News

31 Jan 2024
"Discrete time crystal in an open optomechanical system" is published in PRR.

10 Jan 2024
"Self-purification and entanglement revival in lambda matter" is published in NJP.

17 Mar 2023
"Recent advances in hole-spin qubits" is published in MQT.

9 Mar 2023
"Fate of the quasicondensed state for bias-driven hard-core bosons in one dimension" is published in PRB.

7 Mar 2023
"Subgap modes in two-dimensional magnetic Josephson junctions" is published in PRB.

26 Aug 2022
"Nonlinear dynamics of the dissipative anisotropic two-photon Dicke model" is published in NJP.

15 Aug 2022
"Quantum dynamics of Gaudin magnets" is published in CTP.

25 May 2022
Invited talk at the 2022 MRS Spring Meeting (Virtual Session).


10 May 2022
"Enhancing photon entanglement in a three-mode optomechanical system via imperfect phonon measurements" is published in CTP.

18 Mar 2022
"Nonlinear interaction effects in a three-mode cavity optomechanical system" is published in PRA.

28 Feb 2022
"Geometric manipulation of a decoherence-free subspace in atomic ensembles" is published in PRA.

13 Jan 2022
Research Fund for International Excellent Young Scientists of NSFC is approved for 800,000 CNY.

1 Dec 2021
"Determination of the critical exponents in dissipative phase transitions: Coherent anomaly approach" is published in PRB.

12 Nov 2021
"Probing Kondo spin fluctuations with scanning tunneling microscopy and electron spin resonance" is published in PRB.

1 Sep 2021
New postdoc Dr Rong Zhang joins the group. Welcome!

28 May 2021
"Lower and upper bounds of quantum battery power in multiple central spin systems" is published in PRA.

25 Mar 2021
"Reservoir-engineered entanglement in an unresolved-sideband optomechanical system" is published in CTP.

9 Mar 2021
Talk at the CEMS Topical Meeting on "Recent Advances in Semiconductor Qubits" (Online event of RIKEN, Japan).

1 Jun 2021
New postdocs Griffth and Sabrina Rufo join the group. Welcome!

27 Jul 2020
New postdoc Dr Jia-Hui Li joins the group. Welcome!

1 Jan 2020 -15 Sep 2021
Extended sabbatical leave at the Abdus Salam ICTP, Trieste, Italy.

25-30 Nov 2019
We hosted the cooperative scientific exchange of the China-Italy joint project "Harnessing color entanglement for information and communication technolgies", with the associated Mid-term meeting.


23 Nov 2019
Talk at "QSQD 2019", Beijing, China.


16-19 Sep 2019
Scientific visit to Tohoku University and RIKEN, Japan.

3 Sep 2019
"Hole spin echo envelope modulations" is published in PRB.


16 Aug 2019
General grant of NSFC is approved for 640,000 CNY (approx $91,000).

13 Jun 2019
"Mixed-Order Symmetry-Breaking Quantum Phase Transition Far from Equilibrium" is published in PRL.


1-30 Jun 2019
Scientific visit to the Abdus Salam ICTP and the Scuola Normale Superiore (SNS), Italy.


20 May 2019
"Exact quantum dynamics of XXZ central spin problems" is published in PRB.


4 Apr 2019
"Strong mechanical squeezing in an unresolved-sideband optomechanical system" is published in PRA.


25 Mar 2019
Talk at UESTC, Chengdu, on "Quantum phase transition in the anisotropic Rabi model".

1 Feb 2019
New postdoc Dr Pengfei Liang joins the group. Welcome!

15 Jan - 15 Feb 2019
Scientific visit to ICTP in Trieste, Italy.

13 Dec 2018
Talk at Northeast Normal University on "Quantum phase transition in the anisotropic Rabi model".

4 Dec 2018
"Strong mechanical squeezing in an unresolved-sideband optomechanical system" is on the arXiv.

6 Oct 2018
"Exact quantum dynamics of XXZ central spin problems" is on the arXiv.

28 Sep 2018
"Enhanced nonlinear interaction effects in a four-mode optomechanical ring" is published in PRA.


20 Sep 2018
Talk at the CSRC Workshop on Quantum Coherence in Energy Transfer and Conversion, Beijing, China.

19 Sep 2018
"A symmetry-breaking quantum phase transition far from equilibrium" is on the arXiv.

13 Sep 2018
Talk at "Spin Qubit 4", Konstanz, Germany.


8 Aug 2018
Italian National Scientific Habilitation for Associate Professor (Sector 02/B2 - second level).

18 Jul 2018
Talk at the Kick-off meeting "Harnessing color entanglement for information and communication technologies", Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Italy.


16 May 2018
"Enhanced nonlinear interaction effects in a four-mode optomechanical ring" is on the arXiv.

28 Dec 2017
"Nearly Deconfined Spinon Excitations in the Square-Lattice Spin-1/2 Heisenberg Antiferromagnet" is published in PRX.


14 Dec 2017
"Generalized Stoner criterion and versatile spin ordering in two-dimensional spin-orbit coupled electron systems" is published in PRB.


6 Dec 2017
Talk at the CSRC Workshop on the Rabi Model, Strong Light-Matter Interactions and Other Quantum Phenomena in CQED Platforms, Beijing, China.

28 Nov 2017
"Universal Scaling and Critical Exponents of the Anisotropic Quantum Rabi Model" is published as an Editor's Suggestion in PRL.


22 Nov 2017
Talk at "Many-body Theory of Quantum Electron Liquids ", Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Italy.


10 Oct 2017
Talk at the Gordon Godfrey Workshop of UNSW, Sydney, Australia.

28 Sep 2017
"Optimization of STIRAP-based state transfer under dissipation" is published in the New Journal of Physics.


26 Sep 2017
NSFC grant for international young scientists is approved for 300,000 CNY (approx $46,000).

28 Aug 2017
"2π-flux loop semimetals" is published as a Rapid Communication in PRB.


10 Aug 2017
"Nearly deconfined spinon excitations in the square-lattice spin-1/2 Heisenberg antiferromagnet" is on the arXiv.

7 Aug 2017
"A generalized Stoner criterion and versatile spin ordering in two-dimensional spin-orbit coupled electron systems" is on the arXiv.

26 May 2017
Talk at QPQI-5 in CSRC, Beijing, China.

8 May 2017
"2π-flux loop semimetals" is on the arXiv.

22 Feb 2017
"Universal scaling and critical exponents of the anisotropic quantum Rabi model" is on the arXiv.

16 Feb 2017
Talk at ICTP, Trieste, on "Quantum phase transition in the anisotropic Rabi model".

20 Jan - 20 Feb 2017
Scientific visit to ICTP in Trieste, Italy.

1 Jan 2017
New postdoc Dr Yinan Fang joins the group. Welcome!

5 Dec 2016
Talk at Victoria University of Wellington on "Coupled dynamics of a single electronic spin and nuclear-spin environment in semiconductor quantum dots" (2016 XMAS symposium).

31 Oct - 4 Nov 2016
The International Workshop and introductory tutorial I co-organized were successfully held!


25 Oct 2016
Talk at CICQS2016 in Evora, Portugal.

26 Aug - 11 Sep 2016
Scientific visit to several Institutes in New Zealand and Australia: Victoria University (Wellington), Australian National University (Canberra), Swinburne University (Melburne), and UNSW (Sydney).

5 Aug 2016
Talk at ICPS2016 in Beijing, China.


25 Jul 2016
Talk at the Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science, CAS, Beijing, on "Dephasing due to nuclear spins in large-amplitude electric dipole spin resonance".

May 2016
The memorial volume "No-nonsense Physicist - An Overview of Gabriele Giuliani's Work and Life" is published. Here you can find our two contributions.


15 Apr 2016
New postdoc Dr Li-Jing Jin joins the group. Welcome!

5-15 Apr 2016
Scientific visit to several Institutes in Italy: ICTP and SISSA (Trieste), University of Salerno, and LENS (Firenze).


5 Mar 2016
"Optimization of STIRAP-based state transfer under dissipation" is on the arXiv.

12 Feb 2016
"Dephasing due to nuclear spins in large-amplitude electric dipole spin resonance" is published in PRL.


15 Jan 2016
New postdoc Dr Yan-Tao Li joins the group. Welcome!

6 Jan 2016
Talk at the Dalian University of Technology on "Dephasing due to nuclear spins in large-amplitude electric dipole spin resonance".

1 Dec 2015
New postdoc Dr Abhishek Kumar joins the group. Welcome!

17 Sep 2015
"Maximizing the purity of a qubit evolving in an anisotropic environment" is published in PRB.


16 Sep 2015
Talk at IWQICD2015 in Bilbao, Spain.

27 Aug 2015
"Dephasing due to nuclear spins in large-amplitude electric dipole spin resonance" is on the arXiv.

20 Aug 2015
General grant of NSFC is approved for 620,000 CNY (approx $97,000).

14 Aug 2015
Talk at the HK-CSRC Forum at CSRC, Beijing, China.

11 Aug 2015
Talk at the Spintech 8 conference in Basel, Switzerland.

1 Aug 2015
New postdoc Dr Linhu Li joins the group. Welcome!

25 Jun 2015
Talk at McGill University on "Transport signatures of long-range nuclear-spin coherence in a quantum-dot spin valve"

12 Jun 2015
"Theory of box-model hyperfine couplings and transport signatures of long-range nuclear-spin coherence in a quantum-dot spin valve" is published in PRB.


2 Jun 2015
Talk at Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics (MPQ) on "Transport signatures of long-range nuclear-spin coherence in a quantum-dot spin valve"

20 Apr 2015
Talk at the Huazhong University of Science & Technlogy (HUST) on "Characterization of spin-orbit interactions of GaAs heavy holes using quantum point contacts"

23-24 Mar 2015
Scientific visit to USTC in Hefei, China.

12 Mar 2015
"Entanglement concentration with strong projective measurement in an optomechanical system" is published in Science China - Physics, Mechanics & Astronomy.


12 Mar 2015
"Theory of box-model hyperfine couplings and transport signatures of long-range nuclear-spin coherence in a quantum-dot spin valve" is on the arXiv.

11 Mar 2015
Talk at Renmin University on "Characterization of spin-orbit interactions of GaAs heavy holes using quantum point contacts"

15 Jan 2015
"Diabolical points in multi-scatterer optomechanical systems" is published in Scientific Reports.


6-9 Jan 2015
Scientific visit in Wuhan, China (at the WIPM and CCNC).

5 Jan 2015
"Bipartite and tripartite output entanglement in three-mode optomechanical systems" is published in PRA.


15 Dec 2014
"Single-spin manipulation in a double quantum dot in the field of a micromagnet" is published in PRB.


31 Jul 2014
"Characterization of spin-orbit interactions of GaAs heavy holes using a quantum point contact" is published as an Editor's Suggestion in PRL.


31 Jul 2014
"Maximizing the purity of a qubit evolving in an anisotropic environment" is on the arXiv.

30 Jun 2014
"Bipartite and tripartite output entanglement in three-mode optomechanical systems" is on the arXiv.

29 May 2014
"Single-spin manipulation in a double quantum dot in the field of a micromagnet" is on the arXiv.

20 May 2014
"Controlling hole spins in quantum dots and wells" is on the cover of the The European Physical Journal Plus!


12 May 2014
"Characterization of spin-orbit interactions of GaAs heavy holes using a quantum point contact" is on the arXiv.

30 Apr 2014
Arrival in Beijing!

5 Feb 2014
"Diabolical points in multi-scatterer optomechanical systems" is on the arXiv.

15 Nov 2013
"Vortex Loops and Majoranas" is a Featured Article on the cover of the J. Math. Phys.!


27 May 2013
"Vortex Loops and Majorana Fermions" is on the arXiv.


07 May 2013
Arrival in Tokyo!

18 - 22 Mar 2012
APS March Meeting in Baltimore (abstract J26.00006).

22 Feb 2013
"Controlling hole spins in quantum dots and wells" is on the arXiv.

10 Jan 2013
Seminar at the IAS of Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.

8 -15 Jan 2013 - Scientific visit to the CSRC in Beijing, China.

04 Dec 2012
"Spin-echo dynamics of a heavy hole in a quantum dot" is published in PRL!


25 Nov - 8 Dec 2012
Scientific visit to the group of Prof. Dmitrii Maslov at the University of Florida, Gainesville, USA.

22 Nov 2012
My PhD advisor Prof. Gabriele F. Giuliani passed away. An article on the Purdue Exponent and the obituaries on Physics Today and Il Nuovo Saggiatore remember him.


07 Nov 2012
"Majorana states in inhomogeneous spin ladders" is published in PRB!


24 Aug 2012
"Spin-echo dynamics of a heavy hole in a quantum dot" is on the arXiv.

16 Aug - 16 Sep 2012
"Visiting Fellow" at the QSciTech Center of Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia.

11 Jul 2012
Quantum Lunch seminar at McGill University, Montreal, Canada.

18-22 Jun 2012
Scientific visit to the University of Guelph and Waterloo (IQC and Perimeter Institute), Canada.

16 Apr 2012
"Majorana states in inhomogeneous spin ladders" is on the arXiv.

16 Mar 2012
Seminar at UNSW in Sydney, Australia.

28 Feb 2012
"Quasiparticle velocities in 2D electron/hole liquids with spin-orbit coupling" is published in PRB!


27 Feb - 03 Mar 2012
APS March Meeting in Boston (abstracts Z8.00010, J14.00009, and P14.00005).

17 Feb 2012
Seminar at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada.

06 Feb 2012
Seminar in Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, USA.

20 Dec 2011
Seminar at the ICTP in Trieste, Italy.

30 Oct 2011
"Quasiparticle velocities in 2D electron/hole liquids with spin-orbit coupling" is on the arXiv.

10 Oct 2011
"Physical solutions of the honeycomb Kitaev model" is published in PRB!


14 Aug 2011
Talk at the "International Workshop on Silicon Quantum Electronics" in Denver, USA.

30 Jul 2011
Seminar at Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.

25 Jul 2011
Invited talk at the "Spintronics Days at UPV-EHU" workshop, Bilbao, Spain.

23 May 2011
"Physical solutions of the honeycomb Kitaev model" is on the arXiv.

01 Apr 2011
I am awarded the Richard Tomlinson Postdoctoral Fellowship from McGill University!

06 Jan 2011
Arrival in Montreal!