Chao‐Yang Lu

27.5k total citations · 16 hit papers
144 papers, 11.6k citations indexed

About

Chao‐Yang Lu is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Chao‐Yang Lu has authored 144 papers receiving a total of 11.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 107 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 104 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 26 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Chao‐Yang Lu's work include Quantum Information and Cryptography (103 papers), Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (57 papers) and Quantum Mechanics and Applications (51 papers). Chao‐Yang Lu is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Information and Cryptography (103 papers), Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (57 papers) and Quantum Mechanics and Applications (51 papers). Chao‐Yang Lu collaborates with scholars based in China, Germany and United Kingdom. Chao‐Yang Lu's co-authors include Jian-Wei Pan, Yu He, Ming-Cheng Chen, Zeng‐Bing Chen, Xing Ding, Cheng-Zhi Peng, Sven Höfling, Xi‐Lin Wang, Zu-En Su and Yuming He and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Chao‐Yang Lu

138 papers receiving 11.1k citations

Hit Papers

Multiphoton entanglement ... 2007 2026 2013 2019 2012 2015 2016 2015 2007 250 500 750
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Multiphoton entanglement and interferometry
    2012 923 citations Jian-Wei Pan, Zeng‐Bing Chen et al. profile →
  2. Single quantum emitters in monolayer semiconductors
    2015 736 citations Yuming He, Ming-Cheng Chen et al. profile →
  3. On-Demand Single Photons with High Extraction Efficiency and Near-Unity Indistinguishability from a Resonantly Driven Quantum Dot in a Micropillar
    2016 601 citations Xing Ding, Christian Schneider et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  4. Quantum teleportation of multiple degrees of freedom of a single photon
    2015 567 citations Xi‐Lin Wang, Ming-Cheng Chen et al. Nature profile →
  5. Experimental entanglement of six photons in graph states
    2007 493 citations Chao‐Yang Lu, Xiaoqi Zhou et al. profile →
  6. On-demand semiconductor single-photon source with near-unity indistinguishability
    2013 385 citations Yuming He, Dian Wu et al. profile →
  7. Experimental Ten-Photon Entanglement
    2016 384 citations Xi‐Lin Wang, Yi-Han Luo et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  8. Observation of eight-photon entanglement
    2012 330 citations Xing-Can Yao, Tianxiong Wang et al. Nature Photonics profile →
  9. Boson Sampling with 20 Input Photons and a 60-Mode Interferometer in a1014-Dimensional Hilbert Space
    2019 320 citations Hui Wang, Jian Qin et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  10. The potential and global outlook of integrated photonics for quantum technologies
    2021 317 citations E. Pelucchi, Giorgos Fagas et al. Nature Reviews Physics profile →
  11. 10-Qubit Entanglement and Parallel Logic Operations with a Superconducting Circuit
    2017 287 citations Huiqiu Deng, Xiaobo Zhu et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  12. 18-Qubit Entanglement with Six Photons’ Three Degrees of Freedom
    2018 276 citations Xi‐Lin Wang, Yi-Han Luo et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  13. 12-Photon Entanglement and Scalable Scattershot Boson Sampling with Optimal Entangled-Photon Pairs from Parametric Down-Conversion
    2018 269 citations Han-Sen Zhong, Yuan Li et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  14. Quantum Teleportation in High Dimensions
    2019 257 citations Yi-Han Luo, Han-Sen Zhong et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  15. Micius quantum experiments in space
    2022 157 citations Chao‐Yang Lu, Yuan Cao et al. profile →
  16. High-efficiency single-photon source above the loss-tolerant threshold for efficient linear optical quantum computing
    2025 30 citations Xing Ding, Runze Liu et al. Nature Photonics profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Chao‐Yang Lu 8.6k 8.0k 3.1k 1.1k 814 144 11.6k
Christoph Becher 8.1k 0.9× 5.1k 0.6× 2.5k 0.8× 2.4k 2.2× 846 1.0× 132 9.8k
Lixing You 4.7k 0.5× 4.6k 0.6× 1.9k 0.6× 376 0.3× 590 0.7× 310 6.9k
A. J. Shields 9.0k 1.0× 5.1k 0.6× 4.6k 1.5× 1.9k 1.7× 992 1.2× 243 10.7k
Anders S. Sørensen 13.8k 1.6× 9.5k 1.2× 2.8k 0.9× 1.9k 1.7× 1.8k 2.2× 159 16.1k
Ulrik L. Andersen 6.2k 0.7× 5.1k 0.6× 1.9k 0.6× 765 0.7× 612 0.8× 232 7.7k
Chuan‐Feng Li 8.6k 1.0× 7.6k 1.0× 1.2k 0.4× 784 0.7× 453 0.6× 468 10.5k
Dirk Bouwmeester 5.1k 0.6× 2.9k 0.4× 2.1k 0.7× 958 0.9× 536 0.7× 119 6.3k
Yasunobu Nakamura 13.7k 1.6× 9.7k 1.2× 3.4k 1.1× 968 0.9× 563 0.7× 206 15.6k
Thaddeus D. Ladd 5.1k 0.6× 3.5k 0.4× 1.8k 0.6× 849 0.8× 232 0.3× 52 6.3k
Tsuyoshi Yamamoto 6.3k 0.7× 4.2k 0.5× 3.3k 1.0× 480 0.4× 677 0.8× 414 9.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Chao‐Yang Lu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chao‐Yang Lu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Chao‐Yang Lu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Chao‐Yang Lu based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Chao‐Yang Lu. Chao‐Yang Lu is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ding, Xing, Runze Liu, Linjun Wang, et al.. (2025). High-efficiency single-photon source above the loss-tolerant threshold for efficient linear optical quantum computing. Nature Photonics. 19(4). 387–391. 30 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhang, Yang, Xing Ding, Yang Li, et al.. (2025). Experimental Single-Photon Quantum Key Distribution Surpassing the Fundamental Weak Coherent-State Rate Limit. Physical Review Letters. 134(21). 210801–210801. 6 indexed citations
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Liu, Runze, Qihang Zhang, Xing Ding, et al.. (2025). Deterministic resonance fluorescence improvement of single quantum dots by optimized surface passivation. Light Science & Applications. 14(1). 170–170. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Tiejun, et al.. (2025). A novel BIM and vision-based robotic welding trajectory planning method for complex intersection curves. Measurement. 253. 117587–117587. 2 indexed citations
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Chen, Si, Lichao Peng, Xuemei Gu, et al.. (2024). Heralded Three-Photon Entanglement from a Single-Photon Source on a Photonic Chip. Physical Review Letters. 132(13). 130603–130603. 21 indexed citations
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Liu, Xinxin, Chao He, Liang Liu, et al.. (2023). A new approach for evaluating photosynthetic bio-hydrogen production: The dissipation rate method. Energy. 284. 129145–129145. 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Yang, Weijun Zhang, Cong Jiang, et al.. (2023). 1002 km twin-field quantum key distribution with finite-key analysis. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(1). 18 indexed citations
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Jiao, Youzhou, Liang Liu, Xiaohui Pan, et al.. (2023). Numerical simulation of the interaction and coalescence of inline hydrogen bubbles in biohydrogen production by photofermentation with corncob. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 48(52). 19879–19896. 2 indexed citations
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Gu, Xuemei, Liang Huang, Alejandro Pozas-Kerstjens, et al.. (2023). Experimental Full Network Nonlocality with Independent Sources and Strict Locality Constraints. Physical Review Letters. 130(19). 190201–190201. 16 indexed citations
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Liu, Runze, et al.. (2023). Comprehensive measurement of the near-infrared refractive index of GaAs at cryogenic temperatures. Optics Letters. 48(13). 3507–3507. 5 indexed citations
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Chen, Ming-Cheng, Can Wang, Fengming Liu, et al.. (2022). Ruling Out Real-Valued Standard Formalism of Quantum Theory. Physical Review Letters. 128(4). 40403–40403. 61 indexed citations
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Wu, Dian, Qi Zhao, Can Wang, et al.. (2022). Closing the Locality and Detection Loopholes in Multiparticle Entanglement Self-Testing. Physical Review Letters. 128(25). 250401–250401. 9 indexed citations
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Wu, Dian, Yang-Fan Jiang, Xuemei Gu, et al.. (2022). Experimental Refutation of Real-Valued Quantum Mechanics under Strict Locality Conditions. Physical Review Letters. 129(14). 140401–140401. 24 indexed citations
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Huang, Liang, Xuemei Gu, Yang-Fan Jiang, et al.. (2022). Experimental Demonstration of Genuine Tripartite Nonlocality under Strict Locality Conditions. Physical Review Letters. 129(6). 60401–60401. 8 indexed citations
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Gu, Xuemei, Jian Qin, Dian Wu, et al.. (2021). Heralded Nondestructive Quantum Entangling Gate with Single-Photon Sources. Physical Review Letters. 126(14). 140501–140501. 29 indexed citations
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Pelucchi, E., Giorgos Fagas, Igor Aharonovich, et al.. (2021). The potential and global outlook of integrated photonics for quantum technologies. Nature Reviews Physics. 4(3). 194–208. 317 indexed citations breakdown →
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Peng, Li-Chao, Dian Wu, Han-Sen Zhong, et al.. (2020). Cloning of Quantum Entanglement. Physical Review Letters. 125(21). 210502–210502. 10 indexed citations
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Chen, Ming-Cheng, Yuan Li, Dian Wu, et al.. (2018). Emergence of Classical Objectivity on a Quantum Darwinism Simulator. arXiv (Cornell University). 3 indexed citations
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Yao, Xing-Can, Tianxiong Wang, Hao-Ze Chen, et al.. (2012). Experimental demonstration of topological error correction. Nature. 482(7386). 489–494. 148 indexed citations
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Lu, Chao‐Yang, Weibo Gao, Otfried Gühne, et al.. (2007). Demonstration of fractional statistics of anyons in the Kitaev lattice-spin model. arXiv (Cornell University). 2 indexed citations

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