Scientific publications

Field of activity

My field of research is quantum information with focus on quantum optical implementations of quantum information processing, quantum and non-linear optics, quantum estimation.

Recent or unpublished

    • K. Łukanowski, M. Wójcik, S. Olivares, K. Banaszek and M. Jarzyna
      Security of Binary-Modulated Optical Key Distribution Against Quantum-Enhanced Coherent Eavesdropping
      preprint arXiv:2603.20395 [quant-ph]
    • E. Parente, M. N. Notarnicola, S. Olivares, E. Forestieri, L. Potì and M. Secondini
      Discrete-modulation continuous-variable quantum key distribution with probabilistic amplitude shaping over a linear quantum channel
      preprint arXiv:2603.02870 [quant-ph]
    • E. Suerra, S. Altilia, S. Olivares, A. Ferraro, S. Corli, E. Prati and S. Cialdi
      Experimental investigation of the effect of dispersion on squeezing generation in a synchronously pumped optical parametric oscillator
      preprint arXiv:2602.22806 [quant-ph]

    Year 2026

    1. S. Cassina, A. Pozzoli, M. N. Notarnicola, M. Lamperti, S. Olivares and A. Allevi
      Evaluating the performance of a weak-field homodyne receiver in quadrature phase-shift keying optical communication
      preprint arXiv:2604.08241 [quant-ph]
      to appear in Quantum Sci. Technol.
    1. Manju, S. Olivares and M. G. A. Paris
      Quadratic and cubic scrambling in the estimation of two successive phase-shifts
      preprint arXiv:2512.13640 [quant-ph]
      to appear in Adv. Quantum Technol.
    1. S. Olivares, S. Micalizio and M. G. A. Paris
      Ultimate bounds for precision of atomic clock frequency measurement: Rabi, Ramsey, and coherent-population-trapping technique
      Phys. Rev. A 113, 052428 (13 pages) (2026)
    1. E. Suerra, S. Altilia, S. Olivares, A. Ferraro, F. Canella, D. Giannotti, G. Galzerano, S. Corli, E. Prati and S. Cialdi
      Generation and detection of squeezed states via a synchronously pumped optical parametric oscillator
      Appl. Phys. B 132, 26 (7 pages) (2026)
    1. M. Radaelli, C. Benedetti and S. Olivares
      Quantum-driven sampling of the almost-uniform distribution via quantum walks
      New J. Phys. 28, 034510 (13 pages) (2026)
    1. S. Altilia, E. Suerra, S. Capra, G. Secci, S. Corli, S. Olivares, A. Ferraro, E. Prati and S. Cialdi
      A minimalist self-differencing gating scheme for dead-time-free single-photon avalanche diodes at high repetition rate
      Rev. Sci. Instrum. 97, 033102 (7 pages) (2026)

    Year 2025

    1. P. Sharma, S. Olivares, D. K. Mishra and M. G. A. Paris
      Mitigating sloppiness in joint estimation of successive squeezing parameters
      New J. Phys. 27, 104511 (13 pages) (2025)
    1. S. Cassina, M. N. Notarnicola, S. Olivares and A. Allevi
      On the application of a Silicon photomultiplier-based receiver for binary phase-shift-keying protocols
      Phys. Lett. A 541, 130403 (6 pages) (2025)
    1. M. N. Notarnicola and S. Olivares
      Employing weak-field homodyne detection for optical communications
      IEEE J. Sel. Areas Commun. 43, 1524-1535 (2025)

    Year 2024

    1. A. Sanvito, S. Cassina, M. Lamperti, M. N. Notarnicola, S. Olivares and A. Allevi
      Assessing a binary quantum channel exploiting a Silicon photomultiplier based hybrid receiver
      Opt. Express 32, 39846-39859 (2024)
    1. S. Cialdi, E. Suerra, S. Altilia, S. Olivares, B. Paroli, M. A. C. Potenza, M. Siano and M. G. A. Paris
      Local discrimination of orbital angular momentum in entangled states
      Phys. Rev. A 110, 043701 (5 pages) (2024)
    1. M. N. Notarnicola, S. Olivares and M. G. A. Paris
      Joint estimation of noise and nonlinearity in Kerr systems
      APL Quantum 1, 036118 (14 pages) (2024)
    1. M. Siano, B. Paroli, S. Cialdi, S. Olivares, M. G. A. Paris, E. Suerra and M. A. C. Potenza
      Experimental high sensitive local identification of azimuthal index of Laguerre–Gauss beams
      Opt. Commun. 557, 130349 (8 pages) (2024)
    1. M. N. Notarnicola and S. Olivares
      A robust hybrid receiver for binary phase-shift keying discrimination in the presence of phase noise
      Int. J. Quant. Inf. 22, 2450008 (16 pages) (2024)
    1. M. N. Notarnicola, S. Olivares, E. Forestieri, E. Parente, L. Potì and M. Secondini
      Probabilistic amplitude shaping for continuous-variable quantum key distribution with discrete modulation over a wiretap channel
      IEEE Trans. Commun. 72, 375-386 (2024)

    Year 2023

    1. F. Castelli, S. Cialdi, G. Costantini, R. Ferragut, M. Giammarchi, G. Gittini, M. Leone, G. Maero, S. Olivares, M. Romé, A. Simonetto and V. Toso
      Loss and revival of coherence in the interaction between a positron beam and a photon field
      J. Plasma Phys. 86, 935890603 (9 pages) (2023)
    1. M. N. Notarnicola and S. Olivares
      Beating the standard quantum limit for binary phase-shift-keying discrimination with a realistic hybrid feed-forward receiver
      Phys. Rev. A 108, 042619 ( 10 pages) (2023)
    1. M. N. Notarnicola, M. Jarzyna, S. Olivares and K. Banaszek
      Optimizing state-discrimination receivers for continuous-variable quantum key distribution over a wiretap channel
      New J. Phys. 25, 103014 (17 pages) (2023)
    1. N. Piovella and S. Olivares
      Single-Photon Superradiance and Subradiance as Collective Emission from Symmetric and Anti-Symmetric States
      Symmetry 15, 1817 (13 pages) (2023)
    1. M. N. Notarnicola and S. Olivares
      Long-distance continuous-variable quantum key distribution with feasible physical noiseless linear amplifier
      Phys. Rev. A 108, 022404 (12 pages) (2023)
    1. M. N. Notarnicola, M. G. A. Paris and S. Olivares
      Hybrid near-optimum binary receiver with realistic photon-number-resolving detectors
      J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 40, 705-714 (2023)
    1. A. Morea, M. N. Notarnicola and S. Olivares
      Entanglement recovery in noisy binary quantum information protocols via three-qubit quantum error correction codes
      Int. J. Quant. Inf. 21, 2340002 (15 pages) (2023)

    Year 2022

    1. M. Frigerio, S. Olivares and M. G. A. Paris
      Cost-effective temperature estimation strategies for thermal states with probabilistic quantum metrology
      Quantum Sci. Technol. 7, 035011 (13 pages) (2022)
    1. M. N. Notarnicola, M. G. Genoni, S. Cialdi, M. G. A. Paris and S. Olivares
      Phase noise mitigation by a realistic optical parametric oscillator
      J. Opt. Soc. Am. 39, 1059-1067 (2022)
    1. M. Frigerio, C. Benedetti, S. Olivares and M. G. A. Paris
      Quantum-classical distance as a tool to design optimal chiral quantum walk
      Phys. Rev. A 105, 032425 (15 pages) (2022)
    1. M. Frigerio, C. Destri, S. Olivares and M. G. A. Paris
      Quantum steering with Gaussian states: A tutorial
      Phys. Lett. A 430, 127954 (10 pages) (2022)

    Year 2021

    1. F. Benatti, S. Olivares, G. Perosa, D. Bajoni, S. Di Mitri, R. Floreanini, L. Ratti and F. Parmigiani
      Quantum state features of the FEL radiation from the occupation number statistics
      Opt. Express 29, 40434 (23 pages) (2021)
    1. S. Cialdi, E. Suerra, M. G. A. Paris and S. Olivares
      Technique for active stabilization of the relative phase between seed and pump in an optical parametric oscillator
      Phys. Rev. A 104, 053706 (9 pages) (2021)
    1. A. Candeloro, S. Razavian, M. Piccolini, Berihu Teklu, S. Olivares and M. G. A. Paris
      Quantum probes for the characterization of nonlinear media
      Entropy 23, 1353 (13 pages) (2021)
    1. F. Mattiotti, W. M. Brown, N. Piovella, S. Olivares, E. M. Gauger and G. L. Celardo
      Bio-inspired natural sunlight-pumped lasers
      New J. Phys. 23, 103015 (16 pages) (2021)
    1. S. Olivares
      Introduction to generation, manipulation and characterization of optical quantum states
      Phys. Lett. A 418, 127720 (15 pages) (2021)
    1. A. Candeloro, C. Mereghetti, B. Palano, S. Cialdi, M. G. A. Paris and S. Olivares
      An enhanced photonic quantum finite automaton
      Appl. Sci. 11, 8768 (12 pages) (2021)
    1. M. Frigerio, C. Benedetti, S. Olivares and M. G. A. Paris
      Generalized quantum-classical correspondence for random walks on graphs
      Phys. Rev. A 104,  L030201 (5 pages) (2021)
    1. M. Frigerio, S. Olivares and M. G. A. Paris
      Steering nonclassicality of Gaussian states
      Phys. Rev. A 103, 022209 (16 pages) (2021)
    1. M. G. A. Paris, C. Benedetti and S. Olivares
      Improving quantum search on simple graphs by pretty good structured oracles
      Symmetry 13, 96 (8 pages) (2021)

    Year 2020

    1. G. Carrara, M. G. Genoni, S. Cialdi, M. G. A. Paris and S. Olivares
      Squeezing as a resource to counteract phase diffusion in optical phase estimation
      Phys. Rev. A 102, 062610 (7 pages) (2020)
    1. S. Cialdi, E. Suerra, S. Olivares, S. Capra and M. G. A. Paris
      Squeezing phase diffusion
      Phys. Rev. Lett. 124, 163601 (6 pages) (2020)
    1. S. Olivares, A. Allevi and M. Bondani
      On the role of the local oscillator intensity in optical homodyne-like tomography
      Phys. Lett. A 384, 126354 (6 pages) (2020)
    1. C. Benedetti, V. Vento, S. Olivares, M. G. A. Paris and S. Cialdi
      Experimental realization of a local-to-global noise transition in a two-qubit optical simulator
      Phys. Rev. A 101, 032348 (7 pages) (2020)
    1. C. Mereghetti, B. Palano, S. Cialdi, V. Vento, M. G. A. Paris and S. Olivares
      Photonic realization of a quantum finite automaton
      Phys. Rev. Research 2, 013089 (15 pages) (2020)

    Year 2019

    1. S. Cialdi, C. Benedetti, D. Tamascelli, S. Olivares, M. G. A. Paris and B. Vacchini
      Experimental investigation of the effect of classical noise on quantum non-Markovian dynamics
      Phys. Rev. A 100, 052104 (7 pages) (2019)
    1. S. Olivares, A. Allevi, G. Caiazzo, M. G. A. Paris and M. Bondani
      Quantum tomography of light states by photon-number-resolving detectors
      New J. Phys. 21, 103045 (10 pages) (2019)
    1. D. Ferracin, A. Mattioni, S. Olivares, F. Caycedo-Soler and D. Tamascelli
      Which-way interference within ringlike unit cells for efficient energy transfer
      Phys. Rev. A 99, 062505 (9 pages) (2019)

    Year 2018

    1. M. Cattaneo, M. G. A. Paris and S. Olivares
      Hybrid quantum key distribution using coherent states and photon-number-resolving detectors
      Phys. Rev. A 98, 012333 (5 pages) (2018)
    1. S. Olivares, S. Cialdi and M. G. A. Paris
      Homodyning the g(2)(0) of Gaussian states
      Opt. Commun. 426, 547-552 (2018)
    1. C. Porto, D. Rusca, S. Cialdi, A. Crespi, R. Osellame, D. Tamascelli, S. Olivares and M. G. A. Paris
      Detection of squeezed light with glass- integrated technology embedded into a homodyne detector setup
      J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 35, 1596-1602 (2018)
      – Highlighted as an Editor’s Pick https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.35.001596
    1. S. Olivares
      High-precision innovative sensing with continuous-variable optical states
      Riv. Nuovo Cimento 41, 341-382 (2018)
    1. G. Chesi, S. Olivares and M. G. A. Paris
      Squeezing-enhanced phase-shift-keyed binary communication in noisy channels
      Phys. Rev. A 97, 032315 (6 pages) (2018)

    Year 2017

    1. A. Allevi, M. Bina, S. Olivares and M. Bondani
      Homodyne-like detection scheme based on photon-number-resolving detectors
      Int. J. Quant. Inf. 15, 1740016 (11 pages) (2017)
    1. F. Benatti, R. Floreanini, S. Olivares and E. Sindici
      Noisy effects in interferometric quantum gravity tests
      Int. J. Quant. Inf. 15, 1740014 (15 pages) (2017)
    1. M. A. C. Rossi, C. Benedetti, D. Tamascelli, S. Cialdi, S. Olivares, B. Vacchini and M. G. A. Paris
      Non-Markovianity by undersampling in quantum optical simulators
      Int. J. Quant. Inf. 15, 1740009 (11 pages) (2017)
    1. D. Tamascelli, A. Segati and S. Olivares
      Dephasing assisted transport on a biomimetic ring structure
      Int. J. Quant. Inf. 15, 1740006 (11 pages) (2017)
    1. M. Bina, A. Allevi, M. Bondani and S. Olivares
      Homodyne-like detection for coherent state-discrimination in the presence of phase noise
      Opt. Express 25, 10685-10692 (2017)
    1. S. Cialdi, M. A. C. Rossi, C. Benedetti, B. Vacchini, D. Tamascelli, S. Olivares and M. G. A. Paris
      All-optical quantum simulator of qubit noisy channels
      Appl. Phys. Lett. 110, 081107 (4 pages) (2017)
    1. A. Pecoraro, D. Buono, G. Nocerino, A. Porzio, S. Olivares and M. G. A. Paris
      Experimental pre-assessing of two-mode entanglement in Gaussian state mixing
      J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 34, 404-411 (2017)

    Year 2016

    1. Z. Mazzotta, S. Cialdi, D. Cipriani, S. Olivares and M. G. A. Paris
      High-order dispersion effects in two-photon interference
      Phys. Rev. A 94, 063842 (6 pages) (2016)
    1. D. Tamascelli, C. Benedetti, S. Olivares and M. G. A. Paris
      Characterization of qubit chains by Feynman probes
      Phys. Rev. A 94, 042129 (8 pages) (2016)
    1. S. Sala, M. Giammarchi and S. Olivares
      Asymmetric Talbot-Lau interferometry for inertial sensing
      Phys. Rev. A 94, 033625 (13 pages) (2016)
    1. A. Mandarino, M. Bina, C. Porto, S. Cialdi, S. Olivares and M. G. A. Paris
      Assessing the significance of fidelity as a figure of merit in quantum state reconstruction of discrete and continuous-variable systems
      Phys. Rev. A 93, 062118 (10 pages) (2016)
      – Phys. Rev. A kaleidoscope selection (June 2016)
    1. D. Tamascelli, S. Olivares, S. Rossotti, R. Osellame and M. G. A. Paris
      Quantum state transfer via Bloch oscillations
      Sci. Rep. 6, 26054 (7 pages) (2016)
    1. M. Bina, A. Allevi, M. Bondani and S. Olivares
      Phase-reference monitoring in coherent-state discrimination assisted by a photon-number resolving detector
      Sci. Rep. 6, 26025 (9 pages) (2016)
    1. S. Olivares, M. Popovic and M. G. A. Paris
      Phase estimation with squeezed single photons
      Quantum Meas. Quantum Metrol. 3, 38-43 (2016)
    1. S. Cialdi, C. Porto, D. Cipriani, S. Olivares and M. G. A. Paris
      Full quantum state reconstruction of symmetric two-mode squeezed thermal states via spectral homodyne detection and a state-balancing detector
      Phys. Rev. A 93, 043805 (7 pages) (2016)
      – Phys. Rev. A kaleidoscope selection (April 2016)
    1. C. Sparaciari, S. Olivares and M. G. A. Paris
      Gaussian-state interferometry with passive and active elements
      Phys. Rev. A 93, 023810 (13 pages) (2016)

    Year 2015

    1. I. Ruo Berchera, I. P. Degiovanni, S. Olivares, N. Samantaray, P. Traina and M. Genovese
      One- and two-mode squeezed light in correlated interferometry
      Phys. Rev. A 92, 053821 (8 pages) (2015)
    1. S. Sala, F. Castelli, M. Giammarchi, S. Siccardi and S. Olivares
      Matter-wave interferometry: towards antimatter interferometers
      J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 48, 195002 (10 pages) (2015)
    1. J. Trapani, Berihu Teklu, S. Olivares, and M. G. A. Paris
      Quantum phase communication channels in the presence of static and dynamical phase diffusion
      Phys. Rev. A 92, 012317 (7 pages) (2015)
    1. Berihu Teklu, J. Trapani, S. Olivares and M. G. A. Paris
      Noisy quantum phase communication channels
      Phys. Scr. 90, 074027 (6 pages) (2015)
    1. M. Brunelli, C. Benedetti, S. Olivares, A. Ferraro and M. G. A. Paris
      Single- and two-mode quantumness at a beam splitter
      Phys. Rev. A 91, 062315 (11 pages) (2015)
    1. C. Sparaciari, S. Olivares and M. G. A. Paris
      Bounds to precision for quantum interferometry with Gaussian states and operations
      J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 32, 1354-1359 (2015)
      – Highlighted Article from OSA Journals – Spotlight on Optics (July 2015)
    1. M. G. Genoni, M. Bina, S. Olivares, G. De Chiara and M. Paternostro
      Squeezing of mechanical motion via qubit-assisted control
      New J. Phys. 17, 013034 (9 pages) (2015)
    1. M. Mondin, F. Daneshgaran, I. Bari, M. T. Delgado, S. Olivares and M. G. A. Paris
      Soft-metric-based channel decoding for photon counting receivers
      IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron. 21, 6400407 (7 pages) (2015)

    Year 2014

    1. M. Bina and S. Olivares
      Intensity correlations from linear interactions
      Quantum Meas. Quantum Metrol. 2, 50-55 (2014)
    1. M. Bina, S. Maffezzoli Felis and S. Olivares 
      Entanglement generation in the ultra-strongly coupled Rabi model 
      Int. J. Quant. Inf. 12, 1560016 (11 pages) (2014)
    1. S. Cialdi, A. Smirne, M. G. A. Paris, S. Olivares and B. Vacchini
      Two-step procedure to discriminate discordant from classical correlated or factorized states
      Phys. Rev. A 90, 050301(R) (5 pages) (2014)
    1. S. Ragy, I. Ruo Berchera, I. P. Degiovanni, S. Olivares, M. G. A. Paris, G. Adesso and M. Genovese
      Quantifying the source of enhancement in experimental continuous variable quantum illumination
      J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 31, 2045-2050 (2014)
    1. A. Allevi, S. Olivares and M. Bondani
      Bracket states for communication protocols with coherent states
      Int. J. Quant. Inf. 12, 1461018 (9 pages) (2014)
    1. A. Mandarino, M. Bina, S. Olivares and M. G. A. Paris
      About the use of fidelity in continuous variable systems
      Int. J. Quant. Inf. 12, 1461015 (9 pages) (2014)
    1. C. Sparaciari, S. Olivares, F. Ticozzi and M. G. A. Paris
      Exact and approximate solutions for the quantum minimum-Kullback-entropy estimation problem
      Phys. Rev. A 89, 042124 (8 pages) (2014)
      – Phys. Rev. A kaleidoscope selection (April 2014)
    1. M. Esposito, F. Benatti, R. Floreanini, S. Olivares, F. Randi, K. Titimbo, M. Pividori, F. Novelli, F. Cilento, F. Parmigiani and D. Fausti
      Pulsed homodyne Gaussian quantum tomography with low detection efficiency
      New. J. Phys. 16, 043004 (15 pages) (2014)
    1. M. L. Palma, J. Stammers, M. G. Genoni, T. Tufarelli, S. Olivares, M. S. Kim and M. G. A. Paris
      Detecting quantum non-Gaussianity of noisy Schrödinger cat states
      Phys. Scr. T160, 014035 (4 pages) (2014)
    1. E. P. Lopaeva, I. Ruo Berchera, S. Olivares, G. Brida, I. P. Degiovanni and M. Genovese
      A detailed description of the experimental realization of a quantum illumination protocol
      Phys. Scr. T160, 014026 (6 pages) (2014)
    1. S. Olivares, A. Allevi and M. Bondani
      Gaussian and non-Gaussian operations on non-Gaussian state: engineering non-Gaussianity
      Quantum Meas. Quantum Metrol. 2, 1-10 (2014)
    1. M. Bina, A. Mandarino, S. Olivares and M. G. A. Paris
      Drawbacks of the use of fidelity to assess quantum resources
      Phys. Rev. A 89, 012305 (6 pages) (2014)
      – Phys. Rev. A kaleidoscope selection (January 2014)

    Year 2013

    1. A. Cazzaniga, S. Maniscalco, S. Olivares and M. G. A. Paris
      Dynamical paths and universality in continuous-variable open systems
      Phys. Rev. A 88, 032121 (7 pages) (2013)
    1. A. Allevi, M. Bondani, P. Marian, T. A. Marian and S. Olivares
      Characterization of phase-averaged coherent states
      J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 30, 2621-2627 (2013)
    1. A. Meda, S. Olivares, I. P. Degiovanni, G. Brida, M. Genovese and M. G. A. Paris
      Revealing interference by continuous variable discordant states
      Optics Letters 38, 3099-3102 (2013)
    1. M. G. Genoni, M. L. Palma, T. Tufarelli, S. Olivares, M. S. Kim and M. G. A. Paris
      Detecting quantum non-Gaussianity via the Wigner function
      Phys. Rev. A 87, 062104 (9 pages) (2013)
    1. I. Ruo Berchera, I. P. Degiovanni, S. Olivares and M. Genovese
      Quantum light in coupled interferometers for quantum gravity tests
      Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 213601 (5 pages) (2013)
    1. S. Olivares, S. Cialdi, F. Castelli and M. G. A. Paris
      Homodyne detection as a near-optimum receiver for phase-shift keyed binary communication in the presence of phase diffusion
      Phys. Rev. A 87, 050303(R) (4 pages) (2013)
    1. E. D. Lopaeva, I. Ruo Berchera, I. P. Degiovanni, S. Olivares, G. Brida and M. Genovese
      Experimental realization of quantum illumination
      Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 153603 (5 pages) (2013)
    1. G. Brida, I. P. Degiovanni, M. Genovese, A. Meda, S. Olivares and M. Paris
      The illusionist game and hidden correlations
      Phys. Scr. T153, 014006 (5 pages) (2013)
      – Included in the Physica Scripta Highlights of 2013
    1. S. Olivares and M. G. A. Paris
      The balance of quantum correlations for a class of feasible tripartite continuous variable states
      Int. J. Mod. Phys. B 27, 1345024 (10 pages) (2013)

    Year 2012

    1. M. Brunelli, S. Olivares, M. Paternostro and M. G. A. Paris
      Estimation of purity for a quantum harmonic oscillator initially prepared in a displaced thermal state
      Int. J. Quant. Inf. 10, 1241015 (10 pages) (2012)
    1. A. Allevi, S. Olivares and M. Bondani
      Experimental quantification of non-Gaussianity of phase-randomized coherent states
      Int. J. Quant. Inf. 10, 1241006 (9 pages) (2012)
    1. S. Olivares
      Interference of multi-mode Gaussian states and “non appearance” of quantum correlations
      Int. J. Quant. Inf. 10, 1241004 (11 pages) (2012)
    1. 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 (8 pages) (2012)
    1. F. Benatti, R. Floreanini and S. Olivares
      Non-divisibility and non-Markovianity in a Gaussian dissipative dynamics
      Phys. Lett. A 376, 2951-2954 (2012)
    1. A. Allevi, S. Olivares and M. Bondani
      Manipulating the non-Gaussianity of phase-randomized coherent states
      Opt. Express 20, 24850-24855 (2012)
    1. M. Brunelli, S. Olivares, M. Paternostro and M. G. A. Paris
      Qubit-assisted thermometry of a quantum harmonic oscillator
      Phys. Rev. A 86, 012125 (7 pages) (2012)
    1. 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 (5 pages) (2012)
    1. 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 (5 pages) (2012)
    1. S. Olivares and M. G. A. Paris
      About the probability distribution of a quantity with given mean and variance
      Metrologia 49, L14-L16 (2012)
    1. S. Olivares and M. G. A. Paris
      Quantum estimation of states and operations from incomplete data
      Eur. Phys. J. Special Topics 203, 185-192 (2012)
    1. S. Olivares
      Quantum optics in the phase space – A tutorial on Gaussian states
      Eur. Phys. J. Special Topics 203, 3-24 (2012)

    Year 2011

    1. S. Olivares
      Dynamics of the quantum correlations of two interfering Gaussian states
      Int. J. Quant. Inf. 9, 1727-1736 (2011)
    1. S. Olivares and M. G. A. Paris
      Fidelity matters: the birth of entanglement in the mixing of Gaussian states
      Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 170505 (4 pages) (2011)
    1. F. Benatti, R. Floreanini, M. Genovese and S. Olivares
      Quantum contextuality in N-boson systems
      Phys. Rev. A 84, 034102 (4 pages) (2011)
    1. M. Brunelli, S. Olivares and M. G. A. Paris
      Qubit thermometry for micromechanical resonators
      Phys. Rev. A 84, 032105 (9 pages) (2011)
    1. 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 (6 pages) (2011)
    1. M. G. Genoni, S. Olivares and M. G. A. Paris
      Optical phase estimation in the presence of phase diffusion
      Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 153603 (4 pages) (2011)
    1. E. Tesio, S. Olivares and M. G. A. Paris
      Optimized qubit phase estimation in noisy quantum channels
      Int. J. Quant. Inf. 9, 379-387 (2011)
    1. 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 (7 pages) (2011)
    1. 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, 1-11 (2011)

    Year 2010

    1. 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 (6 pages) (2010)
    1. 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 (3 pages) (2010)
    1. 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 (4 pages) (2010)
    1. 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 (5 pages) (2010)
    1. 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 (8 pages) (2010) 
    1. R. Vasile, P. Giorda, S. Olivares, M. G. A. Paris and S. Maniscalco
      Nonclassical correlations in non-Markovian continuous-variable systems
      Phys. Rev. A 82, 012313 (10 pages) (2010)
    1. 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-A118 (2010)
    1. 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 (7 pages) (2010)

    Year 2009

    1. R. Vasile, S. Olivares, M. G. A. Paris and S. Maniscalco 
      Continuous-variable-entanglement dynamics in structured reservoirs 
      Phys. Rev. A 80, 062324 (11 pages) (2009)
    1. S. Olivares and M. G. A. Paris
      Entanglement-induced invariance in bilinear interactions
      Phys. Rev. A 80, 032329 (7 pages) (2009)
    1. 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 (5 pages) (2009)
    1. 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 (7 pages) (2009)
    1. 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, 196-200 (2009)
    1. S. Olivares and M. G. A. Paris
      Bayesian estimation in homodyne interferometry
      J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 42, 055506 (7 pages) (2009)
    1. 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, 27-32 (2009)
    1. 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 (6 pages) (2009)
    1. 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 (4 pages) (2009)

    Year 2008

    1. S. Olivares and M. G. A. Paris 
      Optimal continuous variable telecloning with bright entangled beams 
      Eur. Phys. J. Special Topics 160, 319-330 (2008)

    Year 2007

    1. S. Olivares, F. Casagrande, A. Lulli and M. G. A. Paris 
      Reconstruction of the photon distribution in a micromaser 
      Europhys. Lett. 80, 64002 (6 pages) (2007)
    1. S. Olivares and M. G. A. Paris 
      Quantum estimation via the minimum Kullback entropy principle 
      Phys. Rev. A 76, 042120 (7 pages) (2007)
    1. S. Olivares 
      Selective cloning of Gaussian states by linear optics 
      Phys. Rev. A 76, 022305 (6 pages) (2007)
    1. S. Olivares and M. G. A. Paris 
      Optimized interferometry with Gaussian states 
      Opt. Spectrosc. 103, 231-236 (2007)
    1. S. Maniscalco, S. Olivares and M. G. A. Paris 
      Entanglement oscillations in non-Markovian quantum channels 
      Phys. Rev. A 75, 062119 (5 pages) (2007)
    1. S. Olivares and M. G. A. Paris 
      Improving information/disturbance and estimation/distortion trade-offs with non universal protocols 
      J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 40, 7945-7954 (2007)
    1. S. Salvini, S. Olivares and M. G. A. Paris 
      Sensitivity of Hilbert and Bures distances to qubit perturbations 
      Int. J. Quant. Inf. 5, 119-124 (2007)
    1. 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, 63-68 (2007)
    1. S. Salvini, S. Olivares and M. G. A. Paris 
      Distances between qubits and sensitivity to perturbations 
      Laser Physics 17, 552-558 (2007)

    Year 2006

    1. S. Olivares, M. G. A. Paris and U. L. Andersen 
      Optimal cloning of coherent states by linear optics 
      Acta Phys. Hung. A 26, 293-299 (2006)
    1. S. Olivares and M. G. A. Paris 
      De-Gaussification by inconclusive photon subtraction 
      Laser Physics 16, 1533-1550 (2006)
    1. S. Olivares, M. G. A. Paris and U. L. Andersen 
      Cloning of Gaussian states by linear optics 
      Phys. Rev. A 73, 062330 (8 pages) (2006)

    Year 2005

    1. 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-S753 (2005)
    1. S. Olivares and M. G. A. Paris 
      Squeezed Fock state by inconclusive photon subtraction 
      J. Opt. B: Quantum and Semiclass. Opt. 7, S616-S621 (2005)
    1. 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 (12 pages) (2005)
    1. 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-S397 (2005)

    Year 2004

    1. A. R. Rossi, S. Olivares and M. G. A. Paris 
      Photon statistics without counting photons 
      Phys. Rev. A 70, 055801 (4 pages) (2004)
    1. S. Olivares and M. G. A. Paris
      Enhancement of nonlocality in phase space 
      Phys. Rev. A 70, 032112 (6 pages) (2004)
    1. A. R. Rossi, S. Olivares and M. G. A. Paris 
      Degradation of continuous variable entanglement in a phase-sensitive environment 
      J. Mod. Opt. 51, 1057-1061 (2004)
    1. 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, 69-80 (2004)

    Year 2003

    1. S. Olivares, M. G. A. Paris and A. R. Rossi 
      Optimized teleportation in Gaussian noisy channels 
      Phys. Lett. A 319, 32-43 (2003)
    1. S. Olivares, M. G. A. Paris and R. Bonifacio 
      Teleportation improvement by inconclusive photon subtraction 
      Phys. Rev. A 67, 032314 (5 pages) (2003)

    Year 2002

    1. S. Olivares 
      Superposition principle, spontaneous decoherence and C60 molecule interference 
      J. Opt. B: Quantum and Semiclass. Opt. 4, 438-441 (2002)
    1. R. Bonifacio and S. Olivares 
      Puzzling aspects of Young interference and spontaneous intrinsic decoherence 
      J. Opt. B: Quantum and Semiclass. Opt. 4, S253-S259 (2002)

    Year 2001

    1. R. Bonifacio and S. Olivares 
      Young’s experiment, Schrödinger’s spread and spontaneous intrinsic decoherence 
      Z. Naturforsch. 56, 41-47 (2001)

    Year 2000

    1. R. Bonifacio, S. Olivares, P. Tombesi and D. Vitali 
      Model-independent approach to nondissipative decoeherence 
      Phys. Rev. A 61, 053802 (8 pages) (2000)
    1. R. Bonifacio, S. Olivares, P. Tombesi and D. Vitali 
      Non-dissipative decoeherence in Rabi oscillation experiments 
      J. Mod. Opt. 47, 2199-2211 (2000)