Systematic Numerical Study of the Propagation of Monochromatic Radiation through a Stationary Atmosphere in a Model of Plane Plane-Parallel Layers

TL;DR

This paper presents a numerical analysis of how monochromatic radiation propagates through a layered atmosphere, using radiative transfer equations to understand transmission losses relevant for atmospheric optics.

Contribution

It introduces a systematic numerical approach to study radiation propagation in layered atmospheres, providing detailed insights into transmission losses.

Findings

Quantitative evaluation of atmospheric transmission losses

Comparison of different propagation scenarios

Validation of numerical methods for radiative transfer

Abstract

In this paper, the authors compare the security bounds for different quantum communication protocols with the numerically evaluated losses in the transmission channel, due to the interaction between the atmosphere and the photon, which is the information carrier. The analysis is carried out using a free-source library, which can solve the radiative transfer equation for a parallel-plane atmosphere.