Thomas Van Vaerenbergh

5.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
82 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Thomas Van Vaerenbergh is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Artificial Intelligence and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Van Vaerenbergh has authored 82 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 72 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 48 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 23 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Thomas Van Vaerenbergh's work include Photonic and Optical Devices (53 papers), Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing (42 papers) and Optical Network Technologies (31 papers). Thomas Van Vaerenbergh is often cited by papers focused on Photonic and Optical Devices (53 papers), Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing (42 papers) and Optical Network Technologies (31 papers). Thomas Van Vaerenbergh collaborates with scholars based in United States, Belgium and France. Thomas Van Vaerenbergh's co-authors include Peter Bienstman, Wim Bogaerts, Peter De Heyn, Pieter Dumon, Dries Van Thourhout, Shankar Kumar Selvaraja, Tom Claes, Katrien De Vos, Roel Baets and Joni Dambre and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Physical Review A and Science Advances.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Van Vaerenbergh

71 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

align trajectories

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.

Silicon microring resonators

2011 1.8k citations Thomas Van Vaerenbergh, Peter Bienstman et al. Laser & Photonics Review profile →
Experimental demonstration of reservoir computing on a silicon photonics chip

2014 561 citations Thomas Van Vaerenbergh, Joni Dambre et al. Nature Communications profile →
Power-efficient combinatorial optimization using intrinsic noise in memristor Hopfield neural networks

2020 284 citations Thomas Van Vaerenbergh, Xia Sheng et al. profile →

Peers

Countries citing papers authored by Thomas Van Vaerenbergh

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Thomas Van Vaerenbergh's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Thomas Van Vaerenbergh with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Thomas Van Vaerenbergh more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Thomas Van Vaerenbergh

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Thomas Van Vaerenbergh. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Thomas Van Vaerenbergh. The network helps show where Thomas Van Vaerenbergh may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Van Vaerenbergh

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

All Works

Sort: Min cites: Since: Top N: Style:

20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Parallel tempering–inspired distributed binary optimization with in-memory computing 2025 ·Physical Review Applied ·(unknown), E. Valiante, Moslem Noori, (unknown), (unknown), Fabian Böhm, Thomas Van Vaerenbergh, Giacomo Pedretti, Masoud Mohseni, Raymond G. Beausoleil	0
2	Incorporating external fields in analog Ising machines 2025 ·Communications Physics ·(unknown), (unknown), Peter Bienstman, Guy Van der Sande, Guy Verschaffelt, Thomas Van Vaerenbergh	0
3	Optical Neural Networks with Tensor Compression and Photonic Memory 2024 ·Xian Xiao, Stanley Cheung, Bassem Tossoun, Thomas Van Vaerenbergh, Géza Kurczveil, Raymond G. Beausoleil	1
4	Automatic Differentiation Accelerated Shape Optimization Approaches to Photonic Inverse Design in FDFD/FDTD 2024 ·Laser & Photonics Review ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Marco Fiorentino, Raymond G. Beausoleil, Thomas Van Vaerenbergh	3
5	Memristor-based hardware and algorithms for higher-order Hopfield optimization solver outperforming quadratic Ising machines 2024 ·(unknown), Arne Heittmann, George Hutchinson, (unknown), Thomas Van Vaerenbergh, (unknown), (unknown), Dmitri B. Strukov, John Paul Strachan	13
6	A Silicon Photonic Universal Cellular Automaton 2024 ·Bassem Tossoun, (unknown), Thomas Van Vaerenbergh, Raymond G. Beausoleil	1
7	Computing high-degree polynomial gradients in memory 2024 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), (unknown), Giacomo Pedretti, Xia Sheng, Jim Ignowski, Thomas Van Vaerenbergh, Ray Beausoleil, John Paul Strachan, Dmitri B. Strukov	10
8	Adjoint optimization of polarization-splitting grating couplers 2023 ·Optics Express ·Peng Sun, Thomas Van Vaerenbergh, (unknown), Raymond G. Beausoleil	8
9	Low-phase quantization error Mach–Zehnder interferometers for high-precision optical neural network training 2023 ·APL Photonics ·Yuan Yuan, Stanley Cheung, Thomas Van Vaerenbergh, Yiwei Peng, Yulin Hu, Géza Kurczveil, (unknown), Di Liang, Wayne V. Sorin, Xian Xiao, Marco Fiorentino, Raymond G. Beausoleil	5
10	All-Optical Reconfigurable Low-Threshold Nonlinear Activation Functions for High-Precision Neural Network 2023 ·Yiwei Peng, Yuan Yuan, Stanley Cheung, Thomas Van Vaerenbergh, Wayne V. Sorin, Géza Kurczveil, Aashu Jha, Zhihong Huang, Marco Fiorentino, Raymond G. Beausoleil	1
11	A 7-bit Precision Linearized Mach-Zehnder Interferometer for High Accuracy Optical Neural Networks 2023 ·Yuan Yuan, Stanley Cheung, Thomas Van Vaerenbergh, Yiwei Peng, Yingtao Hu, Géza Kurczveil, Zhihong Huang, Di Liang, Wayne V. Sorin, Marco Fiorentino, Raymond G. Beausoleil	2
12	Zeroth and higher-order logic with content addressable memories 2023 ·Giacomo Pedretti, Fabian Böhm, (unknown), Tanmoy Bhattacharya, Pascal Bruel, J. W. Moon, Sergey Serebryakov, Dmitri B. Strukov, John Paul Strachan, Jim Ignowski, Thomas Van Vaerenbergh, Raymond G. Beausoleil, Masoud Mohseni	3
13	Wafer-level testing of inverse-designed and adjoint-inspired dual layer Si-SiN vertical grating couplers 2022 ·Journal of Physics Photonics ·Thomas Van Vaerenbergh, (unknown), (unknown), Peng Sun, Quentin Wilmart, (unknown), Zhihong Huang, Marco Fiorentino, Ray Beausoleil	8
14	The boundary for quantum advantage in Gaussian boson sampling 2022 ·Science Advances ·Jacob F. F. Bulmer, Bryn A. Bell, (unknown), Alex E. Jones, Diana Moise, (unknown), Jan Thorbecke, Utz‐Uwe Haus, Thomas Van Vaerenbergh, Raj B. Patel, Ian A. Walmsley, Anthony Laing	53
15	Large-scale and energy-efficient tensorized optical neural networks on III–V-on-silicon MOSCAP platform 2021 ·APL Photonics ·Xian Xiao, (unknown), Thomas Van Vaerenbergh, Di Liang, Raymond G. Beausoleil, S. J. Ben Yoo	39
16	Wafer-level testing of inverse-designed and adjoint-inspired vertical grating coupler designs compatible with DUV lithography 2021 ·Optics Express ·Thomas Van Vaerenbergh, Peng Sun, (unknown), (unknown), Quentin Wilmart, (unknown), Zhihong Huang, Marco Fiorentino, Ray Beausoleil	16
17	Adjoint Optimization of Efficient CMOS-Compatible Si-SiN Vertical Grating Couplers for DWDM Applications 2020 ·Journal of Lightwave Technology ·(unknown), Thomas Van Vaerenbergh, Peng Sun, Sagi Mathai, Zhihong Huang, Raymond G. Beausoleil	13
18	Health-related quality of life overview after different curative treatment options in muscle-invasive bladder cancer: an umbrella review 2020 ·Quality of Life Research ·Elke Rammant, Lisa Van Wilder, Mieke Van Hemelrijck, N. Pauwels, Karel Decaestecker, Charles Van Praet, Renée Bultijnck, Piet Ost, Thomas Van Vaerenbergh, Sofie Verhaeghe, Ann Van Hecke, Valérie Fonteyne	19
19	Energy Efficiency Analysis of Frequency Comb Sources for Silicon Photonic Interconnects 2019 ·Anthony Rizzo, (unknown), Géza Kurczveil, Thomas Van Vaerenbergh, Marco Fiorentino, (unknown), D. A. Livshits, Raymond G. Beausoleil, (unknown)	6
20	Trainable hardware for dynamical computing using error backpropagation through physical media 2015 ·Nature Communications ·Michiel Hermans, (unknown), Thomas Van Vaerenbergh, Joni Dambre, Peter Bienstman	48

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact