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Part I. Quantum Optics and Quantum Information: 1. The quantum theory oflight; 2. Quantum information processing; 3. Figures of merit; Part II.Quantum Information in Photons and Atoms: 4. Photon sources and detectors; 5.Quantum communication with single photons; 6. Quantum computation with singlephotons; 7. Atomic quantum information carriers; Part III. QuantumInformation in Many-Body Systems: 8. Quantum communication with continuousvariables; 9. Quantum computation with continuous variables; 10. Atomicensembles in quantum information processing; 11. Solid state quantuminformation carriers; 12. Decoherence of solid state qubits; 13. Quantummetrology; Appendices; References; Index.