The Unclonable Photon : The Physics and Engineering of Quantum Communication, from Single Photons to the Quantum Internet
Overview
Every classical signal can be copied. A single photon cannot. That one law of nature, the no-cloning theorem, is the foundation of a new kind of security, and The Unclonable Photon shows, equation by equation and device by device, how engineers turn it into working quantum networks.
The book begins with a simple question: what must a secret key be? From there it builds the quantum toolkit step by step, from density operators, channels and measurements to the no-cloning theorem and Bell's inequality, and proves the existence of the photon itself with the Hanbury Brown-Twiss experiment. It then descends into real hardware: lasers and their rate equations, modulators, optical fibres, phonons and Raman noise, single-photon detectors, and how to read and verify their datasheets.
Every major protocol is derived in detail, from BB84, six-state and SARG04 to DPS, COW, MDI, twin-field, continuous-variable and device-independent QKD, with realistic finite-key numbers rather than brochure figures. Repeaters, satellites, trusted-node networks and hybrid post-quantum systems complete the picture.
With more than 170 worked problems, ten design case studies and seven laboratory exercises, this is a book for engineers, physicists and security architects who want to understand not only why quantum communication is secure, but what it really takes to build.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9798907639898
- ISBN-10: 9798907639898
- Publisher: Notion Press
- Publish Date: October 2026
- Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1.63 inches
- Shipping Weight: 2.68 pounds
- Page Count: 566
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