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20122026
most citedExperimental Observation of a Generalized Thouless Pump with a Single Spin

96 citations · 487 across the 15 of their papers we have counts for

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15 papers

physics.optics2026

Spin-based magnetic detection of optically trapped single cell in microfluidic channel

Jun Yin, Sanyou Chen, Yihao Yan +5

Combining optical tweezers with fluorescence microscopy is a powerful tool for single-cell analysis, playing a pivotal role in disease diagnosis, cell sorting, and the investigatio…

quant-ph2025

Single-molecule Scale Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy using a Robust Near-Infrared Spin Sensor

Yu Chen, Qi Zhang, Yuanhong Teng +6

Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) at the single-molecule level with atomic resolution holds transformative potential for structural biology and surface chemistry. Near-surface solid…

quant-ph2025★ 4 cited

Quantum relaxometry for detecting biomolecular interactions with single NV centers

Min Li, Qi Zhang, Xi Kong +14

The investigation of biomolecular interactions at the single-molecule level has emerged as a pivotal research area in life science, particularly through optical, mechanical, and el…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

Oxygen-vacancy quantum spin defects in silicon carbide

Yu Chen, Qi Zhang, Mingzhe Liu +11

Optically addressable spin defects in wide-bandgap semiconductors are promising building blocks for quantum sensing and quantum networks. Establishing their atomic structure is ess…

quant-ph2023★ 27 cited

In situ electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy using single nanodiamond sensors

Zhuoyang Qin, Zhecheng Wang, Fei Kong +7

An ultimate goal of electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy is to analyze molecular dynamics in place where it occurs, such as in a living cell. The nanodiamond (ND) hos…

quant-ph2022★ 2 cited

Photoionization detection of a single Er ion with sub-100-ns time resolution

Yangbo Zhang, Wenda Fan, Jiliang Yang +11

Efficient detection of single optical centers in solids is essential for quantum information processing, sensing, and single-photon generation applications. In this work, we use ra…

quant-ph2020★ 66 cited

High-fidelity single-shot readout of single electron spin in diamond with spin-to-charge conversion

Qi Zhang, Yuhang Guo, Wentao Ji +8

High fidelity single-shot readout of qubits is a crucial component for fault-tolerant quantum computing and scalable quantum networks. In recent years, the nitrogen-vacancy (NV) ce…

quant-ph2020★ 52 cited

Nanoscale electrometry based on a magnetic-field-resistant spin sensor

Rui Li, Fei Kong, Pengju Zhao +8

The nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center is a potential atomic-scale spin sensor for electric field sensing. However, its natural susceptibility to the magnetic field hinders effective det…

physics.bio-ph2020★ 93 cited

Single DNA Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy in Aqueous Solutions

Fazhan Shi, Fei Kong, Pengju Zhao +13

Magnetic resonance spectroscopy of single biomolecules under near-physiological conditions may substantially advance understanding of biological function, yet remains very challeng…

physics.app-ph2018★ 23 cited

Single rare-earth ions as atomic-scale probes in ultra-scaled transistors

Qi Zhang, Guangchong Hu, Gabriele G. de Boo +7

Continued dimensional scaling of semiconductor devices has driven information technology into vastly diverse applications. As the size of devices approaches fundamental limits, met…

quant-ph2017★ 96 cited

Experimental Observation of a Generalized Thouless Pump with a Single Spin

Wenchao Ma, Longwen Zhou, Qi Zhang +7

Adiabatic cyclic modulation of a one-dimensional periodic potential will result in quantized charge transport, which is termed the Thouless pump. In contrast to the original Thoule…

quant-ph2016★ 1 cited

Experimental test of non-classicality of quantum mechanics using an individual atomic solid-state quantum system

Xi Kong, Mingjun Shi, Mengqi Wang +12

Quantum mechanics provides a statistical description about nature, and thus would be incomplete if its statistical predictions could not be accounted for some realistic models with…

quant-ph2013★ 56 cited

Implementation of dynamically corrected gates for single-spin qubits

Xing Rong, Jianpei Geng, Zixiang Wang +5

Precise control of an open quantum system is critical to quantum information processing, but is challenging due to inevitable interactions between the quantum system and the enviro…

quant-ph2013★ 64 cited

Observation of Time-domain Rabi Oscillations in the Landau-Zener Regime with a Single Electronic Spin

Jingwei Zhou, Pu Huang, Qi Zhang +7

Under resonant conditions, a long sequence of landau-zener transitions can lead to Rabi oscillations. Using a nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center spin in diamond, we investigated the inte…

quant-ph2012★ 3 cited

An experimental test of the non-classicality of quantum mechanics using an unmovable and indivisible system

Xi Kong, Mingjun Shi, Fazhan Shi +7

Quantum mechanics provides a statistical description about nature, and thus would be incomplete if its statistical predictions could not be accounted for by some realistic models w…