Fan Yang

Fan Yang

I am a theoretical physicist working at the intersection of quantum optics, quantum information, and many-body physics. My research is broadly concerned with exploring intriguing phenomena in many-body atomic, molecular, and optical (AMO) systems, developing theoretical methods to understand them, and harnessing them for quantum information processing. I also enjoy exchanging ideas with theorists from diverse backgrounds and collaborating with experimentalists to turn our theoretical proposals into reality.

News

2026 — Openings: Postdoc/PhD positions, internship/visiting programs, and undergraduate research projects available from September!

Brief Bio

Autumn 2026- Assistant Professor, Zhejiang University
2025-2026 Firuza Foundation Fellow, Niels Bohr International Academy
2024-2025 Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Innsbruck & IQOQI
2023-2024 Postdoctoral Researcher, Niels Bohr Institute
2020-2023 Postdoctoral Researcher, Aarhus University
2015-2020 Ph.D. in Physics, Tsinghua University

Research

Rydberg Atom Arrays

Rydberg Atom Arrays

We are dedicated to developing novel schemes for quantum information processing in Rydberg arrays, including new quantum simulation architectures, fast and robust gate operations, as well as efficient error mitigation.

Quantum Nonlinear Optics

Quantum Nonlinear Optics

We develop universal approaches for understanding complex multiphoton correlations mediated by strong light-matter interactions and for harnessing such a quantum nonlinearity to manipulate photonic many-body states.

Nonequilibrium Many-Body Physics

Nonequilibrium Many-Body Physics

We aim to discover exotic quantum dynamics and phases out of equilibrium, including quantum thermalization, ergodicity breaking, and driven-dissipative quantum matter.

Quantum Information Theory

Quantum Information Theory

Our goal is to design near-term algorithms and protocols for non-unitary operation, entanglement manipulation, feed-forward control, and efficient quantum measurement.

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
A concise review of Rydberg atom based quantum computation and quantum simulation
Xiaoling Wu, Xinhui Liang, Yaoqi Tian, Fan Yang†, Cheng Chen, Yong-Chun Liu, Meng Khoon Tey, and Li You
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
(* Equal contribution; † Corresponding author)