Infrared and Laser Engineering, Volume. 53, Issue 8, 20240210(2024)

Simulation study on fluctuation characteristics of channel transmittance for free-space continuous-variable quantum key distribution quantum

Zhigeng WU1,2, Ming LI1,2, Zhenghao YAO1,2, and Tianyi WANG3
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  • 1College of Electronic and Communication Engineering, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300387, China
  • 2Tianjin Key Laboratory of Wireless Mobile Communications and Power Transmission, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300387, China
  • 3College of Big Data and Information Engineering, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
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    Sketch of free space continuous-variable quantum key distribution[24] (AWG is the Arbitrary Waveform Generation, and the splitter holds the same transmittance \begin{document}$ \eta $\end{document} as that of free space quantum channel)
    Comparison of the Kolmogorov spectrum model (K_Model) and the modified Von Karman spectrum model (MVK_Model)
    Numerical simulations of free space quantum channel with split-step transmission combined with phase screen flat panel method
    Numerical simulation results associated with transmittances of free space quantum channels based on the Kolmogorov spectrum model (K_Model) and the modified Von Karman spectrum model (MVK_Model) under various atmospheric turbulence conditions
    Comparison of the statistical probability density of free space quantum channel transmittance based on the numerical simulation results and the existing analytical models under (a) weak turbulence and (b) moderate turbulence
    • Table 1. Parameters during free space quantum channel simulations

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      Table 1. Parameters during free space quantum channel simulations

      ParameterWeakModerate
      Structure constant $ {C}_{n}^{2}/{\mathrm{m} }^{-2/3} $$ 5\times {10}^{-15} $$ 1.5\times {10}^{-14} $
      Outer scale $ {L}_{0}/\mathrm{m} $8080
      Inner scale $ {l}_{0}/\mathrm{m} $$ {10}^{-3} $$ {10}^{-3} $
      Beam-spot radius at the transmitter $ {W}_{0}/\mathrm{c}\mathrm{m} $22
      wavelength $ {\lambda }_{\mathrm{b}\mathrm{e}\mathrm{a}\mathrm{m}}/\mathrm{n}\mathrm{m} $809809
      Distance $ L/\mathrm{m} $20002000
      Rytov variance $ {R}_{v} $0.752.27
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    Zhigeng WU, Ming LI, Zhenghao YAO, Tianyi WANG. Simulation study on fluctuation characteristics of channel transmittance for free-space continuous-variable quantum key distribution quantum[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2024, 53(8): 20240210

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    Category: Quantum optics

    Received: May. 16, 2024

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Oct. 29, 2024

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    DOI:10.3788/IRLA20240210

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