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most citedHeralded entanglement distribution between two absorptive quantum memories

221 citations · 912 across the 19 of their papers we have counts for

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19 papers

quant-ph2025★ 4 cited

Efficient integrated quantum memory for light

Ruo-Ran Meng, Pei-Xi Liu, Xiao Liu +10

Scalable implementation of quantum networks and photonic processors require integrated photonic memories with high efficiency, yet current integrated systems have been limited to s…

quant-ph2025★ 6 cited

Remote Quantum Networks based on Quantum Memories

Tian-Xiang Zhu, Xiao Liu, Zong-Quan Zhou +1

Quantum networks, capable of transmitting arbitrary quantum states, provide a foundation for a wide range of quantum applications, including distributed quantum computing, distribu…

quant-ph2025★ 2 cited

A Metropolitan-scale Multiplexed Quantum Repeater with Bell Nonlocality

Tian-Xiang Zhu, Chao Zhang, Zhong-Wen Ou +7

Quantum repeaters can overcome exponential photon loss in optical fibers, enabling heralded entanglement between distant quantum memories. The definitive benchmark for this entangl…

quant-ph2023

Counterfactual communication without a trace in the transmission channel

Wei-Wei Pan, Xiao Liu, Xiao-Ye Xu +10

We report an experimental realization of a modified counterfactual communication protocol that eliminates the dominant environmental trace left by photons passing through the trans…

quant-ph2023★ 48 cited

Nonlocal photonic quantum gates over 7.0 km

Xiao Liu, Xiao-Min Hu, Tian-Xiang Zhu +8

Quantum networks provide a prospective paradigm to connect separated quantum nodes, which relies on the distribution of long-distance entanglement and active feedforward control of…

quant-ph2021★ 68 cited

Coherent dynamics of multi-spin centers in hexagonal boron nitride

W. Liu, V. Ivády, Z. -P. Li +18

Hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) has recently been demonstrated to contain optically polarized and detected electron spins that can be utilized for implementing qubits and quantum sen…

quant-ph2021★ 221 cited

Heralded entanglement distribution between two absorptive quantum memories

Xiao Liu, Jun Hu, Zong-Feng Li +6

Owing to the inevitable loss in communication channels, the distance of entanglement distribution is limited to approximately 100 kilometres on the ground. Quantum repeaters can ci…

quant-ph2020

Classical Communication Enhanced Quantum State Verification

Wen-Hao Zhang, Xiao Liu, Peng Yin +11

Quantum state verification provides an efficient approach to characterize the reliability of quantum devices for generating certain target states. The figure of merit of a specific…

quant-ph2020★ 48 cited

Reliable coherent optical memory based on a laser-written waveguide

Chao Liu, Zong-Quan Zhou, Tian-Xiang Zhu +10

-doped yttrium silicate ( ) crystal is a unique material that possesses hyperfine states with coherence time up to 6 h. M…

quant-ph2019★ 5 cited

Strict experimental test of macroscopic realism in a light-matter-interfaced system

Xiao Liu, Zong-Quan Zhou, Yong-Jian Han +10

Macroscopic realism is a classical worldview that a macroscopic system is always determinately in one of the two or more macroscopically distinguishable states available to it, and…

quant-ph2019★ 22 cited

Hyperfine Structure and Coherent Dynamics of Rare Earth Spins Explored with Electron-Nuclear Double Resonance at Sub-Kelvin Temperatures

Pei-Yun Li, Chao Liu, Zong-Quan Zhou +12

An experimental platform of ultralow-temperature pulsed ENDOR (electron-nuclear double resonance) spectroscopy is constructed for the bulk materials. Coherent property of the coupl…

quant-ph2018★ 145 cited

Multiplexed storage and real-time manipulation based on a multiple-degree-of-freedom quantum memory

Tian-Shu Yang, Zong-Quan Zhou, Yi-Lin Hua +11

The faithful storage and coherent manipulation of quantum states with matter-systems enable the construction of large-scale quantum networks based on quantum repeater. To achieve u…

quant-ph2018

Probing the collective dynamics of nuclear spin bath in a rare-earth ion doped crystal

Zong-Quan Zhou, Yu Ma, Tao Tu +13

Probing collective spin dynamics is a current challenge in the field of magnetic resonance spectroscopy and has important applications in material analysis and quantum information…

quant-ph2018★ 5 cited

Experimentally detecting a quantum change point via Bayesian inference

Shang Yu, Chang-Jiang Huang, Jian-Shun Tang +15

Detecting a change point is a crucial task in statistics that has been recently extended to the quantum realm. A source state generator that emits a series of single photons in a d…

quant-ph2017★ 12 cited

A Raman-Heterodyne Study of the Hyperfine Interaction of the Optically-Excited State D of Eu:YSiO

Yu Ma, Zong-Quan Zhou, Chao Liu +13

The spin coherence time of Eu which substitutes the yttrium at site 1 in YSiO crystal has been extended to 6 hours in a recent work [\textit{Nature} \textbf{…

quant-ph2017★ 37 cited

Experimental observation of anomalous trajectories of single photons

Zong-Quan Zhou, Xiao Liu, Yaron Kedem +5

A century after its conception, quantum mechanics still hold surprises that contradict many "common sense" notions. The contradiction is especially sharp in case one consider traje…

quant-ph2017★ 17 cited

Semihierarchical quantum repeaters based on moderate lifetime quantum memories

Xiao Liu, Zong-Quan Zhou, Yi-Lin Hua +2

The construction of large-scale quantum networks relies on the development of practical quantum repeaters. Many approaches have been proposed with the goal of outperforming the dir…

quant-ph2015★ 125 cited

Storage of multiple single-photon pulses emitted from a quantum dot in a solid-state quantum memory

Jian-Shun Tang, Zong-Quan Zhou, Yi-Tao Wang +15

Quantum repeaters are critical components for distributing entanglement over long distances in presence of unavoidable optical losses during transmission. Stimulated by Duan-Lukin-…

quant-ph2014★ 147 cited

Quantum Storage of Three-Dimensional Orbital-Angular-Momentum Entanglement in a Crystal

Zong-Quan Zhou, Yi-Lin Hua, Xiao Liu +5

Here we present the quantum storage of three-dimensional orbital-angular-momentum photonic entanglement in a rare-earth-ion-doped crystal. The properties of the entanglement and th…