Education Background

Ph. D.   IIIS, Tsinghua University, China (advisor: Prof. Luming Duan)                                           2012 - 2018

B. E.      IIIS (Yao class), Tsinghua University, China                                                                        2008 - 2012

Research Interest

Trapped ion quantum network

Cold atom quantum repeater

Academic Employment

Assistant Professor, Tsinghua University                                                                                                                            2021-

Visiting Researcher, University of Innsbruck                                                                                                                      2020-2021

Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Innsbruck (with Prof. Tracy Northup, Prof. Ben Lanyon, Prof. Rainer Blatt)          2018-2020

Publications

14. "Realization of a crosstalk-free multi-ion node for long-distance quantum networking", P.-C. Lai*, Y. Wang*, J.-X. Shi*, Z.-B. Cui, Z.-Q. Wang, S. Zhang, P.-Y. Liu, Z.-C. Tian, Y.-D. Sun, X.-Y. Chang, B.-X. Qi, Y.-Y. Huang, Z.-C. Zhou, Y.-K. Wu, Y. Xu, Y.-F. Pu#, L.-M. Duan# , arXiv:2405.13369

13. "Fast delivery of heralded atom-photon quantum correlation over 12km fiber through multiplexing enhancement", Sheng Zhang*, Jixuan Shi*, Yibo Liang, Yuedong Sun, Yukai Wu, Luming Duan#, Yunfei Pu#, Nature Communications 15, 10306 (2024)

12. "Realization of a programmable multi-purpose photonic quantum memory with over-thousand qubit manipulations", Sheng Zhang, Jixuan Shi, Zhaibin Cui, Ye Wang, Yukai Wu, Luming Duan#, Yunfei Pu#, Phys. Rev. X 14, 021018 (2024)

11. "Realization of a crosstalk-avoided quantum network node with dual-type qubits by the same ion species", L. Feng, Y. -Y Huang, Y. -K. Wu, W. -X. Guo, J. -Y. Ma, H. -X. Yang, L. Zhang, Y. Wang, C. -X. Huang, C. Zhang, L. Yao, B. -X. Qi, Y. -F. Pu, Z. -C. Zhou, L. -M. Duan, Nature Communications 15, 204 (2024)

10. "Entanglement of trapped-ion qubits separated by 230 meters", V. Krutyanskiy, M. Galli, V. Krcmarsky, S. Baier, D. A. Fioretto, Y. Pu, A. Mazloom, P. Sekatski, M. Canteri, M. Teller, J. Schupp, J. Bate, M. Meraner, N. Sangouard, B. P. Lanyon, T. E. Northup, Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 050803 (2023)

9. "Quantum-Memory-Enhanced Preparation of Nonlocal Graph States", Sheng Zhang, Yu-Kai Wu, Chang Li, Nan Jiang, Yun-Fei Pu, Lu-Ming Duan,  Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 080501 (2022)

8. "Multicell Atomic Quantum Memory as a Hardware-Efficient Quantum Repeater Node", C. Li, S. Zhang, Y.-K. Wu, N. Jiang, Y.-F. Pu, L.-M. Duan, PRX Quantum 2, 040307 (2021)

7. "Experimental demonstration of memory-enhanced scaling for entanglement connection of quantum repeater segments", Y.-F. Pu*, S. Zhang*, Y.-K. Wu, N. Jiang, W. Chang, C. Li, L.-M. Duan, Nature Photonics 15, 374-378 (2021)

6. "Quantum Communication between Multiplexed Atomic Quantum Memories", C. Li, N. Jiang, Y.-K. Wu, W. Chang, Y.-F. Pu, S. Zhang, L.-M- Duan, Phys. Rev. Lett. 124, 240504 (2020)

5. "High-dimensional entanglement between a photon and a multiplexed atomic quantum memory", C. Li, Y.-K. Wu, W. Chang, S. Zhang, Y.-F. Pu, N. Jiang, L.-M. Duan, Phys. Rev. A 101, 032312 (2020)

4. "Long-Distance Entanglement between a Multiplexed Quantum Memory and a Telecom Photon", W. Chang, C. Li, Y.-K. Wu, N. Jiang, S. Zhang, Y.-F. Pu, X.-Y. Chang, L.-M. Duan, Phys. Rev. X 9, 041033 (2019)

3. "Experimental realization of random access quantum memory of 105 qubits", N. Jiang*, Y.-F. Pu*, W. Chang, C. Li, S. Zhang, L.-M. Duan, npj Quantum Information 5, 28 (2019)

2. "Experimental entanglement of 25 individually accessible atomic quantum interfaces", Y.-F. Pu, Y.-K. Wu, N. Jiang, C. Li, S. Zhang, L.-M. Duan, Science Advances 4, eaar3931 (2018)

1. "Experimental realization of a multiplexed quantum memory with 225 individually accessible memory cells", Y.-F. Pu, N. Jiang, W. Chang, H.-X. Yang, C. Li, L.-M. Duan, Nature Communications 8, 15359 (2017)

Openings

Highly motivated students are welcome to join our group for both graduate students (one each year) and undergraduate students. 1 postdoc positions are available. If you are interested in joining us, please send me an email with your CV.