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D-Index
60
Citations
16398
World Ranking
1608
National Ranking
80

Overview

Mark G. Thompson is a researcher affiliated with the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom. Their academic work spans several fields including Computer Science, Physics and Astronomy, and Engineering, reflecting an interdisciplinary approach to scientific investigation.

Their research contributions are distributed across subfields such as Artificial Intelligence, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, and Spectroscopy. This variety indicates engagement with both theoretical and applied aspects of modern science and technology.

Thompson's main research topics cover a range of areas involving advanced computational techniques and physical systems. These include Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing, Quantum Information and Cryptography, Photonic and Optical Devices, Optical Network Technologies, Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture, Mechanical and Optical Resonators, and Topological Materials and Phenomena.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Thompson illustrate the focus of their work:

  • A programmable qudit-based quantum processor (2022), published in Nature Communications
  • Very-large-scale integrated quantum graph photonics (2023), published in Nature Photonics
  • An integrated optical modulator operating at cryogenic temperatures (2020), published in Nature Materials
  • Chip-based measurement-device-independent quantum key distribution (2020), published in Optica
  • Topologically protected quantum entanglement emitters (2022), published in Nature Photonics

Collaborative research plays a significant role in their career, with frequent co-authors including Jianwei Wang, John Rarity, Stefano Paesani, Duncan MacKay, and J. S. Urquhart.

Thompson's work is often published in venues specializing in optics, photonics, and physics. Prominent publication venues include Frontiers in Optics / Laser Science, Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, Nature Photonics, Nature Physics, and arXiv (Cornell University).

Aside from journal articles, Thompson has contributed to academic books. Notably, they have a publication with Cambridge University Press titled Case Studies in Star Formation released in 2023.

Best Publications

  • Integrated photonic quantum technologies

    Jianwei Wang;Fabio Sciarrino;Anthony Laing;Mark G. Thompson

  • Universal linear optics

    Jacques Carolan;Christopher Harrold;Chris Sparrow;Chris Sparrow;Enrique Martín-López

  • Quantum Walks of Correlated Photons

    Alberto Peruzzo;Mirko Lobino;Jonathan C.F. Matthews;Nobuyuki Matsuda

  • Integrated Compact Optical Vortex Beam Emitters

    Xinlun Cai;Jianwei Wang;Michael J. Strain;Benjamin Johnson-Morris

  • Multidimensional quantum entanglement with large-scale integrated optics.

    Jianwei Wang;Jianwei Wang;Stefano Paesani;Yunhong Ding;Raffaele Santagati

  • On-chip quantum interference between silicon photon-pair sources

    Joshua W. Silverstone;Damien Bonneau;Kazuya Ohira;Nob Suzuki

  • Large-scale silicon quantum photonics implementing arbitrary two-qubit processing

    Xiaogang Qiang;Xiaogang Qiang;Xiaoqi Zhou;Jianwei Wang;Jianwei Wang;Callum M. Wilkes

  • Silicon Quantum Photonics

    Joshua W. Silverstone;Damien Bonneau;Jeremy L. OBrien;Mark G. Thompson

  • Chip-based quantum key distribution

    Mark Godfrey;Mark Thompson;Philip Sibson

  • Generating, manipulating and measuring entanglement and mixture with a reconfigurable photonic circuit

    Peter J. Shadbolt;Maria Rodas Verde;Alberto Peruzzo;Alberto Politi

  • Chip-to-chip quantum teleportation and multi-photon entanglement in silicon

    Daniel Llewellyn;Yunhong Ding;Imad I. Faruque;Stefano Paesani

  • Qubit entanglement between ring-resonator photon-pair sources on a silicon chip

    Joshua W. Silverstone;Raffaele Santagati;Damien Bonneau;Michael J. Strain

  • GaAs integrated quantum photonics: Towards compact and multi-functional quantum photonic integrated circuits

    Christof Peter Dietrich;Andrea Fiore;Mark G. Thompson;Martin Kamp

  • On the experimental verification of quantum complexity in linear optics

    Jacques Carolan;Jasmin D. A. Meinecke;Peter J. Shadbolt;Nicholas J. Russell

  • Integrated silicon photonics for high-speed quantum key distribution

    Philip M N Sibson;Jake Kennard;Stasja Stanisic;Christopher Erven

  • Experimental quantum Hamiltonian learning

    Jianwei Wang;Stefano Paesani;Raffaele Santagati;Sebastian Knauer

  • InGaAs Quantum-Dot Mode-Locked Laser Diodes

    M.G. Thompson;A.R. Rae;Mo Xia;R.V. Penty

  • Integrated Quantum Photonics

    D Bonneau;P Kalasuwan;A Laing;T Lawson

  • Witnessing eigenstates for quantum simulation of Hamiltonian spectra.

    Raffaele Santagati;Jianwei Wang;Antonio A. Gentile;Stefano Paesani

  • Photon pair generation in a silicon micro-ring resonator with reverse bias enhancement

    Erman Engin;Damien Bonneau;Chandra M Natarajan;Alex S Clark

  • Generation and sampling of quantum states of light in a silicon chip

    Stefano Paesani;Yunhong Ding;Raffaele Santagati;Levon Chakhmakhchyan

  • Long-wavelength monolithic mode-locked diode lasers

    K A Williams;K A Williams;M G Thompson;I H White

  • 2011 CONFERENCE ON LASERS AND ELECTRO-OPTICS (CLEO)

    Alberto Politi;Jonathan C F Matthews;Anthony Laing;Alberto Peruzzo

  • Chip-based Quantum Key Distribution

    Philip Sibson;Chris Erven;Mark Godfrey;Shigehito Miki

  • Silicon quantum photonics

    J.W. Silverstone;J. Wang;D. Bonneau;P. Sibson

Frequent Co-Authors

Ian H. White
Ian H. White University of Bath
Richard V. Penty
Richard V. Penty University of Cambridge
John Rarity
John Rarity University of Bristol
Robert H. Hadfield
Robert H. Hadfield University of Glasgow
A. R. Kovsh
A. R. Kovsh Arista (United States)
Siyuan Yu
Siyuan Yu Sun Yat-sen University
Michael J. Strain
Michael J. Strain University of Strathclyde
Marc Sorel
Marc Sorel University of Glasgow
Mikio Fujiwara
Mikio Fujiwara National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
Leif Katsuo Oxenløwe
Leif Katsuo Oxenløwe Technical University of Denmark

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