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20202025
most citedLow power reconfigurability and reduced crosstalk in integrated photonic circuits fabricated by femtosecond laser micromachining

59 citations · 169 across the 12 of their papers we have counts for

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12 papers

quant-ph2025

A scalable advantage in multi-photon quantum machine learning

Yong Wang, Zhenghao Yin, Tobias Haug +6

Photons are promising candidates for quantum information technology due to their high robustness and long coherence time at room temperature. Inspired by the prosperous development…

quant-ph2025★ 1 cited

A low-loss, 24-mode laser-written universal photonic processor in a glass-based platform

Andrea Barzaghi, Maëlle Bénéfice, Francesco Ceccarelli +10

We report the fabrication of the first 24-mode universal photonic processor (UPP) realized through femtosecond laser writing (FLW), marking the most complex UPP demonstrated to dat…

quant-ph2025★ 1 cited

Quantum Analog-to-Digital Converter for Phase Estimation

Eugenio Caruccio, Simone Roncallo, Valeria Cimini +9

Traditional quantum metrology assesses precision using the figures of merit of continuous-valued parameter estimation. Recently, quantum digital estimation was introduced: it evalu…

quant-ph2024★ 12 cited

Modular Quantum-to-Quantum Bernoulli Factory in an Integrated Photonic Processor

Francesco Hoch, Taira Giordani, Luca Castello +9

Generation and manipulation of randomness is a relevant task for several applications of information technology. It has been shown that quantum mechanics offers some advantages for…

quant-ph2024★ 10 cited

Variational approach to photonic quantum circuits via the parameter shift rule

Francesco Hoch, Giovanni Rodari, Taira Giordani +9

In the era of noisy intermediate-scale quantum computers, variational quantum algorithms are promising approaches for solving optimization tasks by training parameterized quantum c…

quant-ph2024★ 4 cited

Demonstration of Hardware Efficient Photonic Variational Quantum Algorithm

Iris Agresti, Koushik Paul, Peter Schiansky +10

Quantum computing has brought a paradigm change in computer science, where non-classical technologies have promised to outperform their classical counterpart. Such an advantage was…

quant-ph2024★ 2 cited

Experimental quantum-enhanced kernels on a photonic processor

Zhenghao Yin, Iris Agresti, Giovanni de Felice +9

Recently, machine learning had a remarkable impact, from scientific to everyday-life applications. However, complex tasks often imply unfeasible energy and computational power cons…

quant-ph2024★ 2 cited

Variational quantum cloning machine on an integrated photonic interferometer

Francesco Hoch, Giovanni Rodari, Eugenio Caruccio +13

A seminal task in quantum information theory is to realize a device able to produce copies of a generic input state with the highest possible output fidelity, thus realizing an \te…

quant-ph2023★ 31 cited

Experimental certification of contextuality, coherence and dimension in a programmable universal photonic processor

Taira Giordani, Rafael Wagner, Chiara Esposito +11

Quantum superposition of high-dimensional states enables both computational speed-up and security in cryptographic protocols. However, the exponential complexity of tomographic pro…

physics.optics2023★ 30 cited

High-fidelity and polarization insensitive universal photonic processors fabricated by femtosecond laser writing

Ciro Pentangelo, Niki Di Giano, Simone Piacentini +4

Universal photonic processors (UPPs) are fully programmable photonic integrated circuits that are key components in quantum photonics. With this work, we present a novel platform f…

physics.optics2023★ 17 cited

Toward Higher Integration Density in Femtosecond-Laser-Written Programmable Photonic Circuits

Riccardo Albiero, Ciro Pentangelo, Marco Gardina +3

Programmability in femtosecond-laser-written integrated circuits is commonly achieved with the implementation of thermal phase shifters. Recent work has shown how such phase shifte…

physics.optics2020★ 59 cited

Low power reconfigurability and reduced crosstalk in integrated photonic circuits fabricated by femtosecond laser micromachining

Francesco Ceccarelli, Simone Atzeni, Ciro Pentangelo +3

Femtosecond laser writing is a powerful technique that allows rapid and cost-effective fabrication of photonic integrated circuits with unique three-dimensional geometries. In part…