Yukai Wu
wyukai@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn
Education
2015-2019 Ph.D. in Physics, University of Michigan
2011-2015 Bachelor in Physics, Tsinghua University
Experience
2022-Present Scientist, Hefei National Laboratory
2021-Present Assistant Professor, Tsinghua University
2019-2021 Postdoc, Tsinghua University
Overview of Academic Research
Prof. Yukai Wu’s research focuses on the theoretical study of ion trap quantum computation and quantum simulation.
His/her major achievements include:
* Schemes to realize universal quantum computation based on two-dimensional ion crystals, including schemes for stably trapping large-scale ion crystals and schemes for high-fidelity individually addressed quantum gates.
* Schemes for ion trap quantum simulation based on spin models and spin-boson models.
* Schemes to verify and learn Hamiltonians of large-scale ion trap quantum simulators
Research Directions/Fields:
Physical implementation of universal ion trap quantum computation
Ion trap quantum simulation
Major Honors and Awards
2019 Shuimu Tsinghua Scholar Program, Tsinghua University
Representative Publications
1. Guo, S.-A., et al. Hamiltonian learning for 300 trapped ion qubits with long-range couplings. Science Advances 11, eadt4713 (2025).
2. Hou, Y.-H., et al. Individually addressed entangling gates in a two-dimensional ion crystal. Nature Communications 15, 9710 (2024).
3. Mei, Q.-X., et al. Experimental realization of the Rabi-Hubbard model with trapped ions. Physical Review Letters 128, 160504 (2022).
4. Mao, Z.-C., et al. Experimental realization of multi-ion sympathetic cooling on a trapped Ion crystal. Physical Review Letters 127, 143201 (2021).
5. Guo, S.-A., et al. A site-resolved two-dimensional quantum simulator with hundreds of trapped ions. Nature 630, 613-618 (2024).
6. Wu, Y.-K. & Duan, L.-M. Progress on ion trap quantum computation and simulation using two-dimensional ion crystals. Science Bulletin 69, 3480 (2024).