Experimental quantum optics, Laser cooling and trapping

Joint Associate Professor of Shenzhen Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering and Physics Department, of Southern University of Science and Technology. Resesarch areas include quantum optics and atomic, molecular and optical physics. Recent research focus on single photon manipulation, atom-light interface, quantum storage and network etc.   

• 2012.03---2019.05 East China Normal University, Physics Department, Research Professor
• 2019.05 to present, Southern University of Science and Technology, China, Physics Department and Shenzhen Institute for Quantum Science and Technology, Joint Associate Professor

       2003/09- 2007/06, Physics，Sun Yat-Sen University, Bachelor of Science (Physics)

       2007/09-2012/01, Physics Department，Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

• 2009/02 Master of Philosophy (Physics)
• 2012/06 Doctor of Philosophy (Physics): Thesis: Manipulate Classical and Nonclassical Light with Cold Atoms

• Winner of 2011 Young Scientist Award in Physical/Mathematical Science, awarded by Hong Kong Institution of Science;
• 2016 Critical Progress of Optics in China: Temporal Purity and Quantum Interference of Single Photons from Two independent Cold Atomic Ensembles.

[1] Wang, X. et al. Quantum Interference between Photons and Single Quanta of Stored Atomic Coherence. Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 083605 (2022).

[2] Du. W. et al., SU(2)-in-SU(1,1) Nested Interferometer for High Sensitivity, Loss-Tolerant Quantum Metrology. Phys. Rev. Lett 128, 033601 (2022).

[3] W. Du, J. F. Chen, Z. Y. Ou, W. Zhang, Quantum dense metrology by an SU(2)-in-SU(1,1) nested interferometer, Appl. Phys. Lett. 117, 024003 (2020).

[4] Wen, R. et al. Non-Hermitian magnon-photon interference in an atomic ensemble. Phys. Rev. Lett. 122, 253602 (2019).

[5] C. Yang, Z. Gu, P. Chen, Z. Qin, J. F. Chen*, and W. Zhang*, “Tomography of the temporal-spectral state of subnatural-linewidth single photons from atomic ensembles”, Phys. Rev. Applied 10, 054011 (2018).