Chao-Yang Lu

Research highlights

Quantum optics with quantum dots

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1.        A. N. Vamivakas, C.-Y. Lu*, C. Matthiesen, Y. Zhao, S. Falt, A. Badolato, and M. Atatüre, Observation of spin-dependent quantum jumps via quantum-dot resonance fluorescence, Nature 467, 297-300 (2010)

See also News and Views on Nature, by M.D. Lukin & J. Taylor: “Quantum leaps in the solid state”

2.        C.-Y. Lu, Y. Zhao, A. N. Vamivakas, C. Matthiesen, S. Fält, A. Badolato, and M. Atatüre, Direct measurement of spin dynamics in InAs/GaAs quantum dots using time-resolved resonance fluorescence, Phys. Rev. B 81, 035332 (2010)

3.        A. N. Vamivakas, Y. Zhao, C.-Y. Lu, M. Atatüre, Spin-resolved quantum-dot resonance fluorescence, Nature Physics 5, 198-202 (2009)

See also News and Views on Nature Physics by C. Santori & Y. Yamamoto: “Driven to perfection”

4.        A.N. Vamivakas, C. Matthiesen, Y. Zhao, C.-Y. Lu, M. Atature, Invited book chapter in Quantum Dots: optics, electron transport and future applications, edited by Prof. A. Tartakovskii, to be published by Cambridge University Press (2012).

Creation of multi-photon entanglement

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5.        C.-Y. Lu, X.-Q. Zhou, O. Gühne, W.-B. Gao, J. Zhang, Z.-S. Yuan, A. Goebel, T. Yang and J.-W. Pan, Experimental entanglement of six photons in graph states, Nature Physics 3, 91-95 (2007)

see also a report from Physics World: http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/26822,

and Nature Highlight: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v445/n7125/full/445232a.html

and Nature Physics fifth-anniversary highlight: http://www.nature.com/nphys/focus/5th-anniversary/quantum-information.html

6.        C.-Y. Lu, T. Yang, and J.-W. Pan, Experimental multiparticle entanglement swapping for quantum networking, Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 020501 (2009)

7.        W.-B. Gao, C.-Y. Lu, X.-C. Yao, P. Xu, O. Gühne, A. Goebel, Y.-A. Chen, C.-Z. Peng, Z.-B. Chen and J.-W. Pan, Experimental demonstration of a hyper-entangled ten-qubit Schrödinger cat state, Nature Physics. 6, 331-334 (2010)

Highlighted by Nature Photonics (June 2010) and Physics World (http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/36229)

8.        X.-C. Yao, T.-X. Wang, P. Xu, H. Lu, G.-S. Pan, X.-H. Bao, C.-Z. Peng, C.-Y. Lu, Y.-A. Chen, and J.-W. Pan, Observation of eight-photon entanglement, arXiv: 1105.6318v1, submitted to Nature Photonics (2011)

Highlighted by Physics World (http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/46331)

9.        J.-W. Pan, Z.-B. Chen. C.-Y. Lu, H. Weinfurter, A. Zeilinger, and M. Zukowski, Multi-photon entanglement and interferometry,          

arXiv: :0805.2853v2 (71 pages, 38 figures), Invited review for Rev. Mod. Phys. accepted (2011)

Quantum computing with photonic qubits

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10.    C.-Y. Lu, D. E. Browne, T. Yang, J.-W. Pan, Demonstration of a complied version of Shor’s quantum factoring algorithm using photonic qubits, Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 250504 (2007)

Highlighted in Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shor's_algorithm

by American Physics Society, Physics Tip “Quantum computer breakthrough”, http://www.aps.org/about/tipsheets/tip76.cfm.cfm,

and New Scientist: “Quantum threat to our secret data” http://technology.newscientist.com/article/mg19526216.700

11.    C.-Y. Lu, W.-B. Gao, J. Zhang, X.-Q. Zhou, T. Yang, J.-W. Pan, Experimental quantum coding against qubit loss error, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci USA. 105, 11050-11054 (2008)

12.    C.-Y. Lu, W.-B. Gao, O. Gühne, X.-Q. Zhou, Z.-B. Chen, J.-W. Pan, Demonstrating anyonic fractional statistics with a six-qubit quantum simulator, Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 030502 (2009)

13.    W.-B. Gao, A. M. Goebel, C.-Y. Lu*&, H.-N. Dai, C. Wagenknecht, Q. Zhang, B. Zhao, C.-Z. Peng, Z.-B. Chen, and J.-W. Pan, Teleportation-based realization of an optical quantum two-qubit entangling gate, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci USA 107, 20869-20874 (2010).

highlighted in BBC news: A science news preview 2011 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12095406

14.    W.-B. Gao, X.-C. Yao, J.-M. Cai, H. Lu, P. Xu, T. Yang, C.-Y. Lu, Y.-A. Chen, Z.-B. Chen, and J.-W. Pan, Experimental measurement-based quantum computing beyond the cluster-state model, Nature Photonics, 5, 117-123 (2011)

Quantum communication and networks

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15.     X.-H. Bao, F. Yang, C.-M. Li, Z.-S. Yuan, C.-Y. Lu, and J.-W. Pan, Quantum teleportation between remote atomic-ensemble quantum memories, submitted to Nature Photonics (2011)

16.    Y.-A. Chen, A.-N. Zhang, Z. Zhao, X.-Q. Zhou, C.-Y. Lu, C.-Z. Peng, T. Yang, and J.-W. Pan, Experimental quantum secret sharing and third-man quantum cryptography, Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 200502 (2005)

17.    Z. Zhao, A.-N. Zhang, X.-Q. Zhou, Y.-A. Chen, C.-Y. Lu, A. Karlsson, and J.-W. Pan, Experimental realization of optimal asymmetric cloning and telecloning, Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 030502 (2005)

18.    Z.-S. Yuan, X.-H. Bao, C.-Y. Lu, J. Zhang, C.-Z. Peng, and J.-W. Pan, Quantum communication with entangled photons, Physics Reports 497, 1-40 (2010)