Journal on Communications ›› 2017, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (5): 31-38.doi: 10.11959/j.issn.1000-436x.2017092

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Influence of thunderstorm cloud on the performance of satellite-to-ground quantum link and parameters simulation

Min NIE1,Li SHI1,Guang YANG1,2,Chang-xing PEI3   

  1. 1 School of Communication and Information Engineering,Xi’an University of Posts and Telecommunications,Xi’an 710121,China
    2 School of Electronics and Information,Northwestern Polytechnical University,Xi’an 710072,China
    3 State Key Laboratory of Integrated Service Networks,Xidian University,Xi’an 710071,China
  • Revised:2017-02-22 Online:2017-05-01 Published:2017-05-28
  • Supported by:
    The National Natural Science Foundation of China(61172071);The National Natural Science Foundation of China(61201194);The Natural Science Research Foundation of Shaanxi Province(2014JQ8318);The International Scientific and Technological Cooperation and Exchange Program of Shaanxi Province(2015KW-013)

Abstract:

In order to investigate the effect of thunderstorm cloud on the performance of satellite-to-ground quantum link,according to the extinction cross section and the number concentration distribution function of the charged particle in the thunderstorm cloud,the relationships among the particle concentration,charge density and link attenuation of charged particles in atmosphere were established.The relationship between the atmospheric concentration of charged particles,the charge density on the average channel capacity,channel fidelity,channel survival function and bit error rate of quantum key distribution system were put out.The simulation results show that the thunderstorm cloud has a significant effect on the performance of the satellite-to-ground quantum link.So in order to improve the reliability of satellite-ground quantum communication,the system parameters should be adjusted according to the forecast of the thunderstorm cloud.

Key words: satellite-to-ground quantum link, thunderstorm cloud, charged particles in the atmosphere, charge density, depolarization channel

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