Research Interest: Quantum computing, quantum simulation, quantum networking with trapped ions, quantum metrology.

Education:
7/2005-12/2010: Ph.D. in Atomic and Molecular Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
9/2001-7/2005: Bachelor of Electronics Science and Technology, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China

Academic employment:

2018-present, Associate Researcher, Center for Quantum Information, Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Sciences, Tsinghua University.

2015-2016, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Joint Quant Institute and Army Research Lab, University of Maryland.

2012-2015, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Physics, University of Washington.

2011-2012, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Frequency and Time Group, Institute for National Measurement and Standards, National Research Council of Canada.

Selected publications (see also https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=tUdJbEgAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate)

1. Hamiltonian learning for 300 trapped ion qubits with long-range couplings. Shi-An Guo, Yu-Kai Wu, Jing Ye, Lin Zhang, Ye Wang, Wen-Qian Lian, Rui Yao, Yu-Lin Xu, Chi Zhang, Yu-Zi Xu, Bin-Xiang Qi, Pan-Yu Hou, Li He, Zi-Chao Zhou, Lu-Ming Duan. Science Advances, Vol 11, 4713(2025).

2. Experimental realization of direct entangling gates between dual-type qubits. Chenxi Wang, Chuanxin Huang, Hongxuan Zhang, Hongyuan Hu, Zhichao Mao, Panyu Hou, Yukai Wu, Zichao Zhou, Luming Duan. Phys. Rev. Lett. 134, 010601(2025).

3. Individually addressed entangling gates in a two-dimensional ion crystal. Y-H Hou, Y-J Yi, Y-K Wu, Y-Y Chen, L Zhang, Y Wang, Y-L Xu, C Zhang, Q-X Mei, H-X Yang, J-Y Ma, S-A Guo, J Ye, B-X Qi, Z-C Zhou, P-Y Hou, L-M Duan.Nature Communications Vol 15 (1), 9710(2024).

4. Observation of quantum superposition of topological defects in a trapped-ion quantum simulator.Zhi-Jie Cheng, Yu-Kai Wu, Shi-Jiao Li, Quan-Xin Mei, Bo-Wen Li, Gang-Xi Wang, Yue Jiang, Bin-Xiang Qi, Zi-Chao Zhou, Pan-Yu Hou, Lu-Ming Duan. Science Advances Vol 10, 9527(2024).

5. Electromagnetically Induced Transparency Cooling of High-Nuclear-Spin Ions.Chuanxin Huang, Chenxi Wang, Hongxuan Zhang, Hongyuan Hu, Zuqing Wang, Zhichao Mao, Shijiao Li, Panyu Hou, Yukai Wu, Zichao Zhou, Luming Duan. Phys. Rev. Lett. 133, 113204(2024).

6. A site-resolved two-dimensional quantum simulator with hundreds of trapped ions. S-A Guo, Y-K Wu, J Ye, L Zhang, W-Q Lian, R Yao, Y Wang, R-Y Yan, Y-J Yi, Y-L Xu, B-W Li, Y-H Hou, Y-Z Xu, W-X Guo, C Zhang, B-X Qi, Z-C Zhou, Li He, L-M Duan. Nature 630, 613-618(2024).

7. Simulating the spin-boson model with a controllable reservoir in an ion trap. G-X Wang, Y-K Wu, R Yao, W-Q Lian, Z-J Cheng, Y-L Xu, C Zhang, Y Jiang, Y-Z Xu, B-X Qi, P-Y Hou, Z-C Zhou, L He, L-M Duan. Phys. Rev. A 109, 062402(2024).

8. Realization of a crosstalk-avoided quantum network node using dual-type qubits of 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 Vol 15, 204(2024).

9. Probing Complex-Energy Topology via Non-Hermitian Absorption Spectroscopy in a Trapped Ion Simulator. M.-M. Cao, K. Li, W.-D. Zhao, W.-X. Guo, B.-X. Qi, X.-Y. Chang, Z.-C. Zhou, Y. Xu, and L.-M. Duan. Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 163001(2023).

10. Probing critical behavior of long-range transverse-field Ising model through quantum Kibble-Zurek mechanism. B.-W. Li, Y.-K. Wu, Q.-X. Mei, R. Yao, W.-Q. Lian, M.-L. Cai, Y. Wang, B.-X. Qi, L. Yao, L. He, Z.-C. Zhou, and L.-M. Duan. PRX Quantum 4, 010302(2023).

11. Experimental realization of a multiqubit quantum memory in a 218-ion chain. R. Yao, W.-Q. Lian, Y.-K. Wu, G.-X. Wang, B.-W. Li, Q.-X. Mei, B.-X. Qi, L. Yao, Z.-C. Zhou, L. He, and L.-M. Duan. Phys. Rev. A 106, 062617(2022).

12. Observation of Non-Markovian Spin Dynamics in a Jaynes-Cummings-Hubbard Model Using a Trapped-Ion Quantum Simulator. B.-W. Li, Q.-X. Mei, Y.-K. Wu, M.-L. Cai, Y. Wang, L. Yao, Z.-C. Zhou, and L.-M. Duan.  Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 140501(2022).

13. Quantum simulation for topological Euler insulators. Wending Zhao, Yan-Bin Yang, Yue Jiang, Zhichao Mao, Weixuan Guo, Liyuan Qiu, Gangxi Wang, Lin Yao, Li He, Zichao Zhou, Yong Xu & Luming Duan. Communications Physics 5, 223 (2022).

14. Picosecond ion-qubit manipulation and spin-phonon entanglement with resonant laser pulses. W.-X. Guo, Y.-K. Wu, Y.-Y. Huang, L. Feng, C.-X. Huang, H.-X. Yang, J.-Y. Ma, L. Yao, Z.-C. Zhou, and L.-M. Duan. Phys. Rev. A 106, 022608(2022).

15. Realizing coherently convertible dual-type qubits with the same ion species. H.-X. Yang, J.-Y. Ma, Y.-K. Wu, Y. Wang, M.-M. Cao, W.-X. Guo, Y.-Y. Huang, L. Feng, Z.-C. Zhou & L.-M. Duan. Nature Physics. Vol. 18, 1058 (2022).

16. Observation of supersymmetry and its spontaneous breaking in a trapped ion quantum simulator. M.-L. Cai, Y.-K. Wu, Q.-X. Mei, W.-D. Zhao, Y. Jiang, L. Yao, L. He, Z.-C. Zhou & L.-M. Duan. Nature Communications. Vol.13, 3412 (2022).

17. Quantum Simulation of the Two-Dimensional Weyl Equation in a Magnetic Field. Y. Jiang, M.-L. Cai, Y.-K. Wu, Q.-X. Mei, W.-D. Zhao, X.-Y. Chang, L. Yao, L. He, Z.-C. Zhou, and L.-M. Duan. Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 200502(2022).

18. Experimental Realization of the Rabi-Hubbard Model with Trapped Ions. Q.-X. Mei, B.-W. Li, Y.-K. Wu, M.-L. Cai, Y. Wang, L. Yao, Z.-C. Zhou, and L.-M. Duan. Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 160504(2022).

19. Observation of anomalous heat transport in a trapped ion chain. Z.-C. Mao, Y.-Z. Xu, Q.-X. Mei, W.-D. Zhao, Y. Jiang, Z.-J. Cheng, X.-Y. Chang, L. He, L. Yao, Z.-C. Zhou, Y.-K. Wu, and L.-M. Duan. Phys. Rev. A 105, 033107(2022).

20. Probing a Dissipative Phase Transition with a Trapped Ion through Reservoir Engineering. M.-L. Cai, Z.-D. Liu, Y. Jiang, Y.-K. Wu, Q.-X. Mei, W.-D. Zhao, L. He, X. Zhang, Z.-C. Zhou and L.-M. Duan. Chin. Phys. Lett. 39 020502(2022).

21. Experimental Realization of Multi-ion Sympathetic Cooling on a Trapped Ion Crystal. Z.-C. Mao, Y.-Z. Xu, Q.-X. Mei, W.-D. Zhao, Y. Jiang, Y. Wang, X.-Y. Chang, L. He, L. Yao, Z.-C. Zhou, Y.-K. Wu, and L.-M. Duan. Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 143201(2021).

22. Observation of a quantum phase transition in the quantum Rabi model with a single trapped ion. M.-L. Cai, Z.-D. Liu, W.-D. Zhao, Y.-K. Wu, Q.-X. Mei, Y. Jiang, L. He, X. Zhang, Z.-C. Zhou & L.-M. Duan. Nature Communications. Vol 12, 1126 (2021).

23. Controlled melting of a Wigner ion crystal with atomic resolution. Y.-Z. Xu, W.-D. Zhao, Y.-H. Hou, Q.-X. Mei, J.-Y. Ma, J. Wang, L. He, Z.-C. Zhou, Y.-K. Wu, and L.-M. Duan. Phys. Rev. A 102, 063121(2020).