• Laser & Optoelectronics Progress
  • Vol. 55, Issue 6, 060004 (2018)
Qiuli Zhu, Lei Shi*, Jiahua Wei, Yu Zhu, Ru Yang, and Guhao Zhao
Author Affiliations
  • Information and Navigation College, Air Force Engineering University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710077, China
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    Qiuli Zhu, Lei Shi, Jiahua Wei, Yu Zhu, Ru Yang, Guhao Zhao. Background Light Suppression in Free Space Quantum Key Distribution[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2018, 55(6): 060004 Copy Citation Text show less
    Schematic of bit error sources in BB84 system
    Fig. 1. Schematic of bit error sources in BB84 system
    Atmospheric transmittance spectra
    Fig. 2. Atmospheric transmittance spectra
    Solar radiation spectrum
    Fig. 3. Solar radiation spectrum
    Transmitting terminal in synchronization light method
    Fig. 4. Transmitting terminal in synchronization light method
    Structural diagram of sender and receiver in classical BB84 system
    Fig. 5. Structural diagram of sender and receiver in classical BB84 system
    Receiving terminal of B92 system based on Rb FADOF[42]
    Fig. 6. Receiving terminal of B92 system based on Rb FADOF[42]
    Working principle of FADOF
    Fig. 7. Working principle of FADOF
    ParameterAtmospheretransmissivitySolar radiationintensityMie scatteringcoefficientRayleigh scatteringcoefficientPhoton numberin horizontal planePhoton numberin outer space
    Ratio0.82∶14.75∶11∶11∶0.072∶12.4∶1
    Table 1. Parameter ratio between 800 nm and 1550 nm lights[37]
    YearWavelength /nmFiltertypeFWHM /nmTransmissivity /%Distance /kmProtocolKey rate /(bit·s-1)Bit errorrate /%
    2006780FADOF0.01600.23B9219304.77
    2015850IF5-20BB841454.5
    2017863VBG0.059553Decoy4003.19
    Table 2. Parameter table for experimental system of free-space QKD
    Qiuli Zhu, Lei Shi, Jiahua Wei, Yu Zhu, Ru Yang, Guhao Zhao. Background Light Suppression in Free Space Quantum Key Distribution[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2018, 55(6): 060004
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