Alberto Boaron

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
9 papers, 681 citations indexed

About

Alberto Boaron is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Alberto Boaron has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 681 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 7 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 1 paper in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Alberto Boaron's work include Quantum Information and Cryptography (9 papers), Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (6 papers) and Quantum Mechanics and Applications (5 papers). Alberto Boaron is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Information and Cryptography (9 papers), Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (6 papers) and Quantum Mechanics and Applications (5 papers). Alberto Boaron collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Spain. Alberto Boaron's co-authors include Hugo Zbinden, Davide Rusca, Anthony Martin, Matthieu Perrenoud, Félix Bussières, Gianluca Boso, Misael Caloz, Ming-Jun Li, Daniel A. Nolan and Claire Autebert and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Applied Physics Letters and Journal of Applied Physics.

In The Last Decade

Alberto Boaron

9 papers receiving 651 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Secure Quantum Key Distribution over 421 km of Optical Fiber

2018 455 citations Alberto Boaron, Gianluca Boso et al. Physical Review Letters profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alberto Boaron Switzerland	8	602	516	163	30	26	9	681
Davide Rusca Switzerland	10	658 1.1×	567 1.1×	175 1.1×	33 1.1×	26 1.0×	17	754
Yu-Huai Li China	12	630 1.0×	595 1.2×	181 1.1×	25 0.8×	15 0.6×	25	768
Leonhard Neuhaus France	4	474 0.8×	340 0.7×	197 1.2×	45 1.5×	16 0.6×	5	628
Yingqiu Mao China	11	734 1.2×	681 1.3×	188 1.2×	22 0.7×	26 1.0×	21	834
Mingqi Huang China	4	682 1.1×	640 1.2×	118 0.7×	20 0.7×	29 1.1×	9	754
Yi-Heng Zhou China	8	935 1.6×	879 1.7×	106 0.7×	19 0.6×	32 1.2×	14	991
Sebastian Nauerth Germany	9	585 1.0×	545 1.1×	134 0.8×	17 0.6×	31 1.2×	11	700
Claire Autebert Switzerland	5	498 0.8×	470 0.9×	201 1.2×	17 0.6×	21 0.8×	8	601
Misael Caloz Switzerland	5	487 0.8×	432 0.8×	125 0.8×	17 0.6×	28 1.1×	6	551
Gaëtan Gras Switzerland	4	440 0.7×	377 0.7×	106 0.7×	17 0.6×	18 0.7×	7	489

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9 of 9 papers shown

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Boaron, Alberto, Giovanni V. Resta, Matthieu Perrenoud, et al.. (2023). Fast single-photon detectors and real-time key distillation enable high secret-key-rate quantum key distribution systems. Nature Photonics. 17(5). 422–426. 80 indexed citations

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Boaron, Alberto, Gianluca Boso, Andrea Crespi, et al.. (2023). High-speed integrated QKD system. Photonics Research. 11(6). 1007–1007. 37 indexed citations

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Ioannou, Marie, Davide Rusca, Alberto Boaron, et al.. (2022). Receiver-Device-Independent Quantum Key Distribution. Quantum. 6. 718–718. 9 indexed citations

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Boaron, Alberto, et al.. (2021). The limits of multiplexing quantum and classical channels: Case study of a 2.5 GHz discrete variable quantum key distribution system. Applied Physics Letters. 119(12). 10 indexed citations

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Boaron, Alberto, et al.. (2020). Performance and security of 5 GHz repetition rate polarization-based quantum key distribution. Archive ouverte UNIGE (University of Geneva). 45 indexed citations

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Boaron, Alberto, Davide Rusca, Gianluca Boso, et al.. (2020). Progress on Quantum Key Distribution Using Ultralow Loss Fiber. M4A.5–M4A.5. 3 indexed citations

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Boaron, Alberto, Gianluca Boso, Davide Rusca, et al.. (2018). Secure Quantum Key Distribution over 421 km of Optical Fiber. Physical Review Letters. 121(19). 190502–190502. 455 indexed citations breakdown →

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Rusca, Davide, Alberto Boaron, Marcos Curty, Anthony Martin, & Hugo Zbinden. (2018). Security proof for a simplified Bennett-Brassard 1984 quantum-key-distribution protocol. Physical review. A. 98(5). 34 indexed citations

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Boaron, Alberto, Boris Korzh, Raphaël Houlmann, et al.. (2016). Detector-device-independent quantum key distribution: Security analysis and fast implementation. Journal of Applied Physics. 120(6). 8 indexed citations

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