepts, rules, and theoretical methods. The main focus is on the three directions in physical optics that appeared after the advent of lasers: nonstationary interactions between light and matter (Chapter 5), optical anharmonicity of matter (Chapter 6) and quantum properties of light (Chapter 7).
This book introduces the most important aspects of quantum mechanics in the simplest way possible, but challenging spects which are essential for a meaningful understanding have not been evaded such as motivating the fundamental postulates of quantum mechanics by considering the weird behaviour of quantum particles, presenting mathematical arguments in their simplest form, reviewing relevant concepts in classical physics before corresponding concepts are developed in quantum mechanics, ..
