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Although no textbook was used during the course, references were provided to supplement the lecture notes.

Bouwmeester, D., A. Ekert, and A. Zeilinger, eds. The Physics of Quantum Information. Berlin, Germany: Springer, 2000, chapter 2. ISBN: 3540667784.

Nielsen, Michael A., and Isaac L. Chuang. Quantum Computation and Quantum Information. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2003, chapter 2. ISBN: 0521635039.

Louisell, William H. Quantum Statistical Properties of Radiation. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 1973, sections 4.3 and 4.4.

Mandel, Leonard, and Emil Wolf. Optical Coherence and Quantum Optics. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1995, sections 10.1-10.3. ISBN: 0521417112.

Shapiro, Jeffrey H. "Optical Propagation, Detection, and Communication." (unpublished book, n.d.), Chapter 4.

Shapiro, J. H., H. P. Yuen, and J. A. Machado Mata. "Optical Communication with Two-photon Coherent States - Part II: Photoemissive Detection and Structured Receiver Performance." IEEE Trans Inform Theory IT-25 (1979): 179-192.

Yuen, H. P., and J. H. Shapiro. "Optical Communication with Two-photon Coherent States - Part III: Quantum Measurements Realizable with Photoemissive Detectors." IEEE Trans Inform Theory IT-26 (1980): 78-92.

Shapiro, J. H. "Quantum Noise and Excess Noise in Optical Homodyne and Heterodyne Receivers." IEEE J Quantum Electron QE-21 (1985): 237-250.

Mandel, L., and E. Wolf. Optical Coherence and Quantum Optics. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1995, sections 9.1-9.8, 12.1-12.4, 12.9, and 12.10. ISBN: 0521417112.

Saleh, Bahaa E. A., and Malvin C. Teich. Fundamentals of Photonics. New York, NY: Wiley-Interscience, 1991, section 19.4. ISBN: 0471839655.

Mandel, L., and E. Wolf. Optical Coherence and Quantum Optics. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1995, sections 21.7 and 22.4. ISBN: 0521417112.

Shapiro, J. H., and K.-X. Sun. "Semiclassical versus Quantum Behavior in Fourth-Order Interference." J Opt Soc Am B 11 (1994): 1130.

Shapiro, J. H. "Quantum Gaussian Noise." Proc SPIE 5111 (2003): 382.

Shapiro, J. H., H. P. Yuen, and J. A. Machado Mata. "Optical Communication with Two-photon Coherent States - Part II: Photoemissive Detection and Structured Receiver Performance." IEEE Trans Inform Theory IT- 25 (1979): 179.

Caves, C. M. "Quantum-mechanical Noise in an Interferometer." Phys Rev D 23 (1981): 1693.

Bondurant, R. S., and J. H. Shapiro. "Squeezed States in Phase Sensing Interferometers." Phys Rev D 30 (1984): 2548.

Nielsen, M. A., and I. L. Chuang. Quantum Computation and Quantum Information. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2000, section 2.3. ISBN: 0521635039.

Boto, A. N., P. Kok, D. S. Abrams, S. L. Braunstein, C. P. Williams, and J. P. Dowling. "Quantum Interferometric Optical Lithography: Exploiting Entanglement to Beat the Diffraction Limit." Phys Rev Lett 85 (2000): 2733.