Fan Yang

Fan Yang

I am working at the interface of quantum optics, quantum information, and quantum many-body physics. My research focuses on light-matter interactions, strongly interacting atomic systems, and quantum simulation with Rydberg atoms.

My research interests include quantum optics, nanophotonics, cavity quantum electrodynamics, cold atoms, Rydberg atom arrays, and quantum many-body physics.

News

2026 — Openings: Postdoc/PhD positions, Internship opportunities, and Bachelor research trainings available from September!

Brief Bio

from Autumn 2026 Assistant professor, Zhejiang University
2026 Firuza Foundation Fellow, Niels Bohr International Academy
2024-2026 Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Innsbruck & IQOQI
2022-2023 Postdoctoral Researcher, Niels Bohr Institute
2020-2022 Postdoctoral Researcher, Aarhus University
2015-2020 Ph.D. in Physics, Tsinghua University

Research

Rydberg Atom Arrays

Strongly interacting Rydberg atoms and their applications to quantum simulation and quantum many-body physics.

Quantum Nonlinear Optics

Light-matter interactions, photon manipulation, and quantum optical phenomena in atomic systems.

Nonequilibrium Many-Body Physics

Quantum dynamics, strongly correlated systems, Hilbert-space fragmentation, and nonequilibrium quantum phenomena.

Quantum Information

Quantum electrodynamics and engineered light-matter interactions in nanoscale systems.

Selected Publications

Boundary Time Crystals Induced by Local Dissipation and Long-Range Interactions
Zhuqing Wang, Ruochen Gao, Xiaoling Wu, Berislav Buča, Klaus Mølmer, Li You, and Fan Yang
Categorical Symmetries in Spin Models with Atom Arrays
Alison Warman, Fan Yang, Apoorv Tiwari, Hannes Pichler, and Sakura Schäfer-Nameki
Probing Hilbert space fragmentation with strongly interacting Rydberg atoms
Fan Yang, Hadi Yarloo, Hua-Chen Zhang, Klaus Mølmer, and Anne E. B. Nielsen
Subtraction and Addition of Propagating Photons by Two-Level Emitters
Mads M. Lund, Fan Yang, Victor Rueskov Christiansen, Danil Kornovan, and Klaus Mølmer
Dissipative time crystal in a strongly interacting Rydberg gas
Xiaoling Wu*, Zhuqing Wang*, Fan Yang*, Ruochen Gao, Chao Liang, Meng Khoon Tey, Xiangliang Li, Thomas Pohl, and Li You
Realization of an Extremely Anisotropic Heisenberg Magnet in Rydberg Atom Arrays
Kangheun Kim*, Fan Yang*, Klaus Mølmer, and Jaewook Ahn
Deterministic Photon Sorting in Waveguide QED Systems
Fan Yang, Mads M. Lund, Thomas Pohl, Peter Lodahl, and Klaus Mølmer
Atom-Photon Spin-Exchange Collisions Mediated by Rydberg Dressing
Fan Yang, Yong-Chun Liu, and Li You
Quantum Transport of Rydberg Excitons with Synthetic Spin-Exchange Interactions
Fan Yang, Shuo Yang, and Li You