We describe a continuous variables coherent states quantum key distribution system working at 1550 nm, and entirely made of standard fiber optics and telecom components, such as integrated-optics modulators, couplers and fast InGaAs photodiodes. The setup is composed of an emitter randomly modulating a coherent state in the complex plane with a doubly Gaussian distribution, and a receiver based on a shot noise limited time-resolved homodyne detector. By using a reverse reconciliation protocol, the device can transfer a raw key rate up to 1 Mb/s, with a proven security against Gaussian or non-Gaussian attacks. The dependence of the secret information rate of the present fiber set-up is studied as a function of the line transmission and excess noise.
@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0511104,
title = {Controlling excess noise in fiber optics continuous variables quantum key distribution},
author = {Jérôme Lodewyck and Thierry Debuisschert and Rosa Tualle-Brouri and Philippe Grangier},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0511104},
year = {2007}
}