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Publications (132)

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2022

First-principles calculations of double resonance Raman spectra for monolayer MoTe

Jianqi Huang, Huaihong Guo, Lin Zhou +5

Since double resonance Raman (DRR) spectra are laser-energy dependent, the first-principles calculations of DRR for two-dimensional materials are challenging. Here, the DRR spectru…

gr-qc2015

Influence of separating distance between atomic sensors for gravitational wave detection

Biao Tang, Baocheng Zhang, Lin Zhou +2

We consider a recent scheme of gravitational wave detection using atomic interferometers as inertial sensors, and reinvestigate its configuration using the concept of sensitivity f…

cs.IT2024

Large and Small Deviations for Statistical Sequence Matching

Lin Zhou, Qianyun Wang, Jingjing Wang +2

We revisit the problem of statistical sequence matching between two databases of sequences initiated by Unnikrishnan (TIT 2015) and derive theoretical performance guarantees for th…

stat.AP2024

Analyzing Population-Level Trials as N-of-1 Trials: an Application to Gait

Lin Zhou, Juliana Schneider, Bert Arnrich +1

Studying individual causal effects of health interventions is of interest whenever intervention effects are heterogeneous between study participants. Conducting N-of-1 trials, whic…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2022

Understanding the Mechanism of the Performance Improvement in Nitrogen-doped Niobium Superconducting Radio Frequency Cavity

Xiaotian Fang, Jin-Su Oh, Matt Kramer +4

Niobium superconducting radiofrequency cavities enable applications in modern accelerators and quantum computers. However, the surface resistance significantly deteriorates the cav…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2020

Deep-Learning-Enabled Fast Optical Identification and Characterization of Two-Dimensional Materials

Bingnan Han, Yuxuan Lin, Yafang Yang +22

Advanced microscopy and/or spectroscopy tools play indispensable role in nanoscience and nanotechnology research, as it provides rich information about the growth mechanism, chemic…

cs.IT2023

Achievable Refined Asymptotics for Successive Refinement Using Gaussian Codebooks

Lin Bai, Zhuangfei Wu, Lin Zhou

We study the mismatched successive refinement problem where one uses Gaussian codebooks to compress an arbitrary memoryless source with successive minimum Euclidean distance encodi…

physics.app-ph2023

High precision atom interferometer-based dynamic gravimeter measurement by eliminating the cross-coupling effect

Yang Zhou, Wenzhang Wang, Guiguo Ge +16

A dynamic gravimeter with an atomic interferometer (AI) can perform absolute gravity measurements with high precision. AI-based dynamic gravity measurement is a type of joint measu…

astro-ph.HE2024

Determining the viewing angle from TeV light curve of GRB 221009A

Lin Zhou, Yuan-Chuan Zou

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are among the most powerful explosive events in the universe. LHAASO recently observed the most luminous one: GRB 221009A, and unveiled its TeV light curve.…

eess.SP2025

Collaborative Secret and Covert Communications for Multi-User Multi-Antenna Uplink UAV Systems: Design and Optimization

Jinpeng Xu, Lin Bai, Xin Xie +1

Motivated by diverse secure requirements of multi-user in UAV systems, we propose a collaborative secret and covert transmission method for multi-antenna ground users to unmanned a…

eess.IV2022

Efficient Image Super-Resolution using Vast-Receptive-Field Attention

Lin Zhou, Haoming Cai, Jinjin Gu +5

The attention mechanism plays a pivotal role in designing advanced super-resolution (SR) networks. In this work, we design an efficient SR network by improving the attention mechan…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024

Giant Uniaxial Magnetocrystalline Anisotropy in SmCrGe

Mingyu Xu, Yongbin Lee, Xianglin Ke +8

Magnetic anisotropy is a crucial characteristic for enhancing spintronic device performance. The synthesis of SmCrGe single crystals through a high-temperature solution method…

math.AG2024

Higher Chow groups with finite coefficients and refined unramified cohomology

Kees Kok, Lin Zhou

In this paper we show that Bloch's higher cycle class map with finite coefficients for quasi-projective equi-dimensional schemes over a field fits naturally in a long exact sequenc…

physics.optics2025

Approaching the Low Optical Loss Limit of Plasmonics using Potassium Metals

Yuhan Yang, Yi Zhang, Yuhong Shi +7

Plasmonics enables the miniaturization of photonic devices beyond the optical diffraction limit,yet its potential is hindered by inherently large ohmic losses. Hence, it is prudent…

quant-ph2024

Systematic Improvements in Transmon Qubit Coherence Enabled by Niobium Surface Encapsulation

Mustafa Bal, Akshay A. Murthy, Shaojiang Zhu +37

We present a novel transmon qubit fabrication technique that yields systematic improvements in T relaxation times. We fabricate devices using an encapsulation strategy that inv…

cs.IT2018

The Dispersion of Mismatched Joint Source-Channel Coding for Arbitrary Sources and Additive Channels

Lin Zhou, Vincent Y. F. Tan, Mehul Motani

We consider a joint source channel coding (JSCC) problem in which we desire to transmit an arbitrary memoryless source over an arbitrary additive channel. We propose a mismatched c…

quant-ph2019

United test of the equivalence principle at level using mass and internal energy specified atoms

Lin Zhou, Chuan He, Si-Tong Yan +14

We use both mass and internal energy specified rubidium atoms to jointly test the weak equivalence principle (WEP). We improve the four-wave double-diffraction Raman transition met…

math.PR2024

Hoeffding's inequality for continuous-time Markov chains

Jinpeng Liu, Yuanyuan Liu, Lin Zhou

Hoeffding's inequality is a fundamental tool widely applied in probability theory, statistics, and machine learning. In this paper, we establish Hoeffding's inequalities specifical…

cs.IT2026

Privacy-Resolution Tradeoff for Adaptive Noisy Twenty Questions Estimation

Chunsong Sun, Lin Zhou

We revisit noisy twenty questions estimation and study the privacy-resolution tradeoff for adaptive query procedures. Specifically, in twenty questions estimation, there are two pl…

cond-mat.mes-hall2025

Controlling Skyrmion Lattices via Strain: Elongation, Tilting, and Collapse Mechanisms

Haijun Zhao, Tae-Hoon Kim, Lin Zhou +1

This study establishes a comprehensive framework for the three-dimensional strain control of magnetic skyrmion strings. We integrate analytical modeling, micromagnetic simulations,…

cond-mat.supr-con2017

Highly responsive ground state of PbTaSe: structural phase transition and evolution of superconductivity under pressure

Udhara Kaluarachchi, Yuhang Deng, Matthew F. Besser +12

Transport and magnetic studies of PbTaSe under pressure suggest existence of two superconducting phases with the low temperature phase boundary at GPa that is defin…

cs.IT2021

Resolution Limits of 20 Questions Search Strategies for Moving Targets

Lin Zhou, Alfred Hero

We establish fundamental limits of tracking a moving target over the unit cube under the framework of 20 questions with measurement-dependent noise. In this problem, there is an or…

physics.atom-ph2024

Constraining the spin-gravity coupling effects to the -level with dual-species atom interferometers

Dongfeng Gao, Lin Zhou, Jin Wang +1

Spin is one fundamental property of microscopic particles. A lot of theoretical work has postulated the possible coupling between spin and gravitation, which could result in the vi…

physics.flu-dyn2024

Simulation of flow induced vibration of a cylinder in an expansion tube

Sai Peng, Qiyu Deng, Lin Zhou +2

In this study, a series of simulations are conducted to investigate the motion of a small cylinder in an expansion tube, focusing on two-dimensional dynamics. These simulations are…

cs.IT2025

Capacity Region for Covert Secret Key Generation over Multiple Access Channels

Yingxin Zhang, Lin Zhou, Qiaosheng Zhang

We study covert secret key generation over a binary-input two-user multiple access channel with one-way public discussion and derive bounds on the capacity region. Specifically, in…

cs.IT2022

Resolution Limits of Non-Adaptive 20 Questions Search for Multiple Targets

Lin Zhou, Lin Bai, Alfred Hero

We study the problem of simultaneous search for multiple targets over a multidimensional unit cube and derive fundamental resolution limits of non-adaptive querying procedures usin…

cs.IT2026

Second-Order Asymptotics for Covert Communication over Quasi-Static Multiple-Antenna Fading Channels

Changhong Liu, Jingjing Wang, Qiaosheng Zhang +2

We study the second-order asymptotics of optimal codes for covert communication over quasi-static multi-antenna fading channels, under the covertness metric of Kullback--Leibler (K…

cs.LG2024

A Multi-class Ride-hailing Service Subsidy System Utilizing Deep Causal Networks

Zhe Yu, Chi Xia, Shaosheng Cao +1

In the ride-hailing industry, subsidies are predominantly employed to incentivize consumers to place more orders, thereby fostering market growth. Causal inference techniques are e…

gr-qc2021

Mid-Frequency Gravitational Waves (0.1-10 Hz): Sources and Detection Methods Summary of the parallel session GW2 of MG16 Meeting

Dongfeng Gao, Wei-Tou Ni, Jin Wang +2

This article summarizes the talks in the session GW2 of the Sixteenth Marcel Grossmann Meeting on Recent Developments in Theoretical and Experimental General Relativity, Gravitatio…

cond-mat.mes-hall2025

Phase-Factor-Controlled Surface Spirals in the Magnetic Conical Phase: The Role of In-Plane Directionality

Haijun Zhao, Tae-Hoon Kim, Lin Zhou +1

In chiral magnets, the magnetic textures surrounding domain walls exhibit a rich variety of structures, offering insights into fundamental physics and potential applications in spi…

cs.IT2021

Resolution Limits for the Noisy Non-Adaptive 20 Questions Problem

Lin Zhou, Alfred Hero

We establish fundamental limits on estimation accuracy for the noisy 20 questions problem with measurement-dependent noise and introduce optimal non-adaptive procedures that achiev…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2019

Mechanisms of skyrmion and skyrmion crystal formation from the conical phase

Taehoon Kim, Haijun Zhao, Ben Xu +6

Real-space topological magnetic structures such as skyrmions and merons are promising candidates for information storage and transport. However, the microscopic mechanisms that con…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2017

Microstructural and magnetic property evolution with different heat-treatment conditions in an alnico alloy

Lin Zhou, Wei Tang, Liqin Ke +3

Further property enhancement of alnico, an attractive near-term, non-rare-earth permanent magnet alloy system, primarily composed of Al, Ni, Co, and Fe, relies on improved morpholo…

physics.optics2026

Integrated photon-pair sources on periodically poled thin-film lithium tantalate

Sakthi Sanjeev Mohanraj, Xiaodong Shi, Ran Yang +2

Chip-integrated photon-pair sources based on spontaneous parametric down-conversion (SPDC) have emerged as a promising solution for scalable quantum light generation. Thin-film lit…

hep-ex2023

Terrestrial Very-Long-Baseline Atom Interferometry: Workshop Summary

Sven Abend, Baptiste Allard, Iván Alonso +250

This document presents a summary of the 2023 Terrestrial Very-Long-Baseline Atom Interferometry Workshop hosted by CERN. The workshop brought together experts from around the world…

cs.IT2018

Refined Asymptotics for Rate-Distortion using Gaussian Codebooks for Arbitrary Sources

Lin Zhou, Vincent Y. F. Tan, Mehul Motani

The rate-distortion saddle-point problem considered by Lapidoth (1997) consists in finding the minimum rate to compress an arbitrary ergodic source when one is constrained to use a…

physics.atom-ph2015

Test of Equivalence Principle at Level by a Dual-species Double-diffraction Raman Atom Interferometer

Lin Zhou, Shitong Long, Biao Tang +9

We report an improved test of the weak equivalence principle by using a simultaneous Rb-Rb dual-species atom interferometer. We propose and implement a four-wave doub…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2020

One-Dimensional Moiré Excitons in Transition-Metal Dichalcogenide Heterobilayers

Yusong Bai, Lin Zhou, Jue Wang +15

The formation of interfacial moiré patterns from angular and/or lattice mismatch has become a powerful approach to engineer a range of quantum phenomena in van der Waals heterostr…

eess.SP2025

Over-the-Air Diagnosis of Defective Elements in Intelligent Reflecting Surface

Ziyi Zhao, Zhaorui Wang, Lin Zhou +4

Due to circuit failures, defective elements that cannot adaptively adjust the phase shifts of their impinging signals in a desired manner may exist on an intelligent reflecting sur…

physics.atom-ph2008

Measurement of the quadratic Zeeman shift of ^{85}Rb hyperfine sublevels using stimulated Raman transitions

Runbing Li, Lin Zhou, Jin Wang +1

We demonstrate a technique for directly measuring the quadratic Zeeman shift using stimulated Raman transitions.The quadratic Zeeman shift has been measured yielding [delta][nju] =…

math.AG2025

Algebraic Zhou valuations

Shijie Bao, Qi'an Guan, Lin Zhou

In this paper, we generalize Zhou valuations, originally defined on complex domains, to the framework of general schemes. We demonstrate that an algebraic version of the Jonsson--M…

gr-qc2013

Configurations of a new atomic interferometer for gravitational wave detection

Biao Tang, Baocheng Zhang, Lin Zhou +2

Recently, the configuration using atomic interferometers (AIs) had been suggested for the detection of gravitational waves. A new AI with some additional laser pulses for implement…

physics.atom-ph2019

ZAIGA: Zhaoshan Long-baseline Atom Interferometer Gravitation Antenna

Ming-Sheng Zhan, Jin Wang, Wei-Tou Ni +21

The Zhaoshan long-baseline Atom Interferometer Gravitation Antenna (ZAIGA) is a new type of underground laser-linked interferometer facility, and is currently under construction. I…

cs.IT2025

Resolution Limits of Non-Adaptive 20 Questions Estimation for Tracking Multiple Moving Targets

Chunsong Sun, Lin Zhou, Jingjing Wang +3

Motivated by the practical application of beam tracking of multiple devices in Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) communication, we study the problem of non-adaptive twenty ques…

cond-mat.mes-hall2025

Correlating Superconducting Qubit Performance Losses to Sidewall Near-Field Scattering via Terahertz Nanophotonics

Richard H. J. Kim, Samuel J. Haeuser, Joong-Mok Park +16

Elucidating dielectric losses, structural heterogeneity, and interface imperfections is critical for improving coherence in superconducting qubits. However, most diagnostics rely o…

cs.IT2017

Non-Asymptotic Converse Bounds and Refined Asymptotics for Two Lossy Source Coding Problems

Lin Zhou, Mehul Motani

In this paper, we revisit two multi-terminal lossy source coding problems: the lossy source coding problem with side information available at the encoder and one of the two decoder…

cs.IT2025

Achievable Second-Order Asymptotics for MAC and RAC with Additive Non-Gaussian Noise

Yiming Wang, Lin Bai, Zhuangfei Wu +1

We first study the two-user additive noise multiple access channel (MAC) where the noise distribution is arbitrary. For such a MAC, we use spherical codebooks and either joint near…

cond-mat.supr-con2022

Quasiparticle spectroscopy, transport, and magnetic properties of Nb films used in superconducting transmon qubits

Kamal R. Joshi, Sunil Ghimire, Makariy A. Tanatar +10

Niobium thin films on silicon substrate used in the fabrication of superconducting qubits have been characterized using scanning and transmission electron microscopy, electrical tr…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2017

Simulation of alnico coercivity

Liqin Ke, Ralph Skomski, Todd D. Hoffmann +6

Micromagnetic simulations of alnico show substantial deviations from Stoner-Wohlfarth behavior due to the unique size and spatial distribution of the rod-like Fe-Co phase formed du…

physics.atom-ph2024

Evaluation of the systematic error induced by quadratic Zeeman effect using hyperfine ground state exchange method in a long-baseline dual-species atom interferometer

Yu-Hang Ji, Chuan He, Si-Tong Yan +7

The systematic error induced by the quadratic Zeeman effect is non-negligible in atom interferometers and must be precisely evaluated. We theoretically analyze the phase shift indu…

cs.IT2023

Achievable Error Exponents for Two-Phase Multiple Classification

Lin Zhou, Jun Diao, Lin Bai

We revisit -ary classification of Gutman (TIT 1989), where one is tasked to determine whether a testing sequence is generated with the same distribution as one of the traini…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024

Enhanced Superconducting Qubit Performance Through Ammonium Fluoride Etch

Cameron J. Kopas, Dominic P. Goronzy, Thang Pham +19

The performance of superconducting qubits is often limited by dissipation and two-level systems (TLS) losses. The dominant sources of these losses are believed to originate from am…

cs.CV2020

Objects detection for remote sensing images based on polar coordinates

Lin Zhou, Haoran Wei, Hao Li +3

Arbitrary-oriented object detection is an important task in the field of remote sensing object detection. Existing studies have shown that the polar coordinate system has obvious a…

physics.app-ph2024

Alternating Bias Assisted Annealing of Amorphous Oxide Tunnel Junctions

David P. Pappas, Mark Field, Cameron Kopas +10

We demonstrate a transformational technique for controllably tuning the electrical properties of fabricated thermally oxidized amorphous aluminum-oxide tunnel junctions. Using conv…

cs.IT2024

Successive Refinement of Shannon Cipher System Under Maximal Leakage

Zhuangfei Wu, Lin Bai, Lin Zhou

We study the successive refinement setting of Shannon cipher system (SCS) under the maximal leakage secrecy metric for discrete memoryless sources under bounded distortion measures…

physics.atom-ph2023

The space cold atom interferometer for testing the equivalence principle in the China Space Station

Meng He, Xi Chen, Jie Fang +25

The precision of the weak equivalence principle (WEP) test using atom interferometers (AIs) is expected to be extremely high in microgravity environment. The microgravity scientifi…

physics.ins-det2024

The Pixel Charging-up effect in Gas Micro-Pixel Detectors

Difan Yi, Qian Liu, Hongbang Liu +5

This study investigates the charging-up effect on the Topmetal-II- chip in Gas Micro-Pixel Detectors(GMPD). It is found that this effect differs from the charging-up typically obse…

physics.optics2024

Efficient photon-pair generation in layer-poled lithium niobate nanophotonic waveguides

Xiaodong Shi, Sakthi Sanjeev Mohanraj, Veerendra Dhyani +7

Integrated photon-pair sources are crucial for scalable photonic quantum systems. Thin-film lithium niobate is a promising platform for on-chip photon-pair generation through spont…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2022

Multi-modal electron microscopy study on decoherence sources and their stability in Nb based superconducting qubit

Jin-Su Oh, Xiaotian Fang, Tae-Hoon Kim +14

Niobium is commonly used for superconducting quantum systems as readout resonators, capacitors, and interconnects. The coherence time of the superconducting qubits is mainly limite…

cs.IT2025

Sequential Outlier Hypothesis Testing under Universality Constraints

Jun Diao, Lin Zhou

We revisit sequential outlier hypothesis testing and derive bounds on achievable exponents when both the nominal and anomalous distributions are unknown. The task of outlier hypoth…

eess.SP2024

A Range-Free Node Localization Method for Anisotropic Wireless Sensor Networks with Sparse Anchors

Yong Jin, Junfang Leng, Lin Zhou +2

In sensor networks characterized by irregular layouts and poor connectivity, anisotropic properties can significantly reduce the accuracy of distance estimation between nodes, cons…

eess.SY2018

Impact of Digital Time Delay on the Stable Grid Hosting Capacity of Large-scale Centralized Photovoltaic Plant

Jinhong Liu, Lin Zhou, Marta Molinas

In view of the trend towards extensive application of digital controllers in the PV inverter of large-scale centralized photovoltaic (LSCPV) plant and the increasing number of grid…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024

Thermal transport in a 2D amorphous material

Yuxi Wang, Xingxing Zhang, Wujuan Yan +12

Two-dimensional (2D) crystals proved revolutionary soon after graphene was discovered in 2004. However, 2D amorphous materials only became accessible in 2020 and remain largely une…

cs.IT2018

Second-Order Asymptotically Optimal Statistical Classification

Lin Zhou, Vincent Y. F. Tan, Mehul Motani

Motivated by real-world machine learning applications, we analyze approximations to the non-asymptotic fundamental limits of statistical classification. In the binary version of th…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2019

Crystal growth, microstructure and physical properties of SrMnSb

Yong Liu, Tao Ma, Lin Zhou +13

We report on the crystal and magnetic structures, magnetic, and transport properties of SrMnSb single crystals grown by the self-flux method. Magnetic susceptibility measuremen…

cs.IT2026

Rate-Distortion-Perception Tradeoff for the Gray-Wyner Problem

Yu Yang, Yingxin Zhang, Weijie Yuan +1

We revisit the Gray-Wyner lossy source coding problem and derive the first-order asymptotic optimal rate-distortion-perception region when additional perception constraints are imp…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2018

Spatially-correlated Site Occupancy in the Nonstoichiometric Meta-stable ε-Al60Sm11 Phase during Devitrification of Al-10.2 at.% Sm Glasses

Lin Yang, Feng Zhang, Fan-Qiang Meng +7

A metastable ε-Al60Sm11 phase appears during the initial devitrification of as-quenched Al-10.2 at.% Sm glasses. The ε phase is nonstoichiometric in nature since Al occupation is…

math.AG2025

On the functoriality of refined unramified cohomology

Kees Kok, Lin Zhou

In this paper, we generalise the construction of the functorial pullback of refined unramified cohomology between smooth schemes, by following the ideas of Fulton's intersection th…

cs.CV2024

OphCLIP: Hierarchical Retrieval-Augmented Learning for Ophthalmic Surgical Video-Language Pretraining

Ming Hu, Kun Yuan, Yaling Shen +17

Surgical practice involves complex visual interpretation, procedural skills, and advanced medical knowledge, making surgical vision-language pretraining (VLP) particularly challeng…

cond-mat.mes-hall2025

Topological Defect Mediated Helical Phase Reorientation by Uniaxial Stress

Tae-Hoon Kim, Haijun Zhao, Brandt A. Jensen +2

Strain engineering enables precise, energy-efficient control of nanoscale magnetism. However, unlike well-studied strain-dislocation interactions in mechanical deformation, the spa…

cs.IT2021

Achievable Resolution Limits for the Noisy Adaptive 20 Questions Problem

Lin Zhou, Alfred Hero

We study the achievable performance of adaptive query procedures for the noisy 20 questions problem with measurement-dependent noise over a unit cube of finite dimension. The perfo…

cs.IT2018

Strong Converse for Hypothesis Testing Against Independence over a Two-Hop Network

Daming Cao, Lin Zhou, Vincent Y. F. Tan

By proving a strong converse, we strengthen the weak converse result by Salehkalaibar, Wigger and Wang (2017) concerning hypothesis testing against independence over a two-hop netw…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2019

Uncompensated Polarization in Incommensurate Modulations of Perovskite Antiferroelectrics

Tao Ma, Zhongming Fan, Bin Xu +6

Complex polar structures of incommensurate modulations (ICMs) are revealed in chemically modified PbZrO perovskite antiferroelectrics using advanced transmission electron micro…

math.ST2022

Asymptotics for Outlier Hypothesis Testing

Lin Zhou, Yun Wei, Alfred Hero

We revisit the outlier hypothesis testing framework of Li \emph{et al.} (TIT 2014) and derive fundamental limits for the optimal test. In outlier hypothesis testing, one is given m…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2020

Deterministic strain-control of stability and current-induced motion of skyrmions in chiral magnets

Phuong-Vu Ong, Tae-Hoon Kim, Haijun Zhao +3

External magnetic field, temperature, and spin-polarized current are usually employed to create and control nanoscale vortex-like spin configurations such as magnetic skyrmions. Al…

cs.IT2026

Exponentially Consistent Low Complexity Tests for Outlier Hypothesis Testing

Jun Diao, Jingjing Wang, Lin Zhou

We revisit outlier hypothesis testing, propose exponentially consistent low complexity fixed-length and sequential tests and show that our tests achieve better tradeoff between det…

stat.ML2024

Exponentially Consistent Statistical Classification of Continuous Sequences with Distribution Uncertainty

Lina Zhu, Lin Zhou

In multiple classification, one aims to determine whether a testing sequence is generated from the same distribution as one of the M training sequences or not. Unlike most of exist…

physics.atom-ph2024

Realization of cold atom gyroscope in space

Jinting Li, Xi Chen, Danfang Zhang +21

High-precision gyroscopes in space are essential for fundamental physics research and navigation. Due to its potential high precision, the cold atom gyroscope is expected to be the…

cs.IT2022

Efficient User Scheduling for Uplink Hybrid Satellite-Terrestrial Communication

Lina Zhu, Lin Bai, Lin Zhou +1

Due to increasing demands of seamless connection and massive information exchange across the world, the integrated satellite-terrestrial communication systems develop rapidly. To s…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2020

Manipulating of magnetism in the topological semimetal EuCd2As2

Na Hyun Jo, Brinda Kuthanazhi, Yun Wu +15

Magnetic Weyl semimetals are expected to have extraordinary physical properties such as a chiral anomaly and large anomalous Hall effects that may be useful for future, potential,…

physics.atom-ph2026

In-orbit Test of the Weak Equivalence Principle with Atom Interferometry

Dan-Fang Zhang, Jing-Ting Li, Wen-Zhang Wang +22

The Weak Equivalence Principle (WEP) is a central pillar of general relativity. Its precise test with quantum systems in space offers a unique window onto new physics. Here we repo…

cs.IT2021

Privacy-Utility Tradeoff for Hypothesis Testing Over A Noisy Channel

Lin Zhou, Daming Cao

We study a hypothesis testing problem with a privacy constraint over a noisy channel and derive the performance of optimal tests under the Neyman-Pearson criterion. The fundamental…

math.AG2021

Chow groups of Gushel-Mukai fivefolds

Lin Zhou

We compute the Chow groups of smooth Gushel-Mukai varieties of dimension .

quant-ph2026

On-Chip Generation of Co-Polarized and Spectrally Separable Photon Pairs

Xiaojie Wang, Lin Zhou, Yue Li +10

On-chip generation of high-purity single photons is essential for scalable photonic quantum technologies. Spontaneous parametric down-conversion (SPDC) is widely used to generate p…

eess.SP2023

From OTFS to DD-ISAC: Integrating Sensing and Communications in the Delay Doppler Domain

Weijie Yuan, Lin Zhou, Saeid K. Dehkordi +4

Next-generation vehicular networks are expected to provide the capability of robust environmental sensing in addition to reliable communications to meet intelligence requirements.…

cs.IT2024

The Dispersion of Broadcast Channels With Degraded Message Sets Using Gaussian Codebooks

Zhuangfei Wu, Lin Bai, Jinpeng Xu +2

We study the two-user broadcast channel with degraded message sets and derive second-order achievability rate regions. Specifically, the channel noises are not necessarily Gaussian…

physics.atom-ph2026

Amplitude Modulation Noise Suppression of Dynamic Atom Gravimeters

Wen-Zhang Wang, Jin-Ting Li, Dan-Fang Zhang +9

Dynamic atom gravimeters enable absolute gravity measurements on moving platforms. However, their performance is severely degraded due to the complex dynamic environment. This pape…

physics.flu-dyn2021

Reconstructing shock front of unstable detonations based on multi-layer perceptron

Lin Zhou, Honghui Teng, Hoi Dick Ng +2

The dynamics of frontal and transverse shocks in gaseous detonation waves is a complex phenomenon bringing many difficulties to both numerical and experimental research. Advanced l…

eess.SP2026

From Ground to Sky: Architectures, Applications, and Challenges Shaping Low-Altitude Wireless Networks

Weijie Yuan, Yuanhao Cui, Jiacheng Wang +13

In this article, we introduce a novel low-altitude wireless network (LAWN), which is a reconfigurable, three-dimensional (3D) layered architecture. In particular, the LAWN integrat…

cond-mat.supr-con2026

Quasiparticle spectroscopy in tantalum films with different Ta/sapphire interfaces

Bicky S. Moirangthem, Kamal R. Joshi, Anthony P. Mcfadden +8

One of the crucial aspects of current research in quantum information science is the identification and control of loss mechanisms in superconducting circuits. Although microwave m…

hep-ex2024

Terrestrial Very-Long-Baseline Atom Interferometry: Summary of the Second Workshop

Adam Abdalla, Mahiro Abe, Sven Abend +307

This summary of the second Terrestrial Very-Long-Baseline Atom Interferometry (TVLBAI) Workshop provides a comprehensive overview of our meeting held in London in April 2024, build…

physics.optics2025

Integrated polarization-entangled photon source for wavelength-multiplexed quantum networks

Xiaodong Shi, Yue Li, Jinyi Du +13

Entangled photons are fundamental resources for quantum communication, computing, and networking. Among them, polarization-entangled photon pairs play an important role due to thei…

cs.IT2017

Exponential Strong Converse for Content Identification with Lossy Recovery

Lin Zhou, Vincent Y. F. Tan, Lei Yu +1

We revisit the high-dimensional content identification with lossy recovery problem (Tuncel and Gündüz, 2014) and establish an exponential strong converse theorem. As a corollary…

cond-mat.mes-hall2022

Developing a Chemical and Structural Understanding of the Surface Oxide in a Niobium Superconducting Qubit

Akshay A. Murthy, Paul Masih Das, Stephanie M. Ribet +11

Superconducting thin films of niobium have been extensively employed in transmon qubit architectures. Although these architectures have demonstrated remarkable improvements in rece…

physics.atom-ph2025

Analysis of the Dick Effect for AI-based Dynamic Gravimeter

Wen-Zhang Wang, Xi Chen, Jin-Ting Li +8

Atom interferometer (AI)-based dynamic gravimeter enable high-precision absolute gravity measurements, crucial for applications in geophysics, navigation, resource exploration, and…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Oxygen Vacancies at Dislocation Core Modulate Plasticity in Strontium Titanate

Min-Chul Kang, Chunxu Yan, Alexander Frisch +3

Dislocation core chemistry in oxides critically influences mechanical behavior and functionality; yet the evolution of core chemistry during the dislocation motion in them has not…

cs.IT2021

Resolution Limits for the Noisy Non-Adaptive 20 Questions Problem

Lin Zhou, Alfred Hero

We establish fundamental limits on estimation accuracy for the noisy 20 questions problem with measurement-dependent noise and introduce optimal non-adaptive procedures that achiev…

eess.SP2026

LAMBDA: A Low-Altitude Multimodal Base Dataset for UAV Sensing and Communication

Lin Zhou, Peichuan Rao, Chenshuo Zhang +4

Research on low-altitude integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) requires aligned multimodal data that jointly describe wireless propagation, visual appearance, unmanned aerial…

cs.IT2023

On Finite Blocklength Lossy Source Coding

Lin Zhou, Mehul Motani

In this monograph, we review recent advances in second-order asymptotics for lossy source coding, which provides approximations to the finite blocklength performance of optimal cod…

cs.IT2019

Exponential Strong Converse for Successive Refinement with Causal Decoder Side Information

Lin Zhou, Alfred Hero

We consider the -user successive refinement problem with causal decoder side information and derive an exponential strong converse theorem. The rate-distortion region for the pr…