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20152026
most citedFull daylight quantum-key-distribution at 1550 nm enabled by integrated silicon photonics

171 citations · 593 across the 9 of their papers we have counts for

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10 papers

physics.optics2026★ 1 cited

C-band 160 Gbs-1 Zero-bias Graphene Photodetectors: Breaking the Responsivity-Bandwidth Trade-off by Heterostructure Engineering

Karuppasamy Pandian Soundarapandian, Alberto Montanaro, Ioannis Vangelidis +17

Graphene photodetectors offer ultrafast response and broadband operation, but their responsivity is typically limited by rapid hot-carrier cooling, leading to a trade-off between s…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025★ 2 cited

Graphene Electro-Absorption Modulators for Energy-Efficient and High-Speed Optical Transceivers

M. Tiberi, A. Montanaro, C. Wen +19

The increasing demand for energy-efficient hardware for artificial intelligence (AI) and data centres requires integrated photonic solutions delivering optical transceivers with Tb…

quant-ph2023★ 18 cited

High-speed Source-Device-Independent Quantum Random Number Generator on a Chip

Tommaso Bertapelle, Marco Avesani, Alberto Santamato +11

A wide range of applications require, by hypothesis, to have access to a high-speed, private, and genuine random source. Quantum Random Number Generators (QRNGs) are currently the…

physics.app-ph2020★ 126 cited

Wafer-scale integration of graphene-based photonic devices

Marco A. Giambra, Vaidotas Mišeikis, Sergio Pezzini +7

Graphene and related materials can lead to disruptive advances in next generation photonics and optoelectronics. The challenge is to devise growth, transfer and fabrication protoco…

physics.app-ph2020★ 85 cited

Ultrafast, Zero-Bias, Graphene Photodetectors with Polymeric Gate Dielectric on Passive Photonic Waveguides

Vaidotas Mišeikis, Simone Marconi, Marco A. Giambra +15

We report compact, scalable, high-performance, waveguide integrated graphene-based photodetectors (GPDs) for telecom and datacom applications, not affected by dark current. To expl…

physics.app-ph2020★ 98 cited

Photo Thermal Effect Graphene Detector Featuring 105 Gbit s-1 NRZ and 120 Gbit s-1 PAM4 Direct Detection

S. Marconi, M. A. Giambra, A. Montanaro +9

The challenge of next generation datacom and telecom communication is to increase the available bandwidth while reducing the size, cost and power consumption of photonic integrated…

physics.app-ph2020★ 91 cited

High-speed double layer graphene electro-absorption modulator on SOI waveguide

Marco A. Giambra, Vito Sorianello, Vaidotas Miseikis +6

We report on a C-band double layer graphene electro-absorption modulator on a passive SOI platform showing 29GHz 3dB-bandwith and NRZ eye-diagrams extinction ratios ranging from 1.…

quant-ph2019★ 171 cited

Full daylight quantum-key-distribution at 1550 nm enabled by integrated silicon photonics

M. Avesani, L. Calderaro, M. Schiavon +16

The future envisaged global-scale quantum communication network will comprise various nodes interconnected via optical fibers or free-space channels, depending on the link distance…

physics.app-ph2019

Optoelectronic mixing with high frequency graphene transistors

Alberto Montanaro, Wei Wei, Domenico De Fazio +6

Graphene is ideally suited for optoelectronic applications. It offers absorption at telecom wavelengths, high-frequency operation and CMOS-compatibility. We report optoelectronic m…

cond-mat.mes-hall2015★ 1 cited

30 GHz optoelectronic mixing in CVD graphene

A. Montanaro, S. Mzali, J. -P. Mazellier +12

We report an optoelectronic mixer based on chemical vapour-deposited graphene. Our device consists in a coplanar waveguide that integrates a graphene channel, passivated with an at…