Wei Yi

wyiz@ustc.edu.cn

Education

2000-2007 Ph.D. in Physics, University of Michigan

1995-2000 Bachelor's Degree in Physics, USTC

Experience

2021-Present Researcher, Hefei National Laboratory

2010-Present Professor, USTC

Overview of Academic Research

Prof. Yi’s research interest is the theoretical study of quantum simulation in cold atomic gases and other related physical systems.

His major achievements include:

* The discovery of a new pairing mechanisms in spin-orbit-coupled Fermi gases

* Predicting topological superradiant state and interaction-enhanced superradiance in atom-cavity hybrid systems

* ‌The proposal for the simulation of non-Hermitian skin effects using single photons and ultracold atoms

Research Directions/Fields:‌

Few- and many-body problems in ultracold atoms; Open quantum systems; Non-Hermitian Physics.

Major Honors and Awards

Representative Publications

1. Y. Han, H. Li, W. Yi, Interaction-enhanced superradiance of a Rydberg-atom array, Phys. Rev. Lett. 133, 243401 (2024).

2. Q. Liang, D. Xie, Z.Dong, H. Li, H. Li, B. Gadway, W. Yi, B. Yan, Observation of non-Hermitian skin effect and topology in ultracold atoms, Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 070401 (2022).

3. L. Xiao, T.-S. Deng, K. Wang, G. Zhu, Z. Wang, W. Yi, P. Xue, Observation of non-Hermitian bulk-boundary correspondence in quantum dynamics, Nat. Phys. 16, 761 (2020).

4. J.-S. Pan, X.-J. Liu, W. Zhang, W. Yi, G-C. Guo, Topological superradiant states in a degenerate Fermi gas, Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 045303 (2015).

5. X. Cui and W. Yi, Universal Borromean binding in spin-orbit-coupled ultracold Fermi gas, Phys. Rev. X 4, 031026 (2014)