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most citedObservation of a quantum phase transition in the quantum Rabi model with a single trapped ion

184 citations · 346 across the 11 of their papers we have counts for

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quant-ph2025

Realization of a functioning dual-type trapped-ion quantum network node

Y. -Y. Huang, L. Feng, Y. -K. Wu +12

Trapped ions constitute a promising platform for implementation of a quantum network. Recently, a dual-type qubit scheme has been realized in a quantum network node where the commu…

quant-ph2024★ 5 cited

Observation of quantum superposition of topological defects in a trapped ion quantum simulator

Zhijie Cheng, Yukai Wu, Shijiao Li +8

Topological defects are discontinuities of a system protected by global properties, with wide applications in mathematics and physics. While previous experimental studies mostly fo…

quant-ph2024★ 15 cited

Individually Addressed Entangling Gates in a Two-Dimensional Ion Crystal

Y. -H. Hou, Y. -J. Yi, Y. -K. Wu +14

Two-dimensional (2D) ion crystals have become a promising way to scale up qubit numbers for ion trap quantum information processing. However, to realize universal quantum computing…

quant-ph2022★ 16 cited

Experimental realization of a 218-ion multi-qubit quantum memory

R. Yao, W. -Q. Lian, Y. -K. Wu +8

Storage lifetime and capacity are two important factors to characterize the performance of a quantum memory. Here we report the stable trapping of above 200 ions in a cryogenic set…

quant-ph2022★ 2 cited

Probing critical behavior of long-range transverse-field Ising model through quantum Kibble-Zurek mechanism

B. -W. Li, Y. -K. Wu, Q. -X. Mei +9

The trapped ion quantum simulator has demonstrated qualitative properties of different physical models for up to tens of ions. In particular, a linear ion chain naturally hosts lon…

quant-ph2022★ 30 cited

Observation of Non-Markovian Spin Dynamics in a Jaynes-Cummings-Hubbard Model using a Trapped-Ion Quantum Simulator

B. -W. Li, Q. -X. Mei, Y. -K. Wu +5

Jaynes-Cummings-Hubbard (JCH) model is a fundamental many-body model for light-matter interaction. As a leading platform for quantum simulation, the trapped ion system has realized…

quant-ph2022★ 20 cited

Observation of Supersymmetry and its Spontaneous Breaking in a Trapped Ion Quantum Simulator

M. -L. Cai, Y. -K. Wu, Q. -X. Mei +6

Supersymmetry (SUSY) helps solve the hierarchy problem in high-energy physics and provides a natural groundwork for unifying gravity with other fundamental interactions. While bein…

quant-ph2022★ 8 cited

Quantum Simulation of the Two-Dimensional Weyl Equation in a Magnetic Field

Y. Jiang, M. -L. Cai, Y. -K. Wu +7

Quantum simulation of 1D relativistic quantum mechanics has been achieved in well-controlled systems like trapped ions, but properties like spin dynamics and response to external m…

quant-ph2022★ 16 cited

Probing a dissipative phase transition with a trapped ion through reservoir engineering

M. -L. Cai, Z. -D. Liu, Y. Jiang +7

Dissipation is often considered as a detrimental effect in quantum systems for unitary quantum operations. However, it has been shown that suitable dissipation can be useful resour…

quant-ph2021★ 50 cited

Experimental Realization of the Rabi-Hubbard Model with Trapped Ions

Quanxin Mei, Bowen Li, Yukai Wu +5

Quantum simulation provides important tools in studying strongly correlated many-body systems with controllable parameters. As a hybrid of two fundamental models in quantum optics…

quant-ph2021★ 184 cited

Observation of a quantum phase transition in the quantum Rabi model with a single trapped ion

M. -L. Cai, Z. -D. Liu, W. -D. Zhao +7

Quantum phase transitions (QPTs) are usually associated with many-body systems with large degrees of freedom approaching the thermodynamic limit. In such systems, the many-body gro…