Essential Information


Name: Yu He

Position:Researcher

Highest Degree:Doctor of Philosophy in Physics

Research Field:Quantum physics, Quantum simulation, Quantum computation, Dopants in silicon



Educational Background

2009.09-2015.12 University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Department of Modern Physics, Hefei, China

Thesis title: Quantum optics and quantum networks with spins and photons

Supervisors: Prof. Chao-Yang Lu, Prof. Jian-Wei Pan


2005.09-2009.06 Bachelor of Science (Atomic, molecular and optical physics)

USTC, Department of Modern Physics

Hefei, China

Working Experience

2020.03—  Assocaite Researcher, Southern University of Science and Technology, Institute of Quantum Science and Engineering

2016.01-2020.01 Postdoctoral Senior Research Fellow

ARC Center of Excellence for Quantum Computation and Communication technology, UNSW, Sydney

Prof. Michelle Y. Simmons group


2015.07-2015.12 Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, USTC, Hefei, China ,Prof. Chao-Yang Lu group


Papers and Patents

1. A fast two-qubit gate between phosphorus donor electrons in silicon

He, Y; Gorman, SK; Keith, D; Kranz, L; Keizer, JG; Simmons, MY; Nature, 571, 371 (2019)

2. Benchmarking high fidelity single-shot readout of semiconductor qubits

Keith, D; Gorman, SK; Kranz, L; He, Y; Keizer, JG; Broome, MA; Simmons, MY; New Journal of Physics, 21, 063011 (2019)

3. Observation of topologically protected edge states in a photonic two-dimensional quantum walk

Chen, C; Ding, X; Qin, J; He, Y; Luo, Y-H; Chen, M-C; Liu, C; Wang, X-L; Zhang, W-J; Li, H; You, L-X; Wang, Z; Wang, D-W; Sanders, BC; Lu, C-Y; Pan, J-W; Physical Review Letters, 121, 100502 (2018)

4. Time-bin-encoded boson sampling with a single-photon device

He, Y; Ding, X; Su, Z-E; Huang, H-L; Qin, J; Wang, C; Unsleber, S; Chen, C; Wang, H; He, Y-M; Wang, X-L; Zhang, W-J; Chen, S-J; Schneider, C; Kamp, M; You, L-X; Wang, Z; Höfling, S; Lu, C-Y; Pan, J-W; Physical Review Letters, 118, 190501 (2017)

5. High-efficiency multiphoton boson sampling

Wang, H*; He, Y*; Li, Y-H; Su, Z-E; Li, B; Huang, H-L; Ding, X; Chen, M-C; Liu, C; Qin, J; Li, J-P; He, Y-M; Schneider, C; Martin, K; Peng, C-Z; Höfling, S; Lu, C-Y; Pan, J-W; Nature Photonics, 11, 361 (2017)

6. Quantum State Transfer from a Single Photon to a Distant Quantum-Dot Electron Spin

He, Y; He, Y-M; Wei, Y-J; Jiang, X; Chen, K; Lu, C-Y; Pan, J-W; Schneider, C; Kamp, M; Höfling, S; Physical Review Letters, 119, 60501 (2017)

7. Tunneling Statistics for Analysis of Spin-Readout Fidelity

Gorman, SK; He, Y; House, MG; Keizer, JG; Keith, D; Fricke, L; Hile, SJ; Broome, MA; Simmons, MY; Physical Review Applied, 8, 34019 (2017)

8. On-demand single photons with high extraction efficiency and near-unity indistinguishability from a resonantly driven quantum dot in a micropillar

Ding, X; He, Y; Duan, Z-C; Gregersen, N; Chen, M-C; Unsleber, S; Maier, S; Schneider, C; Kamp, M; Höfling, S; Lu, C-Y; Pan, J-W; Physical Review letters, 116, 20401 (2016)

9. Near-transform-limited single photons from an efficient solid-state quantum emitter

Wang, H; Duan, Z-C; Li, Y-H; Chen, S; Li, J-P; He, Y-M; Chen, M-C; He, Y; Ding, X; Peng, C-Z; Schneider, C; Kamp, M; Hölfling, S; Lu, C-Y; Pan, J-W; Physical Review letters,116, 213601 (2016)

10. Telecommunication Wavelength-Band Single-Photon Emission from Single Large InAs Quantum Dots Nucleated on Low-Density Seed Quantum Dots

Chen, Z-S; Ma, B; Shang, X-J; He, Y; Zhang, L-C; Ni, H-Q; Wang, J-L; Niu, Z-C; Nanoscale Research Letters, 11, 382 (2016)

11. Quantum dot-micropillars: A bright source of coherent single photons

Unsleber, S; He, Y-M; Maier, S; Gerhardt, S; Ding, X; He, Y; Duan, Z-C; Gregersen, N; Chen, M-C; Lu, C-Y; Pan, J-W; Schneider, C; Höfling, S; Photonics Conference (IPC), 2016, IEEE, 212-213 (2016)

12. Dynamically controlled resonance fluorescence spectra from a doubly dressed single InGaAs quantum dot

He, Y; He, Y-M; Liu, J; Wei, Y-J; Ramírez, HY; Atatüre, M; Schneider, C; Kamp, M; Höfling, S; Lu, C-Y; Pan, J-W; Physical Review Letters, 114, 97402 (2015)

13. Single quantum emitters in monolayer semiconductors

He, Y-M; Clark, G; Schaibley, JR; He, Y; Chen, M-C; Wei, Y-J; Ding, X; Zhang, Q; Yao, W; Xu, X; Lu, C-Y; Pan, J-W; Nature Nanotechnology, 10, 497 (2015)

14. Temperature-dependent Mollow triplet spectra from a single quantum dot: Rabi frequency renormalization and sideband linewidth insensitivity

Wei, Y-J; He, Y; He, Y-M; Lu, C-Y; Pan, J-W; Schneider, C; Kamp, M; Höfling, S; McCutcheon, DPS; Nazir, A; Physical Review Letters, 113, 97401 (2014)

15. Semiconductor quantum dot single photon sourcesprinciples, methods and prospect

He, Y-M; Wei, Y-J; He, Y; Xiong, F-L; Chen, K; Zhao, Y; Lu, C-Y; Scientia Sinica Informationis, 44, 394-409 (2014)

16. Deterministic and robust generation of single photons from a single quantum dot with 99.5% indistinguishability using adiabatic rapid passage

Wei, Y-J; He, Y-M; Chen, M-C; Hu, Y-N; He, Y; Wu, D; Schneider, C; Kamp, M; Höfling, S; Lu, C-Y; Pan, J-W; Nano Letters, 14, 6515-6519 (2014)

17. On-demand semiconductor single-photon source with near-unity indistinguishability

He, Y-M; He, Y; Wei, Y-J; Wu, D; Atatüre, M; Schneider, C; Höfling, S; Kamp, M; Lu, C-Y; Pan, J-W; Nature Nanotechnology, 8, 213-217 (2013)

18. Single InAs quantum dot grown at the junction of branched gold-free GaAs nanowire

Yu, Y; Li, M-F; He, J-F; He, Y-M; Wei, Y-J; He, Y; Zha, G-W; Shang, X-J; Wang, J; Wang, L-J; Wang, G-W; Ni, H-Q; Lu, C-Y; Niu, Z-C; Nano Letters, 13, 1399-1404 (2013)

19. Indistinguishable tunable single photons emitted by spin-flip Raman transitions in InGaAs quantum dots

He, Y; He, Y-M; Wei, Y-J; Jiang, X; Chen, M-C; Xiong, F-L; Zhao, Y; Schneider, C; Kamp, M; Höfling, S; Lu, C-Y; Pan, J-W; Physical Review Letters, 111, 237403 (2013)

20. Preparation and storage of frequency-uncorrelated entangled photons from cavity-enhanced spontaneous parametric downconversion

Zhang, H; Jin, X-M; Yang, J; Dai, H-N; Yang, S-J; Zhao, T-M; Rui, J; He, Y; Jiang, X; Yang, F; Pan, G-S; Yuan, Z-S; Deng, Y; Chen, Z-B; Bao, X-H; Chen, S; Zhao, B; Pan, J-W; Nature Photonics, 5, 628-632 (2011)