Davide Bacco

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
77 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Davide Bacco is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Davide Bacco has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 63 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 47 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 31 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Davide Bacco's work include Quantum Information and Cryptography (59 papers), Quantum Mechanics and Applications (27 papers) and Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (26 papers). Davide Bacco is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Information and Cryptography (59 papers), Quantum Mechanics and Applications (27 papers) and Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (26 papers). Davide Bacco collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, Italy and China. Davide Bacco's co-authors include Leif Katsuo Oxenløwe, Daniele Cozzolino, Beatrice Da Lio, Yunhong Ding, Karsten Rottwitt, Paolo Villoresi, Giuseppe Vallone, Kjeld Dalgaard, G. Bianco and Daniele Dequal and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Davide Bacco

66 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

High‐Dimensional Quantum Communication: Benefits, Progres... 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 50 100 150 200 250
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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.

  1. High‐Dimensional Quantum Communication: Benefits, Progress, and Future Challenges
    2019 292 citations Daniele Cozzolino, Beatrice Da Lio et al. profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Davide Bacco Denmark 21 1.2k 1.2k 533 184 42 77 1.6k
Yan-Xiao Gong China 21 987 0.8× 1.3k 1.1× 700 1.3× 129 0.7× 19 0.5× 69 1.6k
Joshua W. Silverstone United Kingdom 14 1.3k 1.1× 1.1k 1.0× 1.4k 2.6× 135 0.7× 29 0.7× 38 2.0k
Shi‐Hai Sun China 22 1.4k 1.2× 1.2k 1.1× 214 0.4× 70 0.4× 79 1.9× 66 1.6k
N. Ismail Netherlands 10 687 0.6× 641 0.6× 469 0.9× 141 0.8× 87 2.1× 31 1.2k
Khabat Heshami Canada 16 732 0.6× 982 0.9× 236 0.4× 178 1.0× 21 0.5× 56 1.2k
Li Qian Canada 24 1.7k 1.4× 2.1k 1.8× 1.2k 2.2× 112 0.6× 52 1.2× 143 2.8k
Stefano Paesani United Kingdom 14 1.2k 0.9× 638 0.6× 781 1.5× 54 0.3× 35 0.8× 44 1.5k
Matthew J. Collins Australia 17 911 0.7× 1.1k 1.0× 805 1.5× 130 0.7× 47 1.1× 30 1.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Davide Bacco

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Fields of papers citing papers by Davide Bacco

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Davide Bacco

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Davide Bacco. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Davide Bacco 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 Davide Bacco. Davide Bacco is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Borghi, Massimo, et al.. (2025). Frequency-bin entanglement-based quantum key distribution. Florence Research (University of Florence). 34–34. 1 indexed citations
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Zavatta, Alessandro, et al.. (2024). AI-driven free space quantum communications in the third telecom window. Florence Research (University of Florence). 6–6. 1 indexed citations
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Zahidy, Mujtaba, Ronny Müller, Beatrice Da Lio, et al.. (2024). Quantum key distribution using deterministic single-photon sources over a field-installed fibre link. npj Quantum Information. 10(1). 21 indexed citations
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Biagi, Nicola, et al.. (2024). Quantum communications for real-world use cases. Florence Research (University of Florence). 1–4.
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Bacco, Davide, et al.. (2024). Entanglement manipulation through multicore fibres. Physica Scripta. 99(11). 115117–115117.
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Bacco, Davide, Mujtaba Zahidy, Tommaso Occhipinti, et al.. (2023). Field-trial quantum key distribution between Sicily and Malta. Technical University of Denmark, DTU Orbit (Technical University of Denmark, DTU). 4. 35–35. 1 indexed citations
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Occhipinti, Tommaso, et al.. (2023). Advances on the Feasibility Analysis of Underwater Optical Communications. Florence Research (University of Florence). 34. 1–4.
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Biagi, Nicola, Giovanni Lombardi, A. Pagano, et al.. (2023). Implementation of Italian industry 4.0 quantum testbed in Turin. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(1). 46–51. 4 indexed citations
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Mueller, R., Davide Bacco, Leif Katsuo Oxenløwe, & Søren Forchhammer. (2023). Efficient information reconciliation for high-dimensional quantum key distribution using Cascade. IET conference proceedings.. 2023(25). 1–4. 1 indexed citations
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Zahidy, Mujtaba, Enrico Conca, Alberto Tosi, et al.. (2023). QKD protocol over 100 km long submarine optical fiber assisted by a system-in-package fast-gated InGaAs single photon detector. INFM-OAR (INFN Catania). M2I.4–M2I.4.
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Colautti, Maja, Michael Hilke, Pietro Lombardi, et al.. (2022). Efficient room-temperature molecular single-photon sources for quantum key distribution. Optics Express. 31(6). 9437–9437. 30 indexed citations
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Lio, Beatrice Da, Daniele Cozzolino, Nicola Biagi, et al.. (2021). Path-encoded high-dimensional quantum communication over a 2-km multicore fiber. INO Open Portal. 39 indexed citations
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Bacco, Davide, Nicola Biagi, Tetsuya Hayashi, et al.. (2021). Characterization and stability measurement of deployed multicore fibers for quantum applications. INO Open Portal. 8 indexed citations
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Bacco, Davide, Daniele Cozzolino, Søren Friis, et al.. (2021). Toward Fully‐Fledged Quantum and Classical Communication Over Deployed Fiber with Up‐Conversion Module. Technical University of Denmark, DTU Orbit (Technical University of Denmark, DTU). 3 indexed citations
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Zahidy, Mujtaba, Daniele Cozzolino, Yunhong Ding, et al.. (2021). Photonic integrated chip enabling orbital angular momentum multiplexing for quantum communication. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 28 indexed citations
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Ding, Yunhong, Stefano Paesani, Davide Bacco, et al.. (2020). Author Correction: Chip-to-chip quantum teleportation and multi-photon entanglement in silicon. Nature Physics. 16(3). 367–367. 3 indexed citations
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Ding, Yunhong, Stefano Paesani, Davide Bacco, et al.. (2019). Demonstration of Chip-To-Chip Quantum Teleportation. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. 8750050.
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Cozzolino, Daniele, Davide Bacco, Beatrice Da Lio, et al.. (2018). Fiber based high-dimensional quantum communication with twisted photons. arXiv (Cornell University). 3 indexed citations
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Bacco, Davide, Jesper B. Christensen, Yunhong Ding, et al.. (2016). Two-dimensional distributed-phase-reference protocol for quantum key distribution. Florence Research (University of Florence). 28 indexed citations

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