Preface. Part I: Quantum Information and Quantum Communication. Quantum Robots Plus Environment; P. Benioff. Just Two Nonorthogonal Quantum States; C.A. Fuchs. On Maximum Mutual Information without Coding; M. Osaki, et al. Aspects of Quantum Information Compression for Pure States; R. Jozsa. Group Covariant Signals in Quantum Information Theory; T.S. Usuda, I. Takumi. Optimization of A Symmetric Quantum Channel and its Optical Realization Scheme; M. Sasaki, et al. Manipulation of Entangled States for Quantum Information Processing; S. Bose, et al. Decoherence Control in Quantum Information Processing: Simple Models; L. Viola, S. Lloyd. Entanglement of Formation; W.K. Wootters. Sending Quantum Information with Gaussian States; A.S. Holevo. Quantum Communication with Imperfect Means: Entanglement Purification and the Quantum Repeater; G. Giedke, et al. On Quantum Channel Capacity for Squeezed States; M. Sohma, et al. Asymptotic Quantum Estimation Theory for the Thermal States Family; M. Hayashi. The Asymptotic Efficiency of the Consistent Estimator, Berry-Uhlmann's Curvature, and Quantum Information Geometry; K. Matsumoto. Optimal Signal-To-Quantum Noise Ratio in Squeezed Displaced Number States; Y. Feng, A.I. Solomon. Part II: Quantum Measurement and Tomography. Dual Classical and Quantum Descriptions of a Measuring Apparatus; A. Peres. Generalized Measurements, Retrodiction and State Manipulation; S.M. Barnett, et al. Latest Developments in Quantum Tomography; G.M. D'Ariano. Measuring the Quantum Polarization State of Light; M.G. Raymer, et al. Measurement of Joint Photon-Number Distribution of a Twin-Beam State by Means of Optical Homodyne Tomography; M. Vasilyev, <et al. Homodyning Bell's Inequality; G.M. D'Ariano, et al. Hydrodynamical Quantum State Reconstruction; L.M. Johansen. Quantum Tomography: Renormalization of Incompatible Observations; Z. Hradil, et al. Accuracy in Quantum Homodyne Tomography; G.M. D'Ariano, et al. Probing Quantum States of Rydberg Electrons by Half-Cycle Pulses; G. Albert, O. Zobay. Non-Markovian Quantum Trajectories for Open Systems; W.T. Strunz, et al. Maximally Robust Unravelings of Quantum Master Equations with Applications to the Atom Laser; H.M. Wiseman, J.A. Vaccaro. Quantum Noise and Dynamic Chaos in Opto-Electronic Laser Light Transformer; S.V. Larin, et al. Quantized Phase-Difference; J. Soderholm, et al. Relativistic Quantum Theory with a Physical State Vector and Hypothetical Laws of Reduction; B.A. Berg. Part III: Quantum Computing. Teleportation of General Quantum States, Squeezing and the Decoherence Problem in Quantum Computers; L. Accardi. Quantum Turing Machines: Local Transition, Preparation, Measurement, and Halting; M. Ozawa. A New Approach To Quantum Computation; H.P. Yuen. Hypersensitivity to Perturbation on an NMR Quantum Computer; R. Schack, T.A. Brun. Quantum Networks for Distributed Quantum Information Processing; H.J. Kimble. Quantum Phenomena of Trapped Ions; H. Walther. Progress Towards Using a Calcium Ion Trap to Perform Quantum Logic Operations; M.S. Gulley, et al. Quantum Computation with 'Hot' Trapped Ions; D.F.V. James, et al. Novel Quantum Effects in Light Scattering from Cold Trapped Atoms; A. Orlowski, et al. Preparation of Highly Excited Motional Energy Eigenstates with a Trapped Atom; S. Wallentowitz, et al. Optical Implementation of Grover's Algorithm: It's All Done with Mirrors; P. Kwiat, et al. Quantum State Protection in Optical Cavities; P. Tombesi, D. Vitali. Control of Dynamical Localization by Additional Quantum Degrees; K. Riedel, et al. Two-Photon Interactions for Use in Quantum Computing; J.D. Franson, T.B. Pittman. Decoherence and Quantum Error Correction in Frequency Standards; C. Macchiavello, et al. Transition Phenomena in Networks of Quantum Systems; B. Kraus, P. Torma. Experimental Demonstration of Coherent Quantum Feedback; R.J. Nelson, et al. Classical Behavior of a Macroscopic Schrodinger Cat; C. Presilla. Part VI: Quantum Teleportation and Cryptography. Free-Space Quantum Cryptography; R.J. Hughes, et al. Parametric Schrodinger Cat with No Decoherence; S. Branca, et al. Quantum Cryptography via Parametric Downconversion; G. Brassard, et al. Dim Coherent States as Signal States in the Bb84 Protocol: Is It Secure? N. Lutkenhaus. Practical Aspects of Quantum Cryptography; M. Dusek, et al. Quantum versus Classical Noise Cryptography; H.P. Yuen. Quantum Cryptography with Femtosecond Parametric Down-Conversion; A.V. Sergienko, et al. Generation of Narrow-Band Two-Photon State with Doubly Resonant Cavity in Parametric Down-Conversion; Z.Y. Ou. Part V: Quantum State Engineering. From Entangled Photons to Entangled Atoms; E.S. Polzik, et al. Single Photon Quantum Control via High- (3) Media; M. Dunstan, et al. Experimental Realization of Popper's Experiment: Violation of Uncertainty Principle? Y.-H. Kim, et al. Soliton Photon Number Squeezing: An Overview; S.R. Friberg, M.J. Werner. Amplitude Soliton Squeezing Using an Asymmetric Sagnac Fiber Loop; D. Krylov, K. Bergman. Time Domain Correlations and Gated Detection of Quantum Solitons; D. Levandovsky, et al. Observation of Squeezing in Free-Space Phase-Dependent Resonance Fluorescence; Z.H. Lu, et al. Observation of Noiseless Image Amplification by an Optical Parametric Amplifier; S.-K. Choi, et al. Traveling-Wave Noiseless Amplification of Optical Images; M.I. Kolobov, et al. Quantum Noise Reduction in Singly Resonant Optical Devices; C. Cabrillo, et al. Influence of Dissipation Effects on Polarization-Squeezed Light Formation at Frequency Doubling; V.V. Volokhovsky, A.S. Chirkin. Degenerate Optical Parametric Amplification with Focused Gaussian Beams; K.G. Koprulu, O. Aytur. Eigen State Transmission of Birefringent Optical Fibers Using Entangled Two Photons; T. Ozeki, et al. Four-Photon Partition at Beamsplitter in Parametric Down-Conversion with Pulsed Pumping; Z.Y. Ou, et al. Energy Transfer in Parametric Down-Conversion; A. Bandilla, et al. A Realistic Interaction-Free Resonator; M. Pavicic. Index.