Xiao-Min Hu
huxm@ustc.edu.cn
Education
2009-2013 Bachelor’s Degree in Applied Physics, Hefei University of Technology
2013-2018 Ph.D. in Optics, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC)
Experience
2018-2023 Associate Researcher, University of Science and Technology of China
2023-Present Special-Term Professor, University of Science and Technology of China; Researcher, Hefei National Laboratory
Overview of Academic Research
Prof. Xiaomin Hu specializes in experimental research on quantum optics, quantum networks, and single-photon quantum sensing. His work focuses on leveraging high-dimensional quantum information processing to construct advanced high-dimensional quantum networks. By innovatively applying techniques such as polarization-path coupling, multi-core fiber dispersion compensation, and entanglement assistance, he has achieved breakthroughs in preparing 32-dimensional entangled states, distributing high-dimensional entanglement over 11 km, and realizing high-dimensional quantum teleportation. These advancements have significantly improved key metrics such as entanglement fidelity, dimensionality, and detection capabilities, reaching internationally leading levels. Additionally, he has demonstrated the advantages of high-dimensional quantum networks in information processing through subspace encoding and multi-output measurement methods. In the field of single-photon sensing, he pioneered the use of silicon nitride microcavity structures to develop frequency-locked Doppler single-photon wind lidar and upconversion single-photon precision imaging systems.
Prof. Hu has published 30 SCI papers with over 2,300 citations on Google Scholar. In recent years, as the first author, he has published 11 papers in Physical Review Letters, 1 in Nature Reviews Physics, 2 in Nature Communications, 1 in Science Advances, 1 in Optica, and 2 in Science Bulletin. His research has been highly praised by Nobel laureates and IEEE Fellows, and his achievements were recognized as a major scientific advancement in China’s information and communication field in 2021. He has received funding from the National Natural Science Foundation of China for Outstanding Young Scholars and serves as a youth editorial board member for Fundamental Research.
Core Research Directions:
1.High-dimensional quantum entanglement networks
2.Single-photon quantum radar
Major Honors and Awards
"Mozi Outstanding Youth Special Allowance" from the Quantum Collaborative Center
Qiu Shi Scholarship
Special Prize of the President’s Award, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Major Progress in China’s Communication Field (2021)
Representative Publications
1.Xiao-Min Hu#, Cen-Xiao Huang#, Nicola d’Alessandro, Gabriele Cobucci, Chao Zhang, Yu Guo, Yun-Feng Huang, Chuan-Feng Li, Guang-Can Guo, Xiaoqin Gao, Marcus Huber, Armin Tavakoli, Bi-Heng Liu，Observation of Genuine High-dimensional Multi-partite Non-locality in Entangled Photon States，Nature Communications 16 (1), 1-7（2025）
2.Chao Zhang#, Yi Li#, Xiao-Min Hu#, Yu Xiang, Chuan-Feng Li, Guang-Can Guo, Jordi Tura, Qihuang Gong, Qiongyi He, Bi-Heng Liu，Randomness versus Nonlocality in Multiple-Input and Multiple-Output Quantum Scenario，Physical Review Letters 134 (9), 090201（2025）
3.Xiao Liu#, Xiao-Min Hu#, Tian-Xiang Zhu#, Chao Zhang, Yi-Xin Xiao, Jia-Le Miao, Zhong-Wen Ou, Pei-Yun Li, Bi-Heng Liu, Zong-Quan Zhou, Chuan-Feng Li, Guang-Can Guo，Nonlocal photonic quantum gates over 7.0 km，Nature Communications 15 (1), 8529（2024）
4.Chao Zhang#, Xiao-Min Hu#, Feng Ding, Xue-Yuan Hu, Yu Guo, Bi-Heng Liu, Yun-Feng Huang, Chuan-Feng Li, Guang-Can Guo，Experimental Catalytic Amplification of Asymmetry，Physical Review Letters 133 (14), 140201（2024）
5.Xiao-Min Hu, Yu Guo, Bi-Heng Liu, Chuan-Feng Li, Guang-Can Guo,Progress in quantum teleportation,Nature Reviews Physics 5 (6), 339-353(2023)
6. Yiwei Chen, Chen Jiang, Yong Liu, Hongye Su, Xiaomin Hu*, Yu Pan*,A Compact Upconversion Single-Photon Imager for Full-Range and Accurate 3-D Imaging, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement 72, 1-9(2023)
7.Xiao-Min Hu, Chao Zhang, Bi-Heng Liu, Yu Guo, Wen-Bo Xing, Cen-Xiao Huang, Yun-Feng Huang, Chuan-Feng Li, Guang-Can Guo,High-dimensional Bell test without detection loophole, Physical Review Letters 129 (6), 060402(2022)
8.Cen-Xiao Huang#, Xiao-Min Hu#, Yu Guo, Chao Zhang, Bi-Heng Liu, Yun-Feng Huang, Chuan-Feng Li, Guang-Can Guo, Nicolas Gisin, Cyril Branciard, Armin Tavakoli，Entanglement swapping and quantum correlations via symmetric joint measurements, Physical Review Letters 129 (3), 030502(2022)
9. Xiao-Min Hu, Cen-Xiao Huang, Yu-Bo Sheng, Lan Zhou, Bi-Heng Liu, Yu Guo, Chao Zhang, Wen-Bo Xing, Yun-Feng Huang, Chuan-Feng Li, Guang-Can Guo，Long-distance entanglement purification for quantum communication，Physical Review Letters 126 (1), 010503（2021）
10. Xiao-Min Hu, Chao Zhang, Yu Guo, Fang-Xiang Wang, Wen-Bo Xing, Cen-Xiao Huang, Bi-Heng Liu, Yun-Feng Huang, Chuan-Feng Li, Guang-Can Guo, Xiaoqin Gao, Matej Pivoluska, Marcus Huber，Pathways for Entanglement-Based Quantum Communication in the Face of High Noise，Physical Review Letters 127 (11), 110505（2021）
11.Xiao-Min Hu, Wen-Bo Xing, Yu Guo, Mirjam Weilenmann, Edgar A Aguilar, Xiaoqin Gao, Bi-Heng Liu, Yun-Feng Huang, Chuan-Feng Li, Guang-Can Guo, Zizhu Wang, Miguel Navascués, Optimized Detection of High-Dimensional Entanglement, Physical Review Letters 127 (22), 220501(2021)
12.Xiao-Min Hu, Wen-Bo Xing, Bi-Heng Liu, Yun-Feng Huang, Chuan-Feng Li, Guang-Can Guo, Paul Erker, and Marcus Huber, M Huber, Efficient Generation of High-Dimensional Entanglement through Multipath Down-Conversion, Physical Review Letters 125,090503 (2020)
13. Xiao-Min Hu#, Chao Zhang#, Bi-Heng Liu, Yu Cai, Xiang-Jun Ye, Yu Guo, Wen-Bo Xing, Cen-Xiao Huang, Yun-Feng Huang, Chuan-Feng Li, and Guang-Can Guo, Experimental High-Dimensional Quantum Teleportation. Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 230501(2020)
14.Xiao-Min Hu#, Yu Guo#, Bi-Heng Liu, Yun-Feng Huang, Chuan-Feng Li, Guang-Can Guo，Beating the channel capacity limit for superdense coding with entangled ququarts, Science advances eaat9304(2018)