Bo Zhao
bozhao@ustc.edu.cn
Education
2005-2008 Ph.D. in Quantum optics, Heidelberg University
2001-2005 Master's Degree in Theoretical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China
1997-2001 Bachelor's Degree in Theoretical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China
Experience
2021-Present Researcher, Hefei National Laboratory
2012-Present Professor, University of Science and Technology of China
2009-2012 Postdoc, Institute of quantum optics and quantum information, Austria
2008-2012 Postdoc, Heidelberg University
Overview of Academic Research
Prof. Bo Zhao research interest is the preparation and control of ultracold molecules and ultracold atoms.
His/her major achievements include:
* Observation of magnetically tunable Feshbach resonances between atoms and molecules.
* Experimentally demonstration of radiofrequency association of ultracold triatomic molecules
* Creation of ultracold triatomic ensembles in an ultracold atom-diatomic molecule mixture
Research Directions/Fields:
Ultracold molecules and ultracold atoms
Neutral atom quantum computation with Yb atoms
Representative Publications
1. Jin Cao, Bo-Yuan Wang, Huan Yang, Zhi-Jie Fan, Zhen Su, Jun Rui, Bo Zhao, and Jian-Wei Pan. Observation of Photoassociation Resonances in Ultracold Atom-Molecule Collisions. Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 093403 (2024).
2. Huan Yang, Jin Cao, Zhen Su, Jun Rui, Bo Zhao, Jian-Wei Pan. Creation of an ultracold gas of triatomic molecules from an atom-diatomic-molecule mixture. Science 378, 1009-1013 (2022).
3. Zhen Su, Huan Yang, Jin Cao, Xin-Yao Wang, Jun Rui, Bo Zhao, and Jian-Wei Pan. Resonant control of elastic collisions between 23Na40K molecules and 40K atoms. Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 033401 (2022).
4. Bo Zhao and Jian-Wei Pan. Quantum control of reactions and collisions ultralow temperatures. Chem. Soc. Rev. 51, 1685-1701. (2022).
5. Huan Yang, Xin-Yao Wang, Zhen Su Jin Cao, De-Chao Zhang, Jun Rui, Bo Zhao, Chun-Li Bai and Jian-Wei Pan. Evidence for the association of triatomic molecules in ultracold 23Na40K + 40K mixtures. Nature 602, 229-233 (2022).
6. Xin-Yao Wang, Matthew D Frye, Zhen Su, Jin Cao, Lan Liu, De-Chao Zhang, Huan Yang, Jeremy M Hutson, Bo Zhao, Chun-Li Bai, and Jian-Wei Pan. Magnetic Feshbach resonances in collisions of 23Na40K with 40K, New J. Phys. 23, 115010 (2021).
7. Lan Liu, De-Chao Zhang, Huan Yang, Ya-Xiong Liu, Jue Nan, Bo Zhao, and Jian-Wei Pan. Observation of interference between resonant and detuned STIRAP in the adiabatic creation of 23Na40K molecules. Phys. Rev. Lett. 122, 253201 (2019)。
8. Huan Yang, De-Chao Zhang, Lan Liu, Ya-Xiong Liu, Jue Nan, Bo Zhao, and Jian-Wei Pan. Observation of magnetically tunable Feshbach resonances in ultracold 23Na40K+40K collisions. Science 363, 261 (2019).
9. Jun Rui, Huan Yang, Lan Liu, De-Chao Zhang, Ya-Xiong Liu, Jue Nan, Yu-Ao Chen, Bo Zhao, and Jian-Wei Pan. Controlled state-to-state atom-exchange reaction in an ultracold atom-dimer mixture. Nature Physics 13, 699 (2017).