The Unclonable Photon The Physics and Engineering of Quantum Communication, from Single Photons to the Quantum Internet
Language: English
Published by Notion Press, 2026
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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. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1308. …
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- Title
- The Unclonable Photon The Physics and Engineering of Quantum Communication, from Single Photons to the Quantum Internet
- Author
- Rajesh Kumar Krishnan
- Publisher
- Notion Press
- Publication year
- 2026
- Condition
- Neu
- Binding
- Gebundene Ausgabe
- Language
- English
- ISBN 13
- 9798907639898
- Item weight
- 1,308 grams
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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