2006.09-2010.0, School of Sciences, Tsinghua University, Fundamental Science (Mathematics), Bachelor

2010.09-2016.01 Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Sciences, Tsinghua University, Doctor in Physics

2016.07-2018.07, Department of Physics, Renmin University of China, Postdoctoral Fellow/Lecturer

2018.07-2019.07, Department of Physics, Renmin University of China, Lecturer/Associate Researcher

2019.07-present, Department of Physics, Renmin University of China, Associate Professor

2017.07-present, Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Sciences, Tsinghua University, Part-time Researcher

The main research directions are experiments on quantum computing, quantum simulation, and quantum precision measurement based on trapped ions, including:

1. Physical realization of trapped multi-ion and hybrid ion (Yb/Ca) systems

2. Simulation of ion trap potential fields, simulation of ion motion, and processing and assembly

3. Integrated laser frequency stabilization systems based on absorption spectroscopy, FP transfer cavities, etc.

4. Ground state cooling, addressing schemes, and implementation of multi-ions

5. Optimization of quantum circuits for quantum computing/simulation based on the decomposition of multi-qubit quantum gates

6. Quantum simulation with strong coupling mechanisms

7. Quantum precision measurement of rotation and vibration

8.Program development of experimental integrated automatic control systems (software/FPGA/analog circuits)

Research Project

1. General Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (2021--2024) (Principal Investigator)

2. Key Project of Beijing Natural Science Foundation (2018 - 2022) (Principal Investigator)

3.Cultivation Project of the Major Research Plan of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (2019 - 2021) (Principal Investigator)

4. Young Scientists Fund of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (2018 - 2020) (Principal Investigator)

5. Joint Fund of the Ministry of Education for Equipment Pre - research (2018 - 2020) (Participant)

6. National Postdoctoral Program for Innovative Talents (2016 - 2018) (Principal Investigator)

I have trained 4 doctoral students, as well as a number of master's and undergraduate students.

1. Liangyu Ding(#), Kaiye Shi, Qiuxin Zhang, Danna Shen, Xiang Zhang(*), and Wei Zhang(*), Experimental determination of PT-symmetric exceptional points in a single trapped ion, Physical Review Letters 126, 083604 (2021).

2. Ming-Lei Cai(#), Zi-Duan Liu(#), Wen-Ding Zhao(#), Yu-Kai Wu, Quan-Xin Mei, Yue Jiang, Li He, Xiang Zhang, Zi-Chao Zhou, and Lu-Ming Duan(*), Observation of a quantum phase transition in the quantum Rabi model with a single trapped ion, Nature Communications 12, 1126 (2021).

3. Danna Shen(申丹娜)(#), Liangyu Ding(丁亮宇), Qiuxin Zhang(张球新), Chenhao Zhu(朱晨昊),
Yuxin Wang(王玉欣), Wei Zhang(张威), and Xiang Zhang(张翔)(*), High-performance frequency stabilization of ultraviolet diode lasers by using dichroic atomic vapor spectroscopy and transfer cavity, Chin. Phys. B 29, 074210 (2020).

4. Kuan Zhang(*), Jayne Thompson(*), Xiang Zhang, Yangchao Shen, Yao Lu, Shuaining Zhang, Jiajun Ma, Vlatko Vedral, Mile Gu, and Kihwan Kim(*), Modular quantum computation in a trapped ion system, Nature Communications 10, 4692 (2019).

5. Xiang Zhang(#), Kuan Zhang, Yangchao Shen, Shuaining Zhang, Jing-Ning Zhang(*), Man-Hong Yung, Jorge Casanova, Julen S. Pedernales, Lucas Lamata, Enrique Solano & Kihwan Kim(*), Experimental quantum simulation of fermion-antifermion scattering via boson exchange in a trapped ion, Nature Communications 9, 195 (2018).

6. Yangchao Shen(#), Xiang Zhang, Shuaining Zhang, Jing-Ning Zhang, Man-Hong Yung(*), and Kihwan Kim(*), Quantum implementation of the unitary coupled cluster for simulating molecular electronic structure, Phys. Rev. A 95, 020501 (2017).

7. Xiang Zhang(#), Yangchao Shen, Junhua Zhang, Jorge Casanova, Lucas Lamata, Enrique Solano, Man-Hong Yung, Jing-Ning Zhang(*) & Kihwan Kim(*), Time reversal and charge conjugation in an embedding quantum simulator, Nature Communications 6, 7917 (2015).

8. Junhua Zhang(#), Jingning Zhang, Xiang Zhang, and Kihwan Kim(*), Realization of geometric Landau-Zener-Stückelberg interferometry, Phys. Rev. A 89, 013608 (2014).

9. Xiang Zhang(#), Mark Um, Junhua Zhang, Shuoming An, Ye Wang, Dong-ling Deng, Chao Shen, Lu-Ming Duan, and Kihwan Kim(*), State-Independent Experimental Test of Quantum Contextuality with a Single Trapped Ion, Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 070401 (2013).