During the last decades the development of laser cooling and trapping has revolutionized the field of quantumoptics.Nowwemaster\ntechniques to control the quantum properties of atoms and light, even at a single atom and single photon level. Understanding and\ncontrolling interactions of atoms and light both on the microscopic single particle and on the macroscopic collective levels, are two\nof the very active directions of the current research in this field.The goal is to engineer quantum systems with tailored properties\ndesigned for specific applications. One of the ambitious applications on this way is interfacing quantum information for quantum\ncommunication and quantum computing. We summarize here theoretical ideas and experimental methods for interfacing at om based\nquantum memories with single flying photons.
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