Quantum Metrology, Imaging, and Communication

David Simon. Professor, Stonehill College, Easton MA 02357, USA Gregg Jaeger, Professor, Boston University, Boston MA 02215, USA Alexander V. Sergienko, Boston University, Boston MA 02215, USA

• Quantum Optics and Entanglement.- Two-Photon Interference- Aberration and Dispersion Cancelation.- Quantum Metrology.- Polarization Mode Dispersion.- Ghost Imaging and Related Topics.- Quantum Microscopy.- Correlated and Entangled Orbital Angular Momentum.- Quantum Communication and Cryptography.- Appendices A: Review of Optics.- B: Optical Fields in Quantum Mechanics.- C: Optical Effects of Aberration and Turbulence.- D: Phase Matching in Spontaneous Parametric Down Conversion.- E: Vectorial Scattering Analysis of the Twin-Photon Microscope.