Yong Yu
yong.yu@ustc.edu.cn
Education
2014-2020 Ph.D. in Atomic and Molecular Physics, University of Science and Technology of China
2010-2010 Bachelor's Degree in Physics, Jilin University
Experience
2025-Present Researcher, Hefei National Laboratory
2025-Present Professor, University of Science and Technology of China
2021-2025 Postdoctoral researcher/Marie-Curie fellow, Delft University of Technology
2020-2021 Postdoctoral researcher, University of Science and Technology of China
Overview of Academic Research
Prof. Yong Yu’s research interest is quantum information processing, specifically quantum networking and networked computing.
His major achievements include:
* Cold atom-based quantum network:
Remote entanglement distribution between two quantum memories using 50km fiber; Demonstration of the first metropolitan 3-node quantum network prototype.
* Rydberg quantum information processing:
Deterministic atom-photon entanglement creation; Generation of a 6-photon Cluster state; Measurement-device-independent verification of a quantum memory.
* On-chip quantum node:
Wavelength tunable Erbium quantum emitter in the telecom band; Bandwidth-tunable telecom single-photon using cavity optomechanics.
Research Directions/Fields:
1.Quantum networking using atomic array
2.Cavity QED-based quantum information processing
Major Honors and Awards
2022 Marie Skƚodowska-Curie postdoctoral fellowship
2022 Recognizing Outstanding PhD Research of Springer
2021 Outstanding dissertation award of Chinese Academy of Sciences
2020 Chinese Academy of Sciences Special Prize of President Scholarship
2020 Outstanding dissertation award of USTC
2020 Outstanding PhD graduate of USTC
Representative Publications
1.Liu, J. -L., Luo, X. -Y., Yu, Y., Wang, C. -Y., Wang, B., Hu, Y., Li, J., Zheng, M. -Y., Yao, B., Yan, Z., Teng, D., Jiang, J. -W., Liu, X. -B., Xie, X. -P., Zhang, J., Mao, Q. -H., Jiang, X., Zhang, Q., Bao, X. -H. & Pan, J. -W. Creation of memory–memory entanglement in a metropolitan quantum network. Nature 629, 579-585 (2024).
2.Y. Yu, D. Oser, G. Da Prato, E. Urbinati, J. C. Ávila, Y. Zhang, P. Remy, S. Marzban, S. Gröblacher and W. Tittel. Physical Review Letters 131, 170801 (2023).
3.Yang, C. -W., Yu, Y., Li, J., Jing, B., Bao, X. -H. & Pan, J. -W. Sequential Generation of Multiphoton Entanglement with a Rydberg Superatom. Nature Photonics 16, 658-661 (2022).
4.Luo, X. -Y., Yu, Y., Liu, J. -L., Zheng, M. -Y., Wang, C. -Y., Wang, B., Li, J., Jiang, X., Xie, X. -P., Zhang, Q., Bao, X. -H. & Pan, J. -W. Postselected Entanglement between Two Atomic Ensembles Separated by 12.5 Km. Physical Review Letters 129, 050503 (2022).
5.Sun, P. -F., Yu, Y., An, Z. -Y., Li, J., Yang, C. -W., Bao, X. -H. & Pan, J. -W. Deterministic Time-Bin Entanglement between a Single Photon and an Atomic Ensemble. Physical Review Letters 128, 060502 (2022).
6.Yu, Y., Sun, P. -F., Zhang, Y. -zhe, Bai, B., Fang, Y. -Q., Luo, X. -Y., An, Z. -Y., Li, J., Zhang, J., Xu, F., Bao, X. -H. & Pan, J. -W. Measurement-Device-Independent Verification of a Quantum Memory. Physical Review Letters 127, 160502 (2021).
7.Yu, Y., Ma, F., Luo, X. -Y., Jing, B., Sun, P. -F., Fang, R. -zhou, Yang, C. -W., Liu, H., Zheng, M. -Y., Xie, X. -P., Zhang, W. -J., You, L. -X., Wang, Z., Chen, T. -Y., Zhang, Q., Bao, X. -H. & Pan, J. -W. Entanglement of two quantum memories via fibres over dozens of kilometres. Nature 578, 240-245 (2020).
8.Jing, B., Wang, X. -J., Yu, Y., Sun, P. -F., Jiang, Y., Yang, S. -J., Jiang, W. -H., Luo, X. -Y., Zhang, J., Jiang, X., Bao, X. -H. & Pan, J. -W. Entanglement of three quantum memories via interference of three single photons. Nature Photonics 13, 210-213 (2019).
9.Wang, X. -J., Jing, B., Sun, P. -F., Yang, C. -W., Yu, Y., Tamma, V., Bao, X. -H. & Pan, J. -W. Experimental Time-Resolved Interference with Multiple Photons of Different Colors. Physical Review Letters 121, 080501 (2018)