Physical Layer Security of Terahertz and Infrared Wireless Links in Atmospheric Turbulence

The future applications of terahertz (THz) wireless communication require investigations on link secrecy performance in all kinds of atmospheric conditions, including fog, snow, rain and atmospheric turbulence. Here, we present theoretical studies on physical layer security of point-to-point THz and infrared (IR) wireless links in atmospheric turbulence with a potential eavesdropper outside of the link path. Attenuations due to turbulence, gaseous absorption and beam divergence are included in the model to predict the propagation of both links. Secrecy capacity and outage probability of the THz links are calculated and compared with that of an IR (1550 nm) link. Dependences of link security on eavesdropper's position, atmospheric visibility, turbulence strength and intended data transmission rate are also presented and analyzed. We find that the THz link owns higher security at physical layer than the IR link.

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