Essential Information

Name: Dawei Lu

Position:   Assistant Professor

Highest Degree:PhD in Physics, USTC

Telephone(office):+86-755-8801-8250

Office:216 Research Building II

Email:ludw@sustc.edu.cn

Research Field:

· Quantum information processing in spin-based magnetic resonance systems.

· Development of spin control techniques to achieve high-fidelity coherent control.

· Benchmarks in large-scale systems.

· Quantum simulation towards large-scale quantum systems.

· Experimental realization of adiabatic quantum computing model.

· Quantum state tomography and process tomography.


Educational Background


2012 Ph.D. Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale

University of Science and Technology of China

Supervisor: Prof. Jiangfeng Du

Thesis: Quantum Simulation towards Quantum Chemistry with NMR Simulators


2007 B.Sc. Special Class for Gifted Young

University of Science and Technology of China

Supervisor: Prof. Jiangfeng Du

Thesis: Application of Strongly Modulating Pulses in Liquid NMR


Working Experience


2017.08-present Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Southern University of Science and Technology

2012.09-2017.08 Postdoctoral fellow, Institute for Quantum Computing and Department of Physics, University of Waterloo


Honors and Awards

2012 CAS Presidential Scholarship


Papers and Patents


arXiv Preprints (#: equal contributions; *: corresponding author)

4. K. R. Li, Y. N. Li, M. X. Han, S. R. Lu, J. Zhou, D. Ruan, G. L. Long, Y. D. Wan*, D. W. Lu*, B. Zeng*, and R. Laflamme, Quantum Spacetime on a Quantum Simulator, arXiv:1712.08711 (2017).


3. Z. H. Luo, Y. Z. You, J. Li, C. M. Jian, D. W. Lu*, C. K. Xu*, B. Zeng*, and R. Laflamme, Observing Fermion Pair Instability of the Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev Model on a Quantum Spin Simulator, arXiv:1712.06458 (2017).


2. K. R. Li, M. X. Han, G. L. Long, Y. D. Wan*, D. W. Lu*, B. Zeng*, and R. Laflamme, Measuring Holographic Entanglement Entropy on a Quantum Simulator, arXiv:1705.00365 (2017).


1. S. R. Lu, S. L. Huang, K. R. Li, J. Li*, J. X. Chen, D. W. Lu*, Z. F. Ji, Y. Shen, D. L. Zhou, and B. Zeng, A Separability-Entanglement Classifier via Machine Learning, arXiv:1705.01523 (2017).

Refereed Papers (#: equal contributions; *: corresponding author)

27. T. Xin, S. L. Huang, S. R. Lu, K. R. Li, Z. H. Luo, Z. Q. Yin, J. Li*, D. W. Lu*, G. L. Long*, B. Zeng, NMRCloudQ: A Quantum Cloud Experience on a Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Quantum Computer, Sci. Bull. 63, 17 (2018).

26. D. W. Lu*#, K. R. Li#, J. Li#, H. Katiyar, A. J. Park, G. R. Feng, T. Xin, H. Li, G. L. Long, A. Brodutch, J. Baugh, B. Zeng*, and R. Laflamme, Enhancing quantum control by bootstrapping a quantum processor of 12 qubits, npj Quantum Information 3, 45 (2017).

25. J. Li*, S. L. Huang*, Z. H. Luo, K. R. Li, D. W. Lu, and B. Zeng*, Optimal design of measurement settings for quantum-state-tomography experiments, Phys. Rev. A 96, 032307 (2017).


24. K. R. Li, Y. D. Wan, L. Y. Hung, T. Lan, G. L. Long, D.W. Lu*, B. Zeng, and R. Laflamme, Experimental Identification of Non-Abelian Topological Orders on a Quantum Simulator, Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 080502 (2017).


23. K. R. Li, G. F. Long, H. Katiyar, T. Xin, G. R. Feng, D.W. Lu*, and R. Laflamme, Experimentally superposing two pure states with partial prior knowledge, Phys. Rev. A 95, 022334 (2017).


22. H. Katiyar*, A. Brodutch*, D.W. Lu*, and R. Laflamme*, Experimental violation of the Leggett-Garg inequality in a 3-level system, New J. Phys. 19, 023033 (2017).

21. T. Xin#, D.W. Lu#, J. Klassen#, N. K. Yu#, Z. F. Ji, J. X. Chen, X. Ma, G. L. Long, B. Zeng*, and R. Laflamme, Quantum state tomography via reduced density matrices, Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 020401 (2017).


20. G. R. Feng, B. Buonacorsi, J. J. Wallman, F. H. Cho, D. Park, T. Xin, D.W. Lu, J. Baugh, and R. Laflamme, Estimating the coherence of noise in quantum control of a solid-state qubit, Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 260501 (2016).


19. X. Rong, D.W. Lu, X. Kong, J. P. Geng, Y. Wang, F. Z. Shi, C. K. Duan, and J. F. Du*, Harnessing the power of quantum systems based on spin magnetic resonance: from ensembles to single particles, invited review article, Advances in Physics: X 2, 125 (2016).

18. H. Y. Wang, W. Q. Zheng, N. K. Yu, K. R. Li, D.W. Lu, T. Xin, C. Li, Z. F. Ji, D. Kribs, B. Zeng*, X. H. Peng*, and J. F. Du, Quantum state and process tomography via adaptive measurements, Sci. China Phys. Mech. Astron. 59, 100313 (2016).


17. J. Li, D.W. Lu, Z. H. Luo, R. Laflamme, X. H. Peng*, and J. F. Du*, Approximation of reachable set for coherently controlled open quantum systems: application to quantum state engineering, Phys. Rev. A 94, 012312 (2016).


16. D.W. Lu#, T. Xin#, N. K. Yu#, Z. F. Ji, J. X. Chen, G. L. Long, J. Baugh, X. H. Peng, B. Zeng*, and R. Laflamme, Tomography is necessary for universal entanglement detection with single-copy observables, Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 230501 (2016).


15. A. J. Park*, E. McKay, D.W. Lu*, and R. Laflamme, Simulation of anyonic statistics and its topological path independence using a 7-qubit quantum simulator, New J. Phys. 18, 043043 (2016).

14. D.W. Lu*, J. Biamonte, J. Li, H. Li, T. Johnson, V. Bergholm, M. Faccin, Z. Zimbora´s, R. Laflamme, J. Baugh, and S. Lloyd, Chiral quantum walks, Phys. Rev. A 93, 042302 (2016).


13. X. Ma, T. Jackson, H. Zhou, J. X. Chen, D.W. Lu, M. D. Mazurek, K. A. G. Fisher, X. H. Peng, D. Kribs, K. J. Resch, Z. F. Ji, B. Zeng*, and R. Laflamme, Pure state tomography with Pauli measurements, Phys. Rev. A 93, 032140 (2016).


12. D.W. Lu, H. Li, D. Trottier, J. Li, A. Brodutch, A. P. Krismanich, A. Ghavami, G. I. Dmitrienko, G. Long, J. Baugh, and R. Laflamme*, Experimental estimation of average fidelity of a Clifford gate on a 7-qubit quantum processor, Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 140505 (2015).


11. Z. K. Li, H. Zhou, C. Y. Ju, H. W. Chen, W. Q. Zheng, D.W. Lu, X. Rong, C. K. Duan, X. H. Peng*, and J. F. Du*, Experimental realization of a compressed quantum simulation of a 32-spin Ising chain, Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 220501 (2014).


10. D.W. Lu, A. Brodutch*, J. Li, H. Li, and R. Laflamme*, Experimental realization of post-selected weak measurements on an NMR quantum processor, New J. Phys. 16, 053015 (2014).

9. D.W. Lu, B. R. Xu, N. Y. Xu, Z. K. Li, H. W. Chen, X. H. Peng, R. X. Xu, and J. F. Du*, Quantum chemistry simulation on quantum computers: theories and experiments, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. Perspective 14, 9411 (2012).


8. D.W. Lu, N. Y. Xu, B. R. Xu, Z. K. Li, H. W. Chen, X. H. Peng, R. X. Xu, and J. F. Du*, Experimental study of the quantum simulation towards quantum chemistry with an NMR simulator, Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 370, 4734 (2012).


7. N. Y. Xu, J. Zhu, D.W. Lu, X. Y. Zhou, X. H. Peng*, and J. F. Du*, Quantum factorization of 143 on a dipolar-coupling NMR system, Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 130501 (2012).

6. Z. K. Li, M. H. Yung, H. W. Chen, D.W. Lu, J. D. Whitfield, X. H. Peng, A. Aspuru-Guzik, and J. F. Du*, Solving quantum ground-state problems with nuclear magnetic resonance, Sci. Rep. 1, 88 (2011).


5. D.W. Lu, N. Y. Xu, R. X. Xu, H. W. Chen, J. B. Gong, X. H. Peng, and J. F. Du*, Simulation of chemical isomerization reaction dynamics on a NMR quantum simulator, Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 020501 (2011).


4. H. W. Chen, D.W. Lu, B. Chong, G. Qin, X. Y. Zhou, X. H. Peng*, and J. F. Du*, Experimental demonstration of probabilistic quantum cloning, Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 180404 (2011).

3. D.W. Lu, J. Zhu, P. Zhou, X. H. Peng, Y. H. Yu, S. M. Zhang, Q. Chen, and J. F. Du*, Experimental implementation of a quantum random-walk search algorithm using strongly dipolar coupled spins, Phys. Rev. A 81, 022308 (2010).

2. J. F. Du*, N. Y. Xu, X. H. Peng, P. F. Wang, S. F. Wu, and D.W. Lu, NMR implementation of a molecular hydrogen quantum simulation with adiabatic state preparation, Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 030502 (2010).

1. C. L. Ren, D.W. Lu, X. H. Peng, M. J. Shi, and J. F. Du*, Experimentally simulating the violation of Bell-type inequalities for generalized GHZ states, Phys. Lett. A 373, 46, 4222-4226 (2009).


Book Chapters

2. D. W. Lu, A. Brodutch, J. Park, H. Katiyar, T. Jochym-O’Connor, and R. Laflamme, NMR quantum information processing, Electron Spin Resonance (ESR) Based Quantum Computing (Springer Publishing, 2016).

1. J. F. Du, C. Lei, G. Qin, D. W. Lu, and X. H. Peng, Search via quantum walk, Search Algorithms and Applications (InTech Publishing, 2011).



Service for Academic Societies

2014-today Review Editor: Frontiers in Quantum Computing


Referee for Phys. Rev. Lett., Phys. Rev. X/A/B, New J. Phys., Quantum Sci. Technol., Sci. Bull., J. Phys. A: Math. Theor., Sci. China Phys. Mech. Astron., Front. ICT, Sci. Rep. etc

Executive Chair, International Workshop on Physics of Information, 01/04/2018 - 01/08/2018, SUSTech


Organizer, Quantum Information, Spacetime and Topological Matter: the 3rd International Conference (QuIST III), 01/03/2018 - 01/07/2018, Harbin Institute of Technology