Field of activity

Quantum information with focus on quantum optical implementations of quantum information processing.
Quantum and non-linear optics. Quantum Estimation.

• Scientific papers (to appear, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013)
  

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Recent or unpublished TOP

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M. Esposito, D. Fausti, S. Olivares, F. Benatti, R. Floreanini, F. Novelli, F. Cilento, F. Randi and F. Parmigiani
Quantum tomography for time domain Balanced Homodyne Detection with high electronic noise
Preprint arXiv:1301.2471 [quant-ph] (2013) (pdf)

To appear... TOP

[67]

G. Brida, I. P. Degiovanni, A. Meda, S. Olivares and M. G. A. Paris
Unveiling optical hidden correlations: the illusionist game
accepted for publication in Phys. Scr.
Preprint arXiv:1204.5499 [quant-ph] (2012) (pdf)

[66]

A. Allevi, S. Olivares and M. Bondani
Experimental quantification of non-Gaussianity of phase-randomized coherent states
accepted for publication in Int. J. Quant. Inf.
Preprint arXiv:1210.2747 [quant-ph] (2012) (pdf)

Year 2013TOP

[65]

S. Olivares and M. G. A. Paris
The balance of quantum correlations for a class of feasible tripartite continuous variable states
J. Mod. Phys. B 27, 1345024 (2013) (pdf)

Year 2012 TOP

[64]

S. Olivares
Interference of multi-mode Gaussian states and "non appearance" of quantum correlations
Int. J. Quant. Inf. 10, 1241004 (2012) (pdf)

[63]

A. Allevi, S. Olivares and M. Bondani
High-order photon-number correlations: a resource for characterization and applications of quantum states
Int. J. Quant. Inf. 10, 1241003 (2012) (pdf)

[62]

F. Benatti, R. Floreanini and S. Olivares
Non-divisibility and non-Markovianity in a Gaussian dissipative dynamics
Phys. Lett. A 376, 2951 (2012) (pdf)

[61]

A. Allevi, S. Olivares and M. Bondani
Manipulating the non-Gaussianity of phase-randomized coherent states
Opt. Express 20, 24850 (2012) (pdf)

[60]

M. Brunelli, S. Olivares, M. Paternostro and M. G. A. Paris
Qubit-assisted thermometry of a quantum harmonic oscillator
Phys. Rev. A 86, 012125 (2012) (pdf)

[59]

A. Allevi, S. Olivares and M. Bondani
Measuring high-order photon-number correlations in experiments with multimode pulsed quantum states
Phys. Rev. A 85, 063835 (2012) (pdf)

[58]

M. G. Genoni, S. Olivares, D. Brivio, S. Cialdi, D. Cipriani, A. Santamato, S. Vezzoli and M. G. A. Paris
Optical interferometry in the presence of large phase diffusion
Phys. Rev. A 85, 043817 (2012) (pdf)

[57]

S. Olivares and M. G. A. Paris
About the probability distribution of a quantity with given mean and variance
Metrologia 49, L14 (2012) (pdf)

[56]

S. Olivares and M. G. A. Paris
Quantum estimation of states and operations from incomplete data
Eur. Phys. J. Special Topics 203, 185 (2012) (pdf)

[55]

S. Olivares
Quantum optics in the phase space - A tutorial on Gaussian states
Eur. Phys. J. Special Topics 203, 3 (2012) (pdf)

Year 2011 TOP

[54]

S. Olivares
Dynamics of the quantum correlations of two interfering Gaussian states
Int. J. Quant. Inf. 9, 1727 (2011) (pdf)

[53]

S. Olivares and M. G. A. Paris
Fidelity matters: the birth of entanglement in the mixing of Gaussian states
Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 170505 (2011) (pdf)

[52]

F. Benatti, R. Floreanini, M. Genovese and S. Olivares
Quantum contextuality in N-boson systems
Phys. Rev. A 84, 034102 (2011) (pdf)

[51]

M. Brunelli, S. Olivares and M. G. A. Paris
Qubit thermometry for micromechanical resonators
Phys. Rev. A 84, 032105 (2011) (pdf)

[50]

R. Vasile, S. Olivares, M. G. A. Paris and S. Maniscalco
Continuous-variable quantum key distribution in non-Markovian channels
Phys. Rev. A 83, 042321 (2011) (pdf)

[49]

M. G. Genoni, S. Olivares and M. G. A. Paris
Phase estimation in the presence of phase-diffusion
Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 153603 (2011) (pdf)

[48]

E. Tesio, S. Olivares and M. G. A. Paris
Optimized qubit phase estimation in noisy quantum channels
Int. J. Quant. Inf. 9, 379 (2011) (pdf)

[47]

S. Olivares, M. Sedlák, P. Rapčan, M. G. A. Paris and V. Bužek
Optimal unambiguous comparison of two unknown squeezed vacua
Phys. Rev. A 83, 012313 (2011) (pdf)

[46]

G. Brida, M. Genovese, M. Gramegna, A. Meda, F. Piacentini, P. Traina, E. Predazzi, S. Olivares and M. G. A. Paris
Quantum state reconstruction using binary data from on/off photodetection
Adv. Sci. Lett. 4, 1 (2011) (pdf)

Year 2010 TOP

[45]

A. Allevi, A. Andreoni, M. Bondani, F. A. Beduini, M. G. Genoni, S. Olivares and M. G. A. Paris
Conditional measurements on multimode pairwise entangled states from spontaneous parametric downconversion
Europhys. Lett. 92, 20007 (2010) (pdf)

[44]

Berihu Teklu, M. G. Genoni, S. Olivares and M. G. A. Paris
Phase estimation in the presence of phase diffusion: the qubit case
Phys. Scr. T140, 014062 (2010) (pdf)

[43]

V. D'Auria, S. Fornaro, A. Porzio, S. Solimeno, S. Olivares and M. G. A. Paris
Characterization of bipartite Gaussian states from OPO
Phys. Scr. T140, 014018 (2010) (pdf)

[42]

M. G. Genoni, F. A. Beduini, A. Allevi, M. Bondani, S. Olivares and M. G. A. Paris
Non-Gaussian states by conditional measurements
Phys. Scr. T140, 014007 (2010) (pdf)

[41]

A. Allevi, A. Andreoni, M. Bondani, M. G. Genoni and S. Olivares
Reliable source of conditional states from single-mode pulsed thermal fields by multiple-photon subtraction
Phys. Rev. A 82, 013816 (2010) (pdf)

[40]

R. Vasile, P. Giorda, S. Olivares, M. G. A. Paris and S. Maniscalco
Non-classical correlations in non-Markovian continuous variable systems
Phys. Rev. A 82, 012313 (2010) (pdf)

[39]

D. Buono, G. Nocerino, V. D'Auria, A. Porzio, S. Olivares and M. G. A. Paris
Quantum characterization of bipartite Gaussian states
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 27, A110 (2010) (pdf)

[38]

D. Brivio, S.Cialdi, S. Vezzoli, B. Teklu, M. G. Genoni, S. Olivares and M. G. A. Paris
Experimental estimation of one-parameter qubit gates in the presence of phase diffusion
Phys. Rev. A 81, 012305 (2010) (pdf)

Year 2009 TOP

[37]

R. Vasile, S. Olivares, M. G. A. Paris and S. Maniscalco
Continuous variable entanglement dynamics in structured reservoirs
Phys. Rev. A 80, 062324 (2009) (pdf)

[36]

S. Olivares and M. G. A. Paris
Entanglement-induced invariance in bilinear interactions
Phys. Rev. A 80, 032329 (2009) (pdf)

[35]

A. Allevi, A. Andreoni, M. Bondani, G. Brida, M. Genovese, M. Gramegna, S. Olivares, M. G. A. Paris, P. Traina and G. Zambra
State reconstruction by on/off measurements
Phys. Rev A 80, 022114 (2009) (pdf)

[34]

J. Řeháček, S. Olivares, D. Mogilevtsev, Z. Hradil, M. G. A. Paris, S. Fornaro, V. D'Auria, A. Porzio and S. Solimeno
Effective method to estimate multidimensional Gaussian states
Phys. Rev A 79, 032111 (2009) (pdf)

[33]

G. Brida, M. Genovese, A. Meda, S. Olivares, M. G. A. Paris and F. Piacentini
Constrained MaxLik reconstruction of multimode photon distributions
J. Mod. Opt. 56, 196 (2009) (pdf)

[32]

S. Olivares and M. G. A. Paris
Bayesian estimation in homodyne interferometry
J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 42, 055506 (2009) (pdf)

[31]

G. Brida, M. Genovese, M. Gramegna, P. Traina, E. Predazzi, S. Olivares and M. G. A. Paris
Toward a full reconstruction of density matrix by on/off measurements
Int. J. Quant. Inf. 7, 27 (2009) (pdf)

[30]

Berihu Teklu, S. Olivares and M. G. A. Paris
Bayesian estimation of one-parameter qubit gates
J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 42, 0335502 (2009) (pdf)

[29]

V. D'Auria, S. Fornaro, A. Porzio, S. Solimeno, S. Olivares and M. G. A. Paris
Full characterization of Gaussian bipartite entangled states by a single homodyne detector
Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 020502 (2009) (pdf)

Year 2008 TOP

[28]

S. Olivares and M. G. A. Paris
Optimal continuous variable telecloning with bright entangled beams
Eur. Phys. J. Special Topics 160, 319 (2008) (pdf)

Year 2007 TOP

[27]

S. Olivares, F. Casagrande, A. Lulli and M. G. A. Paris
Reconstruction of the photon distribution in a micromaser
Europhys. Lett. 80, 64002 (2007) (pdf)

[26]

S. Olivares and M. G. A. Paris
Quantum estimation via minimum Kullback entropy principle
Phys. Rev. A 76, 042120 (2007) (pdf)

[25]

S. Olivares
Selective cloning of Gaussian states by linear optics
Phys. Rev. A 76, 022305 (2007) (pdf)

[24]

S. Olivares and M. G. A. Paris
Optimized interferometry with Gaussian states
Opt. Spectrosc. 103, 231 (2007) (pdf)

[23]

S. Maniscalco, S. Olivares and M. G. A. Paris
Entanglement oscillations in non-Markovian quantum channels
Phys. Rev. A 75, 062119 (2007) (pdf)

[22]

S. Olivares and M. G. A. Paris
Improving information/disturbance and estimation/distortion trade-offs with non universal protocols by linear optics
J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 40, 7945 (2007) (pdf)

[21]

S. Salvini, S. Olivares and M. G. A. Paris
Sensitivity of Hilbert and Bures distances to qubit perturbations
Int. J. Quant. Inf. 5, 119 (2007) (pdf)

[20]

A. Porzio, V. D'Auria, S. Solimeno, S. Olivares and M. G. A. Paris
Homodyne characterization of continuous variable bipartite states
Int. J. Quant. Inf. 5, 63 (2007) (pdf)

[19]

S. Salvini, S. Olivares and M. G. A. Paris
Distances between Qubits and Sensitivity to Perturbations
Laser Physics 17, 552 (2007) (pdf)

Year 2006 TOP

[18]

S. Olivares, M. G. A. Paris and U. L. Andersen
Optimal Cloning of Coherent States by Linear Optics
Acta Phys. Hung. A 26, 293 (2006) (pdf)

[17]

S. Olivares and M. G. A. Paris
De-Gaussification by Inconclusive Photon Subtraction
Laser Physics 16, 1533 (2006) (pdf)

[16]

S. Olivares, M. G. A. Paris and U. L. Andersen
Cloning of Gaussian states by linear optics
Phys. Rev. A 73, 062330 (2006) (pdf)

Year 2005 TOP

[15]

V. D'Auria, A. Porzio, S. Solimeno, S. Olivares and M. G. A. Paris
Characterization of bipartite states using a single homodyne detector
J. Opt. B: Quantum and Semiclass. Opt. 7, S750 (2005) (pdf)

[14]

S. Olivares and M. G. A. Paris
Squeezed Fock state by inconclusive photon subtraction
J. Opt. B: Quantum and Semiclass. Opt. 7, S616 (2005) (pdf)

[13]

C. Invernizzi, S. Olivares, M. G. A. Paris and K. Banaszek
Effect of noise and enhancement of nonlocality in on/off photodetection
Phys. Rev. A 72, 042105 (2005) (pdf)

[12]

S. Olivares and M. G. A. Paris
Photon subtracted states and enhancement of nonlocality in the presence of noise
J. Opt. B: Quantum and Semiclass. Opt. 7, S392 (2005) (pdf)

Year 2004 TOP

[11]

A. R. Rossi, S. Olivares and M. G. A. Paris
Photon statistics without counting photons
Phys. Rev. A 70, 055801 (2004) (pdf)

[10]

S. Olivares and M. G. A. Paris
Enhancement of nonlocality in phase space
Phys. Rev. A 70, 032112 (2004) (pdf)

[9]

A. R. Rossi, S. Olivares and M. G. A. Paris
Degradation of continuous variable entanglement in a phase-sensitive environment
J. Mod. Opt. 51, 1057 (2004) (pdf)

[8]

S. Olivares and M. G. A. Paris
Binary optical communication in single-mode and entangled quantum noisy channels
J. Opt. B: Quantum and Semiclass. Opt. 6, 69 (2004) (pdf)

Year 2003 TOP

[7]

S. Olivares, M. G. A. Paris and A. R. Rossi
Optimized teleportation in Gaussian noisy channels
Phys. Lett. A 319, 32 (2003) (pdf)

[6]

S. Olivares, M. G. A. Paris and R. Bonifacio
Teleportation Improvement by Inconclusive Photon Subtraction
Phys. Rev. A 67, 032314 (2003) (pdf)

Year 2002 TOP

[5]

S. Olivares
Superposition Principle, Spontaneous Decoherence and C₆₀ Molecules Interference
J. Opt. B: Quantum and Semiclass. Opt. 4, 438 (2002) (pdf)

[4]

R. Bonifacio and S. Olivares
Puzzling Aspects of Young Interference and Spontaneous Intrinsic Decoherence
J. Opt. B: Quantum and Semiclass. Opt. 4, S253 (2002) (pdf)

Year 2001 TOP

[3]

R. Bonifacio and S. Olivares
Young's Experiment, Schrödinger's Spread and Spontaneous Intrinsic Decoherence
Z. Naturforsch. 56, 41 (2001) (pdf)

Year 2000 TOP

[2]

R. Bonifacio, S. Olivares, P. Tombesi and D. Vitali
Model-independent approach to non-dissipative decoeherence
Phys. Rev. A 61, 053802 (2000) (pdf)

[1]

R. Bonifacio, S. Olivares, P. Tombesi and D. Vitali
Non-dissipative decoeherence in Rabi oscillation experiments
J. Mod. Opt. 47, 2199 (2000) (pdf)

Books TOP

[1B]

A. Ferraro, S. Olivares and M. G. A. Paris
Gaussian States in Quantum Information
(Bibliopolis, Napoli, 2005) ISBN: 88-7088-483-X, quant-ph/0503237 (Contents, Introduction, pdf)

Proceedings TOP

[8P]

M. Bondani, A. Allevi, M. G. Genoni, F. A. Beduini, S. Olivares, and A. Andreoni
Reliable source of conditional states by multiple-photon subtraction using hybrid photodetectors
in Proc. SPIE 8375, Advanced Photon Counting Techniques VI
(May 1, 2012)
Eds. M. A. Itzler, J. C. Campbell
doi:10.1117/12.919368, pag. 837505.1-837505.10 (pdf)

[7P]

S. Olivares, M. T. Delgado and M. G. A. Paris
On the generation of entanglement from the interference of Gaussian states of light
in 4th International Symposium on Applied Sciences in Biomedical and Communication Technologies (ISABEL), 2011
(Barcelona, Spain, 2011)
ISBN: 978-1-4503-0913-4. (pdf)

[6P]

S. Olivares, M. G. A. Paris, M. Degado and M. Mondin
Toward a "soft" output quantum channel via Bayesian estimation
in 3rd International Symposium on Applied Sciences in Biomedical and Communication Technologies (ISABEL), 2010
(Rome, Italy, 2010)
ISBN: 978-1-4244-8131-6 , pag. 1-2. (pdf)

[5P]

G. Brida, M. Genovese, M. Gramegna, P. Traina, L. Ciavarella, S. Olivares and M. G. A. Paris
Interferometric Technique for Density Matrix Reconstruction by On/Off Detectors
in Quantum Communication and Quantum Networking - Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering 3
(Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2010)
Eds. A. Sergienko, S. Pascazio and P. Villoresi
ISBN: 978-3-642-11730-5, pag. 233-241. (pdf)

[4P]

G. Brida, M. Genovese, M. Gramegna, S. Olivares, M. G. A. Paris and F. Piacentini
On/off detection method for reconstructing the statistics of quantum optical states: an overview
in Third International Conference on Quantum, Nano and Micro Technologies, 1-7 February 2009
(Cancun, Mexico, 2009)
Eds. D. Avis, C. Kollmiyzer and V. Privman
ISBN: 978-0-7695-3524-1, pag. 54-58. (pdf)

[3P]

A. Porzio, V. D'Auria, S. Fornaro, S. Solimeno, S. Olivares, M. G. A. Paris
Efficient generation of CV entanglement by triply resonant non-degenerate OPA
in Proc. SPIE. 6583, Photon Counting Applications, Quantum Optics, and Quantum Cryptography
(May 10, 2007)
Eds. I. Prochazka, A. L. Migdall, A. Pauchard, M. Dusek; M. S. Hillery, W. P. Schleich
doi: 10.1117/12.722940, pag. 65830R.1-65830R.10 (pdf)

[2P]

R. Bonifacio and S. Olivares
Spontaneous Intrinsic Decoherence in Two and Three Slits Young Interference Experiments
in Coherence and Quantum Optics VIII
(Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York, 2003)
Eds. N. P. Bigelow, J. H. Eberly, C. R. Stroud Jr. and I. A. Walmsley
ISBN: 978-0-306-48116-2, pag. 95-105 (pdf)

[1P]

R. Bonifacio and S. Olivares
Spontaneous Intrinsic Decoherence in Rabi Oscillations Experiment
in Quantum Communcation, Computing, and Measurement 3
(Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York, 2001)
Eds. by P. Tombesi and O. Hirota
ISBN: 0-306-46609-0, pag. 69-77 (pdf)

Pedagogical material TOP

[1D]

S. Olivares e L. Belloni
Elementi di Informazione Quantistica
Collana dei Materiali Didattici dell'Indirizzo FIM (n. 4)
(CUSL, Milano, 2008), ISBN: 97888-8132-488-0. (pdf)

Abstracts TOP

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S. Olivares
Characterization of bipartate states: from theory to experiment
in Book of abstract - The 16th Central European Workshop on Quantum Optics, 23-27 May 2009 (Turku, Finland, 2009)
Eds. K. Härkönen, S. Maniscalco, J. Piilo, K.-A. Suominen and O. Vaino, ISBN:978-951-29-3947-3, pag. 76 (pdf)

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S. Olivares
Bayesian noisy phase estimation in qubit systems: from theory to experiment
in Book of abstracts - 11th International Conference on Squeezed States and Uncertainty Relations and 4th Feynman Festival, 22-26 June, 2009 (Mohelnice, Czech Republic, 2009)
Eds. O. Haderka and J. Peřina Jr., ISBN:978-80-903832-8-9, pag. 112 (pdf)

[*]

V. D'Auria, S. Fornaro, A. Porzio, S. Solimeno, S. Olivares and M. G. A. Paris
Characterization of bipartate states: from theory to experiment
in Book of abstracts - 11th International Conference on Squeezed States and Uncertainty Relations and 4th Feynman Festival, 22-26 June, 2009 (Mohelnice, Czech Republic, 2009)
Eds. O. Haderka and J. Peřina Jr., ISBN:978-80-903832-8-9, pag. 126 (pdf)