Anthony Laing

5.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
47 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Anthony Laing is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Anthony Laing has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 18 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 16 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Anthony Laing's work include Quantum Information and Cryptography (36 papers), Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing (25 papers) and Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (20 papers). Anthony Laing is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Information and Cryptography (36 papers), Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing (25 papers) and Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (20 papers). Anthony Laing collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Denmark and China. Anthony Laing's co-authors include Jeremy L. O’Brien, Mark G. Thompson, Peter Shadbolt, Stefano Paesani, Enrique Martín-López, Jonathan C. F. Matthews, Terry Rudolph, Jacques Carolan, Chris Sparrow and Raffaele Santagati and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Anthony Laing

44 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

Universal linear optics 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 2021 200 400 600
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Universal linear optics
    2015 695 citations Jacques Carolan, Christopher Harrold et al. Science profile →
  2. An optical neural chip for implementing complex-valued neural network
    2021 436 citations Hui Zhang, Mile Gu et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Anthony Laing United Kingdom 21 2.7k 1.6k 1.5k 109 83 47 3.2k
Linda Sansoni Italy 24 1.9k 0.7× 1.7k 1.1× 851 0.6× 212 1.9× 94 1.1× 40 2.6k
Toshimori Honjo Japan 23 1.9k 0.7× 1.3k 0.8× 789 0.5× 92 0.8× 57 0.7× 76 2.4k
Ping Xu China 21 1.6k 0.6× 1.9k 1.2× 668 0.4× 87 0.8× 83 1.0× 121 2.3k
Zu-En Su China 13 1.9k 0.7× 1.8k 1.1× 478 0.3× 167 1.5× 53 0.6× 24 2.4k
Kyo Inoue Japan 38 2.6k 1.0× 3.0k 1.9× 3.5k 2.3× 148 1.4× 74 0.9× 195 5.6k
Alireza Marandi United States 28 1.6k 0.6× 2.5k 1.6× 2.6k 1.7× 136 1.2× 156 1.9× 104 4.1k
Li Qian Canada 24 1.7k 0.6× 2.1k 1.3× 1.2k 0.8× 112 1.0× 28 0.3× 143 2.8k
Matthew J. Collins Australia 17 911 0.3× 1.1k 0.7× 805 0.5× 130 1.2× 81 1.0× 30 1.7k
J. F. Dynes United Kingdom 29 3.1k 1.2× 3.1k 2.0× 873 0.6× 88 0.8× 78 0.9× 70 4.0k
Jungsang Kim United States 26 1.9k 0.7× 1.9k 1.2× 565 0.4× 205 1.9× 43 0.5× 107 2.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Anthony Laing

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Anthony Laing

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Anthony Laing. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Anthony Laing based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Anthony Laing. Anthony Laing is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Laing, Anthony, et al.. (2025). Heralded generation of entanglement with photons. Reports on Progress in Physics. 88(8). 86002–86002.
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Jones, Alex E., et al.. (2024). On-Chip Quantum Information Processing with Distinguishable Photons. Physical Review Letters. 132(15). 150602–150602. 9 indexed citations
3.
Zhang, Hui, Lingxiao Wan, Stefano Paesani, et al.. (2023). Encoding Error Correction in an Integrated Photonic Chip. PRX Quantum. 4(3). 6 indexed citations
4.
Gonzalez‐Montoro, Andrea, Julio Barberá, A. Lucero, et al.. (2023). First results of the 4D-PET brain system. 1–2. 1 indexed citations
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Bulmer, Jacob F. F., Bryn A. Bell, Alex E. Jones, et al.. (2022). The boundary for quantum advantage in Gaussian boson sampling. Science Advances. 8(4). eabl9236–eabl9236. 53 indexed citations
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Paesani, Stefano, Jacob F. F. Bulmer, Alex E. Jones, Raffaele Santagati, & Anthony Laing. (2021). Scheme for Universal High-Dimensional Quantum Computation with Linear Optics. Physical Review Letters. 126(23). 230504–230504. 38 indexed citations
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Bell, Thomas, Jacob F. F. Bulmer, Alex E. Jones, et al.. (2021). Protocol for generation of high-dimensional entanglement from an array of non-interacting photon emitters. New Journal of Physics. 24(1). 13032–13032. 12 indexed citations
8.
Zhang, Hui, Mile Gu, Xudong Jiang, et al.. (2021). An optical neural chip for implementing complex-valued neural network. Nature Communications. 12(1). 457–457. 436 indexed citations breakdown →
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Paesani, Stefano, et al.. (2020). Near-ideal spontaneous photon sources in silicon quantum photonics. Nature Communications. 11(1). 2505–2505. 121 indexed citations
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Paesani, Stefano, Yunhong Ding, Raffaele Santagati, et al.. (2019). Generation and sampling of quantum states of light in a silicon chip. Nature Physics. 15(9). 925–929. 135 indexed citations
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Sparrow, Chris, Enrique Martín-López, Alex Neville, et al.. (2018). Simulating the vibrational quantum dynamics of molecules using photonics. Nature. 557(7707). 660–667. 149 indexed citations
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Wang, Jianwei, Stefano Paesani, Yunhong Ding, et al.. (2018). Large-scale Integration of Multidimensional Quantum Photonics Circuits on Silicon. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. JTh5B.4–JTh5B.4. 1 indexed citations
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Carolan, Jacques, Christopher Harrold, Chris Sparrow, et al.. (2015). Universal linear optics. Science. 349(6249). 711–716. 695 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lund, Austin P., Anthony Laing, Saleh Rahimi-Keshari, et al.. (2014). Boson Sampling from a Gaussian State. Physical Review Letters. 113(10). 100502–100502. 182 indexed citations
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Carolan, Jacques, Jasmin D. A. Meinecke, Pete Shadbolt, et al.. (2014). Verifying Quantum Complexity in Linear Optical Experiments. 8. FM2A.7–FM2A.7. 2 indexed citations
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Zhang, Pei, Joachim Wabnig, Mirko Lobino, et al.. (2014). Reference-Frame-Independent Quantum-Key-Distribution Server with a Telecom Tether for an On-Chip Client. Physical Review Letters. 112(13). 130501–130501. 62 indexed citations
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Laing, Anthony, et al.. (2011). Implementation of an iterative quantum order finding algorithm. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations
18.
Laing, Anthony, et al.. (2010). Simple scheme for expanding photonic cluster states for quantum information. Journal of the Optical Society of America B. 27(6). A181–A181. 6 indexed citations
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Politi, Alberto, Jonathan C. F. Matthews, Anthony Laing, et al.. (2010). 2010 CONFERENCE ON LASERS AND ELECTRO-OPTICS (CLEO) AND QUANTUM ELECTRONICS AND LASER SCIENCE CONFERENCE (QELS). 17 indexed citations
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Laing, Anthony, Terry Rudolph, & Jeremy L. O’Brien. (2009). Experimental Quantum Process Discrimination. Physical Review Letters. 102(16). 160502–160502. 20 indexed citations

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