NICOLO' SPAGNOLO Curriculum VitaePlace of Birth: RomeDate of Birth: 13/06/1985

Part I – General Information

Full Name Nicolò SpagnoloDate of Birth 13/06/85Place of Birth RomeCitizenship ItalianPermanent AddressMobile Phone NumberE-mailSpoken Languages Italian (mother language), English

Part II – Education

Type Year Institution Notes (Degree, Experience,…)

University graduation 2006 Sapienza Università di Roma Laurea Triennale in Fisica, 110/110 con lodeUniversity graduation 2008 Sapienza Università di Roma Laurea Specialistica in Fisica, 110/110 con lodePost-graduate studiesPhD 2012 Università degli Studi di Roma Tre Dottorato di Ricerca in Scienze Fisiche della

Materia, Giudizio: EccellentePre-doctorate training

Part III – Appointments

III.A – Academic/Research Appointments

Start End Institution Position

01/11/08 31/10/11 Università degli Studi di Roma Tre PhD Student, XXIV Ciclo, Scienze Fisiche della Materia

01/11/11 31/10/12 Sapienza Università di Roma, Dipartimento di Fisica Research Fellowship on “Hybrid optical technologies for quantum information processing”(Assegno di Ricerca)

01/11/12 31/10/13 Sapienza Università di Roma, Dipartimento di Fisica Research Fellowship on “Informazione quantistica sperimentale con il momento angolare orbitale della luce”(Assegno di Ricerca)

III.B – Other Appointments

Start End Institution Position

05/01/10 05/03/10 Institut d'Optique Graduate School and Laboratoire Charles Fabry, Palaiseau

Visiting Student/Scientist

Part IV – Teaching experience

Year Institution Lecture/Course

2012 Sapienza Università di Roma Assistant to Course: “Laboratorio di Meccanica”, Prof. Cesare Cametti, A.A. 2011/2012, II semestre, Corso di Laurea Triennale in

Fisica

2012-2013

Sapienza Università di Roma Lectures in the Course: “Ottica nonlineare e quantistica”, Prof. Paolo Mataloni, A.A. 2011/2012 and A.A. 2012/2013, II semestre, Corso di Laurea Triennale in Fisica

2012-2013

Sapienza Università di Roma Lectures in the Course: “Informazione e Computazione Quantistica”, Dr. Fabio Sciarrino, A.A. 2011/2012 and A.A. 2012/2013, I semestre, Corso di Laurea Magistrale in Fisica

2013 Sapienza Università di Roma Assistant to Course: “Elettromagnetismo”, Prof. Fulvio Ricci, A.A. 2012/2013, II semestre, Corso di Laurea Triennale in Fisica

Part V - Society memberberships, Awards and Honors

Year Title

2011 Member of Società Italiana di Fisica and European Physical Society

2012 Member of Società Italiana di Fisica and European Physical Society

2013 Member of Società Italiana di Fisica and European Physical Society

Part VI - Funding Information (grants as PI-principal investigators or I-investigator)

Year Title Supported by... Grant

Part VII – Research Activities Keywords Brief description:

Quantum information My research activity focused on the generation, manipulation, and characterization of quantum states of the electromagnetic field, for their applications in fundamental tests of quantum mechanics and in quantum information protocols. The generation of multiphoton states through the process of optical parametric amplification has been investigated in the context of quantum entanglement and nonlocality, by exploiting both discrete and continuous variables detection techniques. The knowhow on the homodyne detection technique has been acquired within a training period at the Institut d'Optique in Palaiseau in the group of Prof. Grangier. The application of such multiphoton states within the context of optical sensing has been experimentally investigated. Recently, the experimental implementation of a novel quantum information protocol to transfer two qubits of information from 2 photons into 2 degrees of freedom of a single photon has been addressed. Furthermore, recently the implementation of multiphoton experiments on integrated optical circuits has been addressed. More specifically, three-photon interference has been observed in an integrated three-port splitter, and the application of this class. Finally, the implementation of the boson samping problem, that is, the sampling of the output distribution of a system of boson evolving under a unitary transformation, has been performed up to three photon in an integrated 5 mode interferometer with universal desing.

Robust multiphoton statesOptical SensingHybrid systemsIntegrated photonics

Part VIII – Summary of Scientific Achievements

Product type Number Data Base Start End

Papers [international] 22 Isi Web of Science, v5.10 (2 of the published papers are currently not present in Isi Web of Science data base)

27/10/08 16/07/13

Papers [national] 0Books [scientific] 0Books [teaching] 0Proceedings [international] 8 Isi Web of Science, v5.10 27/10/08 16/07/13

Total Impact factor 132.585

Total Citations 160Average Citations per Product 5.71Hirsch (H) index 8Normalized H index* 2

*H index divided by the academic seniority (time span from graduation)

Part IX – List of publications - List of the publications selected for the evaluation. For each publication report title, authors, reference data, journal IF, citations, press/media release (if any).

Refereed Journal[1] N. Spagnolo, C. Vitelli, S. Giacomini, F. Sciarrino, and F. De Martini, Polarization preserving ultra-fast optical shutter for quantum information processing, Opt. Expr. 16, 17609 (2008), IF:3.546, 8 citations.[2] F. De Martini, F. Sciarrino, N. Spagnolo, C. Vitelli, and F. S. Cataliotti, Macroscopic quantum entanglement in light reflection from Bose-Einstein condensates, Int. Journ. Quant. Inform. 7, 171 (2009), IF:0.918, 0 citations.[3] C. Vitelli, N. Spagnolo, F. Sciarrino, and F. De Martini, Amplification of polarization NOON states, JOSA B 26, 892 (2009), IF:2.210, 4 citations.[4] F. De Martini, F. Sciarrino, and N. Spagnolo, Decoherence, environment-induced superselection, and classicality of a macroscopic quantum superposition generated by quantum cloning, Phys. Rev. A 79, 052305 (2009), IF:3.042, 14 citations.[5] F. De Martini, F. Sciarrino, and N. Spagnolo, Anomalous Lack of Decoherence of the Macroscopic Quantum Superpositions based on Phase-Covariant Quantum Cloning, Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 100501 (2009), IF:7.943, 15 citations.[6] N. Spagnolo, C. Vitelli, T. De Angelis, F. Sciarrino, and F. De Martini, Wigner function theory and decoherence of the quantum-injected optical parametric amplifier, Phys. Rev. A 80, 032318 (2009), IF:3.042, 23 citations.[7] C. Vitelli, N. Spagnolo, L. Toffoli, F. Sciarrino, and F. De Martini, Quantum-to-classical transition via fuzzy measurements on high gain spontaneous parametric down-conversion, Phys. Rev. A 81, 032123 (2010), IF:3.042, 19 citations.[8] F. De Martini, F. Sciarrino, N. Spagnolo, and C. Vitelli, Generation of Highly Resilient to Decoherence Macroscopic Quantum Superpositions via Phase-covariant Quantum Cloning, Found. Phys. 41, 492 (2010), IF:1.170, 0 citations.[9] C. Vitelli, N. Spagnolo, L. Toffoli, F. Sciarrino, F. De Martini, Enhanced Resolution of Lossy Interferometry by Coherent Amplification of Single Photons, Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 113602 (2010), IF:7.943, 13 citations.[10] N. Spagnolo, F. Sciarrino, F. De Martini, Resilience to decoherence of the macroscopic quantum superpositions generated by universally covariant optimal quantum cloning, Phys. Rev. A 82, 032325 (2010), IF:3.042, 1 citation.[11] N. Spagnolo, C. Vitelli, F. Sciarrino, and F. De Martini, Entanglement criteria for microscopic-macroscopic systems, Phys. Rev. A 82, 052101 (2010), IF:3.042, 14 citations.[12] C. Vitelli, N. Spagnolo, F. Sciarrino, and F. De Martini, Measurement-induced quantum operations on multiphoton states, Phys. Rev. A 82, 062319 (2010), IF:3.042, 4 citations.[13] M. Barbieri, N. Spagnolo, M. G. Genoni, F. Ferreyrol, R. Blandino, M. G. A. Paris, P. Grangier, and R. Tualle-Brouri, Non-Gaussianity of quantum states: An experimental test on single-photon-added coherent states', Phys. Rev. A 82, 063833 (2010), IF:3.042, 21 citations.[14] F. Caruso, N. Spagnolo, C. Vitelli, F. Sciarrino, and M. B. Plenio, Simulation of noise-assisted transport via optical cavity networks, Phys. Rev. A 83, 013811 (2011), IF:3.042, 7 citations.[15] N. Spagnolo, C. Vitelli, M. Paternostro, F. De Martini, and F. Sciarrino, Hybrid methods for witnessing entanglement in a microscopic-macroscopic system, Phys. Rev. A 84, 032102 (2011), IF:3.042, 10 citations.[16] C. Vitelli, M. Terra-Cunha, N. Spagnolo, F. De Martini, F. Sciarrino, Continuous-variable nonlocality test performed over a multiphoton quantum state, Phys. Rev. A 85, 012104 (2012) IF:3.042, 0 citations.[17] N. Spagnolo, C. Vitelli, V. G. Lucivero, V. Giovannetti, L. Maccone, F. Sciarrino, Phase Estimation via Quantum Interferometry for Noisy Detectors, Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 233602 (2012), IF:7.943, 3 citations.[18] N. Spagnolo, L. Aparo, C. Vitelli, A. Crespi, R. Ramponi, R. Osellame, P. Mataloni and F. Sciarrino, Quantum interferometry with three-dimensional geometry, Sci. Rep. 2, 862 (2012), IF:2.927, 2 citations.[19] F. Ferreyrol, N. Spagnolo, R. Blandino, M. Barbieri, and R. Tualle-Bruori, Heralded processes on continuous-variable spaces as quantum maps, Phys. Rev. A 86, 062327 (2012), IF:3.042, 2 citations.[20] N. Spagnolo, C. Vitelli, L. Aparo, P. Mataloni, F. Sciarrino, A. Crespi, R. Ramponi, and R. Osellame, Three-photon bosonic coalescence in an integrated tritter, Nature Communications 4, 1606 (2013), IF:10.015, 0 citations.[21] C. Vitelli, N. Spagnolo, L. Aparo, F. Sciarrino, E. Santamato and L. Marrucci, Joining the quantum state of two photons into one, Nature Photonics 7, 521-526 (2013), IF:27.254, 0 citations.

[22] A. Crespi, R. Osellame, R. Ramponi, D. J. Brod, E. F. Galvao, N. Spagnolo, C. Vitelli, E. Maiorino, P. Mataloni,and F. Sciarrino, Integrated multimode interferometers with arbitrary designs for photonic boson sampling, NaturePhotonics 7, 545-549 (2013), IF:27.254, O citations.

Accepted papers OD Refereed Journals[23] V. D'Ambrosio, N. Spagnolo, L. Del Re, S. Slussarenko, Y. Li, L. C. Kwek, L. Marrucci, S. P. Walbom, L. Aolita,and F. Sciarrino, Photonic polarization gears for ultra-sensitive angular measurements, arXiv:1306.1606 (2013),accepted for publication in Nature Communications.

Conference Proceedings[CP1] F. S. Cataliotti, F. De Martini, F. Sciarrino, N. Spagnolo, and C. Vitelli, Macroscopic quantum entanglemenr,Proc. SPIE 7092, 7092T (2008).[CP2] C. Vitelli, N. Spagnolo, F. Sciarrino, and F. De Martini, Non Locality in a Micro-Macroscopic Photon System,AIP Conf. Proc. 1101, 29 (2009).[CP3] N. Spagnolo, C. Vitelli, F. Sciarrino, and F. De Martini, Entanglement and Decoherence in a Microscopic-Macroscopic system, AlP Conf. Proc. 1110,211 (2009).[CP4] C. Vitelli, N. Spagnolo, F. Sciarrino, and F. De Martini, Micro-macro entangled photon systems: results andperspectives, Proc. SPIE 7355, 735508 (2009).[CP5] N. Spagnolo, C. Vitelli, F. Sciarrino, and F. De Martini, Entanglement test in micro-macroscopic photon system:criteria and assumptions, AIP Conf. Proc. 1327,221 (2011).[CP6] N. Spagnolo, C. Vitelli, L. Toffoli, F. De Martini, and F. Sciarrino, Enhanced resolution in lossy phaseestimation by optical parametric amplification, Proc. SPIE 8072, 80nOM (20 Il).[CP7] N. Spagnolo, C. Vitelli, L. Toffoli, F. Sciarrino, F. De Martini, Quantum-to-classicai transition via fuzzymeasurements on high gain spontaneous parametric down-conversion, AlP Conf. Proc. 1363, 193 (20 Il).[CP8] C. Vitelli, N. Spagnolo, L. Toffoli, F. Sciarrino, F. De Martini, Enhanced resolution of lossy interferometry bycoherent amplification of single photons, AIP Conf. Proc. 1363, 164 (2011).

Data: Roma, li 17/07/2013

ArXiv Preprints and Submitted papers[ARI] N. Spagnolo, C. Vitelli, L. Sansoni, E. Maiorino, P. Mataloni, D. J. Brod, E. F. Galvao, A. Crespi, R. Ramponi,and R. Osellame, Experimental observation ofthe bosonic birthday paradox', arXiv:1305.3188 (2013).

Scientific ActivityNicolo Spagnolo

Date of Birth: 13th June 1985Place of Birth: Rome

Bachelor Degree in Physics/Laurea Triennale in Fisica

Institution: Sapienza Universita di Roma.October 2003-November 2006.Degree: 110/110 con lode.Bachelor Degree Dissertation Title: Characterization of Quantum EntanglementSupervisor: Prof. Paolo MataloniAssistant Supervisor: Dr. Fabio Sciarrino

In this Bachelor Degree Dissertation, the problem of the characterization of quantum entanglement inbipartite system is analyzed. This work is a non-original review of recent criteria developed in literatureto characterize the degree of entanglement in quantum states of bipartite Hilbert spaces.

Master’s Degree in Physics/Laurea Specialistica in Fisica

Institution: Sapienza Universita di Roma.October 2006-September 2008.Degree: 110/110 con lode.Master’s Degree Thesis Title: Quantum Entanglement in a Micro-Macroscopic SystemSupervisor: Prof. Francesco De Martini

In this Master’s Thesis, the problem of quantum entanglement in a bipartite microscopic-macroscopicsystem has been investigated both theoretically and experimentally. More specifically, the system underinvestigation is the optical field generated through the process of quantum injected optical parametricamplification. This photonic system has been recently investigated in our laboratories, allowing thegeneration of quantum states of a large number of particles, i.e. of about 3.5 × 104.

The problem of decoherence in macroscopic quantum superpositions has been analyzed in order tounderstand the role of environment-induced decoherence in the investigated system [1,4-6,8,10]. Theexperimental realization of new devices and methodologies for the generation and the manipulation ofquantum states of light has been subsequently addressed. Among them the realization of a polarizationpreserving ultra-fast optical shutter has been reported [1]. Finally, a theoretical analysis on the parametricamplification of multiphoton N00N states has been performed [3].

PhD Activity

Period: November 2008-October 2011.Institution: Dottorato in Scienze Fisiche della Materia, XXIV Ciclo, Universita degli Studi di Roma 3.PhD Thesis Title: Robust Quantum Optical States for Quantum Sensing and Entanglement Tests.PhD supervisor: Dr. Fabio Sciarrino, Sapienza Universita di Roma.Research activity: Quantum Optics Group, Dipartimento di Fisica, Sapienza Universita di Roma.

During my PhD activity in the Quantum Optics Group of Sapienza, Universita di Roma, the followingmain topics have been investigated:

• The problem of decoherence in macroscopic quantum superpositions generated by parametric am-plification has been investigated in the Fock space and in the quantum phase-space [1,4-6,8,10].

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• Experimental manipulation and detection of macroscopic optical fields generated through the pro-cess of optical parametric amplification, for the characterization of the role of measurement resolu-tion in the quantum-to-classical transition [7].

• Experimental realization of optical protocols for quantum phase estimation in lossy conditions [9].

• Entanglement criteria in bipartite microscopic-macroscopic systems exploiting discrete variabletechniques [11] and hybrid discrete/continuous variables techniques [15].

• Manipulation of multiphoton optical fields through measurement induced quantum operations [12].

• Quantum simulation of noise assisted transport through networks of optical cavities [14].

Research Fellowship

Period: November 2011-October 2012.Institution: Dipartimento di Fisica, Sapienza Universita di Roma.Scientific supervisor: Dr. Fabio Sciarrino, Sapienza Universita di Roma.Research activity: Hybrid optical technologies for quantum information processing

The research fellowship focused on a theoretical and experimental investigation on hybrid optical sys-tems for quantum information processing [21]. This investigation included an experimental realization ofa novel protocol to transfer 2 qubits of information encoded in two separate physical photons into 2 logicalqubits encoded in two different degrees of freedom of the same particle. This protocol can be adoptedto bridge these two different approaches exploited to increase the number of qubits in an optical system.Furthermore, a phase estimation protocol with multiphoton states has been experimentally implemented[17]. Finally, a theoretical analysis has been performed on hybrid continuous-discrete variables tests ofquantum entanglement and nonlocality with multiphoton states [16].

Research Fellowship

Period: November 2012-October 2013.Institution: Dipartimento di Fisica, Sapienza Universita di Roma.Scientific supervisor: Dr. Fabio Sciarrino, Sapienza Universita di Roma.Research activity: Informazione quantistica sperimentale con il momento angolare della luce

During the present research fellowship the experimental implementation of NOON-like photonic statesof m quanta of angular momentum, with m as high as 100, has been addressed [23]. The application ofsuch states for ultra-sensitivity angular measurements has been experimentally demonstrated. Further-more, the implementation of three-photon experiments in integrated devices has been performed. Morespecifically, the observation of three-photon interference has been shown in an integrated three-portsplitter [20]. The application of this class of device in the context of phase measurements has been alsoinvestigated [18]. Finally, the implementation of a three-photon, 5-modes instance of the boson-samplingproblem has been shown in an integrated interferometer.

Scientific Collaborations

During the period between January and February 2010 a scientific collaboration has been carried on underthe supervision of Dr. Marco Barbieri at the Quantum Optics Group of Prof. Philippe Grangier at theInstitut d’Optique in Palaiseau, France. In that period, skills have been acquired on the optical balancedhomodyne tomography detection technique in the pulsed regime, due to the large experience in this fieldof the Quantum Optics Group of Palaiseau. An experimental realization of a non-gaussianity test forthe process of photon addition on coherent states has been performed [13]. Furthermore, a completecharacterization via quantum tomography of two relevant processes for continuous-variables quantuminformation processing, that is, photon addition and noiseless amplification, has been recently addressed[19].

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Skills in Experimental Quantum Optics

During the Master’s thesis, the PhD activity and the research fellowships, Nicolo Spagnolo had theopportunity to get skilled in the following experimental techniques within the context of experimentalquantum optics:

1. Generation, manipulation and detection of single photon states.

2. Multiphoton interference experiments in integrated interferometers.

3. Femtosecond pulsed, Q-switched, mode-locked lasers exploited as the electromagnetic field source.

4. Generation of polarization-entangled photonic states through type-II spontaneous parametric downconversion sources.

5. Amplification of single photon states through the process of quantum-injected optical parametricamplification.

6. Manipulation of photonic fields in the polarization degree of freedom by exploiting experimentalschemes based on electro-optical crystals, i.e. Pockels cells.

7. Optical Homodyne Detection in the pulsed regime.

Conference Participation

(1) Quantum Information Workshop, Centro de Ciencas de Benasque, Benasque, Spain, 7-20 June 2009.

(2) QIPC Conference 2009, Sapienza Universita di Roma, Rome, Italy, 21-25 September 2009.Poster contribution: “Resilience to decoherence and non-classicality of the macroscopic quantumsuperpositions based on phase-covariant quantum cloning”.

(3) QCMC Conference 2010, University of Brisbane, Queensland, Australy, 19-23 July 2010.Poster contribution: “Quantum-to-classical transition via fuzzy measurements on high gain spon-taneous parametric down-conversion”.Poster contribution: “Enhanced resolution of lossy interferometry by amplification of single pho-tons”.

(4) School on New trends in Quantum Entanglement and Quantum Dynamics, International Centre ofTheoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, 14-18 February 2011.

(5) Workshop on New trends in Quantum Entanglement and Quantum Dynamics, International Centreof Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, 21-25 February 2011.Poster Contribution: “Quantum-to-classical transition induced by lack of measurement resolutionon high gain parametric down-conversion”.

(6) Spie Optics+Optoelectronics, Prague Congress Center, Prague, Czech Republic, 18-21 April 2011.Contributed oral presentation: “Enhanced resolution in lossy phase estimation by optical paramet-ric amplification”.

(7) Conference on Entanglement, Quantum Information and the Quantum-to-Classical Transition, Ac-cademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Rome, Italy, 5-7 May 2011.

(8) Conferenza Fotonica 2011, Palazzo Ducale, Genova, Italy, 9-11 May 2011.Contributed oral presentation: “Enhanced resolution in lossy phase estimation by optical paramet-ric amplification”.

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(9) Conference CLEO Europe/EQEC 2011, ICM Centre, Munich, Germany, 22-26 May 2011.Contributed oral presentation: “Detecting nonlocality in macroscopic systems”.

(10) XCVII Congresso Nazionale della Societa Italiana di Fisica, L’Aquila, Italy, 26-30 September 2011.Contributed oral presentation: “Hybrid techniques for witnessing entanglement in a microscopic-macroscopic system”.

(11) Open Problems in Quantum Mechanics Workshop, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy,20-22 June 2012.

(12) QCMC Conference 2012, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria, 30 July-3 August 2012.Poster contribution: “Phase estimation for noisy detectors via parametric amplification”.Poster contribution: “3D integrated photonic quantum interferometry”.

(13) Phorbitech 2nd Annual Meeting, Leiden, Netherlands, 11 and 13 September 2012.Oral presentation: “Quantum state merging in photons”.

(14) Symposium 20 years of Orbital Angular Momentum of light, Leiden, Netherlands, 12 September2012.

(15) International School of Physics and Technology of Matter, Otranto, Italy, 17-21 September 2012.Poster contribution: “3D integrated photonic quantum interferometry”.

(16) Workshop on Quantum Simulations, Bilbao, Spain, 22-25 October 2012.Poster contribution: “Integrated photonics with three-dimensional geometries”.

(17) Phorbitech 2nd Review Meeting, Napoli, Italy, 23 November 2012.Oral presentation: “Quantum state merging in photons”

(18) CLEO Europe - IQEC 2013, Munich, Germany, 12-16 May 2013.Contributed Oral presentation: “Integrated quantum interferometry with three-dimensional geom-etry”.Poster contribution: “Two-photon quantum state joining into one”.

(19) ICOAM 2013, Second International Conference on Orbital Angular Momentum, Glasgow, UK, 3-5June 2013.Poster contribution: “Two-photon quantum state joining into one”. Winner of Poster Award.

(20) Phorbitech 3rd Annual Meeting, Glasgow, UK, 6 June 2013.Oral presentation: “Joining the quantum state of two photons into one”

(21) QIPC 2013, Quantum Information Processing and Communication, Firenze, Italy, 30 June-5 July2013.Poster contribution: “Experimental Boson Sampling”. Winner of Poster Award.

(22) International Workshop on Singularities and Topological Structures of Light, ICTP, Trieste, Italy,8-12 July 2013.Invited oral presentation: “The photonics gear: from alignment free quantum communication tosuper-sensitive quantum correlations”.

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

Refereed Journal[1] N. Spagnolo, C. Vitelli, S. Giacomini, F. Sciarrino, and F. De Martini, “Polarization preserving ultra-fast optical shutter for quantum information processing”, Opt. Expr. 16, 17609 (2008), IF:3.546.[2] F. De Martini, F. Sciarrino, N. Spagnolo, C. Vitelli, and F. S. Cataliotti, “Macroscopic quantumentanglement in light reflection from Bose-Einstein condensates”, Int. Journ. Quant. Inform. 7, 171

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(2009), IF:0.918.[3] C. Vitelli, N. Spagnolo, F. Sciarrino, and F. De Martini, “Amplification of polarization NOON states”,JOSA B 26, 892 (2009), IF:2.210.[4] F. De Martini, F. Sciarrino, and N. Spagnolo, “Decoherence, environment-induced superselection, andclassicality of a macroscopic quantum superposition generated by quantum cloning”, Phys. Rev. A 79,052305 (2009), IF:3.042.[5] F. De Martini, F. Sciarrino, and N. Spagnolo, “Anomalous Lack of Decoherence of the MacroscopicQuantum Superpositions based on Phase-Covariant Quantum Cloning”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 100501(2009), IF:7.943.[6] N. Spagnolo, C. Vitelli, T. De Angelis, F. Sciarrino, and F. De Martini, “Wigner function theoryand decoherence of the quantum-injected optical parametric amplifier”, Phys. Rev. A 80, 032318 (2009),IF:3.042.[7] C. Vitelli, N. Spagnolo, L. Toffoli, F. Sciarrino, and F. De Martini, “Quantum-to-classical transitionvia fuzzy measurements on high gain spontaneous parametric down-conversion”, Phys. Rev. A 81, 032123(2010), IF:3.042.[8] F. De Martini, F. Sciarrino, N. Spagnolo, and C. Vitelli, “Generation of Highly Resilient to Decoher-ence Macroscopic Quantum Superpositions via Phase-covariant Quantum Cloning”, Found. Phys. 41,492 (2010), IF:1.170.[9] C. Vitelli, N. Spagnolo, L. Toffoli, F. Sciarrino, F. De Martini, “Enhanced Resolution of Lossy Inter-ferometry by Coherent Amplification of Single Photons”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 113602 (2010), IF:7.943.[10] N. Spagnolo, F. Sciarrino, F. De Martini, “Resilience to decoherence of the macroscopic quantumsuperpositions generated by universally covariant optimal quantum cloning”, Phys. Rev. A 82, 032325(2010), IF:3.042.[11] N. Spagnolo, C. Vitelli, F. Sciarrino, and F. De Martini, “Entanglement criteria for microscopic-macroscopic systems”, Phys. Rev. A 82, 052101 (2010), IF:3.042.[12] C. Vitelli, N. Spagnolo, F. Sciarrino, and F. De Martini, “Measurement-induced quantum operationson multiphoton states”, Phys. Rev. A 82, 062319 (2010), IF:3.042.[13] M. Barbieri, N. Spagnolo, M. G. Genoni, F. Ferreyrol, R. Blandino, M. G. A. Paris, P. Grangier,and R. Tualle-Brouri, “Non-Gaussianity of quantum states: An experimental test on single-photon-addedcoherent states”, Phys. Rev. A 82, 063833 (2010), IF:3.042.[14] F. Caruso, N. Spagnolo, C. Vitelli, F. Sciarrino, and M. B. Plenio, “Simulation of noise-assistedtransport via optical cavity networks ”, Phys. Rev. A 83, 013811 (2011), IF:3.042.[15] N. Spagnolo, C. Vitelli, M. Paternostro, F. De Martini, and F. Sciarrino, “Hybrid methods for wit-nessing entanglement in a microscopic-macroscopic system”, Phys. Rev. A 84, 032102 (2011), IF:3.042.[16] C. Vitelli, M. Terra-Cunha, N. Spagnolo, F. De Martini, F. Sciarrino, “Continuous-variable nonlo-cality test performed over a multiphoton quantum state”, Phys. Rev. A 85, 012104 (2012) IF:3.042.[17] N. Spagnolo, C. Vitelli, V. G. Lucivero, V. Giovannetti, L. Maccone, F. Sciarrino, “Phase Estimationvia Quantum Interferometry for Noisy Detectors”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 233602 (2012), IF:7.943.[18] N. Spagnolo, L. Aparo, C. Vitelli, A. Crespi, R. Ramponi, R. Osellame, P. Mataloni and F. Sciarrino,“Quantum interferometry with three-dimensional geometry”, Sci. Rep. 2, 862 (2012), IF:2.927.[19] F. Ferreyrol, N. Spagnolo, R. Blandino, M. Barbieri, and R. Tualle-Bruori, “Heralded processes oncontinuous-variable spaces as quantum maps”, Phys. Rev. A 86, 062327 (2012), IF:3.042.[20] N. Spagnolo, C. Vitelli, L. Aparo, P. Mataloni, F. Sciarrino, A. Crespi, R. Ramponi, and R. Osel-lame, “Three-photon bosonic coalescence in an integrated tritter”, Nature Communications 4, 1606 (2013),IF:10.015.[21] C. Vitelli, N. Spagnolo, L. Aparo, F. Sciarrino, E. Santamato and L. Marrucci, “Joining the quantumstate of two photons into one”, Nature Photonics 7, 521-526 (2013), IF:27.254.[22] A. Crespi, R. Osellame, R. Ramponi, D. J. Brod, E. F. Galvao, N. Spagnolo, C. Vitelli, E. Maiorino,P. Mataloni, and F. Sciarrino, “Integrated multimode interferometers with arbitrary designs for photonicboson sampling”, Nature Photonics 7, 545-549 (2013), IF:27.254.

Accepted papers on Refereed Journals[23] V. D’Ambrosio, N. Spagnolo, L. Del Re, S. Slussarenko, Y. Li, L. C. Kwek, L. Marrucci, S. P. Wal-born, L. Aolita, and F. Sciarrino, “Photonic polarization gears for ultra-sensitive angular measurements”,

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arXiv:1306.1606 (2013), accepted for publication in Nature Communications.

Conference Proceedings[CPl] F. S. Cataliotti, F. De Martini, F. Sciarrino, N. Spagnolo, and C. Vitelli, "Macroscopic quantumentanglement", Proc. SPIE 7092, 7092T (2008).[CP2] C. Vitelli, N. Spagnolo, F. Sciarrino, and F. De Martini, "Non Locality in a Micro-MacroscopicPhoton System", AIP Conf. Proc. 1101, 29 (2009).[CP3] N. Spagnolo, C. Vitelli, F. Sciarrino, and F. De Martini, "Entanglement and Decoherence in aMicroscopic-Macroscopic system", AIP Conf. Proc. 1110, 211 (2009).[CP4] C. Vitelli, N. Spagnolo, F. Sciarrino, and F. De Martini, "Micro-macro entangled photon systems:results and perspectives", Proc. SPIE 7355, 735508 (2009).[CP5] N. Spagnolo, C. Vitelli, F. Sciarrino, and F. De Martini, "Entanglément test in micro-macroscopicphoton system: criieria and assumptions", AIP Conf. Proc. 1327, 221 (2011).[CP6] N. Spagnolo, C. Vitelli, L. Toffoli, F. De Martini, and F. Sciarrino, "Enhanced resolution in lossyphase estimation by optical parametric amplification ", Proc. SPIE 8072, 80720M (2011).[CP7] N. Spagnolo, C. Vitelli, L. Toffoli, F. Sciarrino, F. De Martini, "Quantum-to-classical transitionvia fuzzy measurements on high gain spontaneous parametric down-conversion", AIP Conf. Proc, 1363,193 (2011). .[CP8J C. Vitelli, N. Spagnolo, L. Toffoli, F. Sciarrino, F. De Martini, "Enhanced resolution oJ lossyinterJerometry by coherent amplification oJ single photons", AIP Conf. Proc. 1363, J64 (2011).

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ArXiv Preprints and Submitted papers[ARI] N. Spagnolo, C. Vitelli, L. Sansoni, E. Maiorino, P. Mataloni, D. J. Brod, E. F. Galvao, A.Crespi, R. Ramponi, and R. Osellame, "Experimental observation oJ the bosonic birthday paradox",arXiv:1305.3188 (2013).

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