Nicolò Spagnolo

4.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
99 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Nicolò Spagnolo is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicolò Spagnolo has authored 99 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 94 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 61 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 16 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Nicolò Spagnolo's work include Quantum Information and Cryptography (87 papers), Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing (42 papers) and Quantum Mechanics and Applications (36 papers). Nicolò Spagnolo is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Information and Cryptography (87 papers), Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing (42 papers) and Quantum Mechanics and Applications (36 papers). Nicolò Spagnolo collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Brazil and United Kingdom. Nicolò Spagnolo's co-authors include Fabio Sciarrino, Chiara Vitelli, Roberto Osellame, Andrea Crespi, Roberta Ramponi, Paolo Mataloni, Ernesto F. Galvão, Daniel J. Brod, Fulvio Flamini and Emanuele Polino and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Nicolò Spagnolo

89 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

Integrated multimode interferometers with arbitrary desig... 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 100 200 300 400
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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. Integrated multimode interferometers with arbitrary designs for photonic boson sampling
    2013 411 citations Andrea Crespi, Roberto Osellame et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Nicolò Spagnolo Italy 27 2.3k 2.1k 735 324 133 99 3.0k
Linda Sansoni Italy 24 1.9k 0.8× 1.7k 0.8× 851 1.2× 212 0.7× 94 0.7× 40 2.6k
Xian‐Min Jin China 32 2.8k 1.2× 3.3k 1.6× 1.1k 1.5× 270 0.8× 204 1.5× 127 4.2k
Brian J. Smith United Kingdom 28 2.6k 1.2× 2.9k 1.4× 1.2k 1.6× 188 0.6× 118 0.9× 82 3.8k
M. P. Almeida Australia 20 3.9k 1.7× 3.9k 1.9× 770 1.0× 230 0.7× 246 1.8× 43 4.7k
Andrea Crespi Italy 32 2.6k 1.1× 2.5k 1.2× 1.6k 2.1× 420 1.3× 255 1.9× 81 4.1k
Mehul Malik United States 23 1.6k 0.7× 2.7k 1.3× 763 1.0× 732 2.3× 157 1.2× 63 3.2k
Robert Fickler Canada 26 1.8k 0.8× 3.1k 1.5× 784 1.1× 907 2.8× 137 1.0× 69 3.7k
Alberto Politi United Kingdom 24 2.2k 0.9× 2.1k 1.0× 1.9k 2.6× 290 0.9× 105 0.8× 43 3.6k
Mohammad Mirhosseini United States 30 1.1k 0.5× 2.8k 1.3× 941 1.3× 788 2.4× 115 0.9× 54 3.1k
B. Hüttner Switzerland 26 1.6k 0.7× 2.5k 1.2× 932 1.3× 285 0.9× 140 1.1× 52 3.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Nicolò Spagnolo

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Fields of papers citing papers by Nicolò Spagnolo

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nicolò Spagnolo

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Nicolò Spagnolo. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Nicolò Spagnolo 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 Nicolò Spagnolo. Nicolò Spagnolo 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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Giordani, Taira, et al.. (2025). Validation of a noisy Gaussian boson sampler via graph theory. Advanced Photonics Nexus. 4(1). 1 indexed citations
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Cimini, Valeria, Emanuele Polino, Bruno Piccirillo, et al.. (2024). Optimizing quantum-enhanced Bayesian multiparameter estimation of phase and noise in practical sensors. Physical Review Research. 6(2). 3 indexed citations
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Suprano, Alessia, Luca Innocenti, Salvatore Lorenzo, et al.. (2024). Experimental Property Reconstruction in a Photonic Quantum Extreme Learning Machine. Physical Review Letters. 132(16). 160802–160802. 17 indexed citations
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Cimini, Valeria, Mauro Valeri, Emanuele Polino, et al.. (2023). Deep reinforcement learning for quantum multiparameter estimation. Advanced Photonics. 5(1). 31 indexed citations
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Suprano, Alessia, Taira Giordani, Emanuele Polino, et al.. (2023). Regression of high-dimensional angular momentum states of light. Physical Review Research. 5(1). 12 indexed citations
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Cimini, Valeria, Emanuele Polino, Bruno Piccirillo, et al.. (2023). Experimental metrology beyond the standard quantum limit for a wide resources range. npj Quantum Information. 9(1). 11 indexed citations
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Carvacho, Gonzalo, et al.. (2023). Generation of high-dimensional qudit quantum states via two-dimensional quantum walks. Physical Review Research. 5(4). 4 indexed citations
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Giordani, Taira, et al.. (2023). Integrated photonics in quantum technologies. Rivista Del Nuovo Cimento. 46(2). 71–103. 21 indexed citations
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Valeri, Mauro, Emanuele Polino, Valeria Cimini, et al.. (2022). Experimental investigation of Bayesian bounds in multiparameter estimation. Quantum Science and Technology. 7(2). 25011–25011. 4 indexed citations
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Carvacho, Gonzalo, Emanuele Roccia, Mauro Valeri, et al.. (2022). Quantum violation of local causality in an urban network using hybrid photonic technologies. Optica. 9(5). 572–572. 12 indexed citations
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Cimini, Valeria, Marco G. Genoni, Ilaria Gianani, et al.. (2020). Diagnosing Imperfections in Quantum Sensors via Generalized Cramér-Rao Bounds. Physical Review Applied. 13(2). 2 indexed citations
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Valeri, Mauro, et al.. (2020). Adaptive phase estimation through a genetic algorithm. Physical Review Research. 2(3). 18 indexed citations
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Suprano, Alessia, Taira Giordani, Ilaria Gianani, et al.. (2020). Propagation of structured light through tissue-mimicking phantoms. Optics Express. 28(24). 35427–35427. 10 indexed citations
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Cimini, Valeria, Ilaria Gianani, Nicolò Spagnolo, et al.. (2019). Calibration of Quantum Sensors by Neural Networks. Physical Review Letters. 123(23). 230502–230502. 42 indexed citations
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Flamini, Fulvio, Nicolò Spagnolo, & Fabio Sciarrino. (2019). Visual assessment of multi-photon interference. Quantum Science and Technology. 4(2). 24008–24008. 15 indexed citations
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Viggianiello, Niko, Fulvio Flamini, Marco Bentivegna, et al.. (2018). Optimal photonic indistinguishability tests in multimode networks. Virtual Community of Pathological Anatomy (University of Castilla La Mancha). 13 indexed citations
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Gianani, Ilaria, Emanuele Polino, Marco Sbroscia, et al.. (2018). Hong–Ou–Mandel control through spectral shaping. Journal of Optics. 20(8). 85201–85201. 2 indexed citations
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Flamini, Fulvio, Niko Viggianiello, Taira Giordani, et al.. (2018). Observation of photonic states dynamics in 3-D integrated Fourier circuits. Journal of Optics. 20(7). 74001–74001. 2 indexed citations
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Bentivegna, Marco, Nicolò Spagnolo, Chiara Vitelli, et al.. (2015). Experimental scattershot boson sampling. Science Advances. 1(3). e1400255–e1400255. 150 indexed citations
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Spagnolo, Nicolò, Chiara Vitelli, Andrea Crespi, et al.. (2012). Quantum interferometry with three-dimensional geometry. Scientific Reports. 2(1). 862–862. 71 indexed citations

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