Demonstration of an LLO CV-QKD system over 12 km of optical fiber

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2608.07277v1
• Date: Fri, 07 Aug 2026 14:37:33 GMT
• Title: Demonstration of an LLO CV-QKD system over 12 km of optical fiber
• Abstract summary: We report on a CV-QKD implementation using fully independent transmitter and receiver lasers over a 12 km fiber spool.<n>The full-fledged classical post-processing is capable of recovering the channel parameters and extracting secret key rates of 5.11 Mbit/s in the finite-size regime.<n>This work establishes the foundation for metropolitan fiber deployment of CV-QKD under strict security constraints.
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• Abstract: Continuous-variable quantum key distribution (CV-QKD) promises high rates and seamless integration with classical beams within a single optical fiber. Over the years, implementations have been performed by transmitting a local oscillator reference along with the quantum channel, opening security loopholes for eavesdroppers and limiting potential applications. Here, we report on a Gaussian CV-QKD implementation using fully independent transmitter and receiver lasers (local-oscillator sources) over a 12 km fiber spool. The system was experimentally evaluated using logical frames containing approximately $10^7$ coherent states, each composed of ten independently processed subframes of approximately $10^6$ states, and security was assessed in both asymptotic and finite-size regimes under a trusted-device model. The full-fledged classical post-processing is capable of recovering the channel parameters and extracting secret key rates of 5.11 Mbit/s in the asymptotic regime and 4.67 Mbit/s in the finite-size regime, showing good agreement with theoretical predictions. This work establishes the foundation for metropolitan fiber deployment of CV-QKD under strict security constraints.

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