Nicholas Thomas-Peter

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Nicholas Thomas-Peter is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicholas Thomas-Peter has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 8 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 7 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Nicholas Thomas-Peter's work include Quantum Information and Cryptography (11 papers), Photonic and Optical Devices (6 papers) and Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing (5 papers). Nicholas Thomas-Peter is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Information and Cryptography (11 papers), Photonic and Optical Devices (6 papers) and Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing (5 papers). Nicholas Thomas-Peter collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, China and Singapore. Nicholas Thomas-Peter's co-authors include Ian A. Walmsley, Brian J. Smith, Peter G. R. Smith, Dmytro Kundys, Nathan K. Langford, Benjamin J. Metcalf, Justin B. Spring, Animesh Datta, James C. Gates and Marco Barbieri and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Physical Review Letters and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Nicholas Thomas-Peter

13 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

Boson Sampling on a Photonic Chip 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 100 200 300 400 500
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. Boson Sampling on a Photonic Chip
    2012 544 citations Justin B. Spring, Benjamin J. Metcalf et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Nicholas Thomas-Peter United Kingdom 10 924 793 526 82 59 14 1.2k
Justin B. Spring United Kingdom 12 897 1.0× 945 1.2× 739 1.4× 110 1.3× 58 1.0× 30 1.4k
Chiara Vitelli Italy 20 1.4k 1.5× 1.2k 1.5× 428 0.8× 117 1.4× 71 1.2× 35 1.7k
Joshua W. Silverstone United Kingdom 14 1.3k 1.4× 1.1k 1.4× 1.4k 2.6× 135 1.6× 16 0.3× 38 2.0k
Jacques Carolan United States 14 1.4k 1.5× 869 1.1× 1.2k 2.2× 121 1.5× 14 0.2× 24 1.9k
N. Ismail Netherlands 10 687 0.7× 641 0.8× 469 0.9× 141 1.7× 11 0.2× 31 1.2k
Martin J Cryan United Kingdom 6 472 0.5× 510 0.6× 574 1.1× 75 0.9× 15 0.3× 17 853
Olivier Alibart France 15 502 0.5× 714 0.9× 517 1.0× 36 0.4× 11 0.2× 32 880
Eden Figueroa United States 15 1.6k 1.7× 2.0k 2.5× 550 1.0× 95 1.2× 12 0.2× 28 2.3k
Virginia D’Auria France 18 619 0.7× 780 1.0× 370 0.7× 24 0.3× 10 0.2× 44 935
Damien Bonneau United Kingdom 18 1.2k 1.3× 1.2k 1.5× 1.2k 2.3× 91 1.1× 8 0.1× 39 1.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Nicholas Thomas-Peter

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nicholas Thomas-Peter

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

All Works

14 of 14 papers shown
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Spring, Justin B., Patrick S. Salter, Paolo L. Mennea, et al.. (2014). Quantum interference of multiple on-chip heralded sources of pure single photons. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). QW1B.6–QW1B.6. 3 indexed citations
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Metcalf, Benjamin J., Justin B. Spring, Peter C. Humphreys, et al.. (2014). Quantum teleportation on a photonic chip. Nature Photonics. 8(10). 770–774. 135 indexed citations
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Metcalf, Benjamin J., Nicholas Thomas-Peter, Justin B. Spring, et al.. (2013). Multiphoton quantum interference in a multiport integrated photonic device. Nature Communications. 4(1). 1356–1356. 107 indexed citations
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Spring, Justin B., Benjamin J. Metcalf, Peter C. Humphreys, et al.. (2012). Experimental Boson Sampling. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations
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Salter, Patrick S., Alexander Jesacher, Justin B. Spring, et al.. (2012). Adaptive slit beam shaping for direct laser written waveguides. Optics Letters. 37(4). 470–470. 66 indexed citations
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Gerrits, Thomas, Nicholas Thomas-Peter, James C. Gates, et al.. (2012). On-chip, photon-number-resolving, telecom-band detectors for scalable photonic information processing. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). QTu1E.1–QTu1E.1.
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Spring, Justin B., Benjamin J. Metcalf, Peter C. Humphreys, et al.. (2012). Boson Sampling on a Photonic Chip. Science. 339(6121). 798–801. 544 indexed citations breakdown →
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Thomas-Peter, Nicholas, Nathan K. Langford, Animesh Datta, et al.. (2011). Integrated photonic sensing. New Journal of Physics. 13(5). 55024–55024. 16 indexed citations
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Thomas-Peter, Nicholas, Brian J. Smith, Animesh Datta, et al.. (2011). Real-World Quantum Sensors: Evaluating Resources for Precision Measurement. Physical Review Letters. 107(11). 113603–113603. 84 indexed citations
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Datta, Animesh, Lijian Zhang, Nicholas Thomas-Peter, et al.. (2011). Quantum metrology with imperfect states and detectors. Physical Review A. 83(6). 84 indexed citations
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Gerrits, Thomas, Nicholas Thomas-Peter, James C. Gates, et al.. (2011). On-chip, photon-number-resolving, telecommunication-band detectors for scalable photonic information processing. Physical Review A. 84(6). 57 indexed citations
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Smith, Brian J., Dmytro Kundys, Nicholas Thomas-Peter, Peter G. R. Smith, & Ian A. Walmsley. (2009). Phase-controlled integrated photonic quantum circuits. Optics Express. 17(16). 13516–13516. 93 indexed citations
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Coldenstrodt-Ronge, Hendrik B., Jeff S. Lundeen, Peter J. Mosley, et al.. (2009). Absolute efficiency estimation of photon-number-resolving detectors using twin beams. Optics Express. 17(6). 4397–4397. 35 indexed citations
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Thomas-Peter, Nicholas, Brian J. Smith, & Ian A. Walmsley. (2009). Tomography of a Heralded N00N State with Losses. IWF2–IWF2. 1 indexed citations

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