Jian-Yu Guan

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Jian-Yu Guan is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Artificial Intelligence and Condensed Matter Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Jian-Yu Guan has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 15 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 6 papers in Condensed Matter Physics. Recurrent topics in Jian-Yu Guan's work include Quantum Information and Cryptography (15 papers), Quantum Mechanics and Applications (10 papers) and Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (8 papers). Jian-Yu Guan is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Information and Cryptography (15 papers), Quantum Mechanics and Applications (10 papers) and Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (8 papers). Jian-Yu Guan collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Sweden. Jian-Yu Guan's co-authors include Qiang Zhang, Jian-Wei Pan, Yang Liu, Weijun Zhang, Lixing You, Xiongfeng Ma, Zhen Wang, Hao Li, Jiu-Peng Chen and Jin Lin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and Optics Express.

In The Last Decade

Jian-Yu Guan

27 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Sending-or-Not-Sending with Independent Lasers: Secure Twin-Field Quantum Key Distribution over 509 km

2020 252 citations Jiu-Peng Chen, Chi Zhang et al. Physical Review Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jian-Yu Guan China	14	986	982	178	59	44	32	1.2k
E. Jeffrey United States	16	1.6k 1.6×	1.5k 1.5×	349 2.0×	40 0.7×	38 0.9×	41	1.9k
Duncan England Canada	21	1.2k 1.3×	877 0.9×	350 2.0×	35 0.6×	19 0.4×	60	1.5k
H. Weier Germany	12	1.9k 1.9×	1.9k 2.0×	368 2.1×	59 1.0×	26 0.6×	18	2.2k
S. N. Molotkov Russia	11	502 0.5×	428 0.4×	86 0.5×	68 1.2×	52 1.2×	163	657
Antı́a Lamas-Linares Singapore	18	1.4k 1.4×	1.4k 1.4×	137 0.8×	19 0.3×	32 0.7×	32	1.6k
Sheng‐Kai Liao China	17	930 0.9×	973 1.0×	398 2.2×	15 0.3×	37 0.8×	68	1.4k
Cosmo Lupo Italy	22	1.2k 1.2×	1.3k 1.3×	174 1.0×	62 1.1×	54 1.2×	89	1.6k
T. Schmitt-Manderbach Germany	10	1.6k 1.6×	1.7k 1.7×	317 1.8×	16 0.3×	15 0.3×	14	1.9k
Lars S. Madsen Denmark	14	1.0k 1.0×	970 1.0×	448 2.5×	12 0.2×	52 1.2×	25	1.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jian-Yu Guan

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20 of 20 papers shown

Yang, Zhenyu, Jian-Yu Guan, Jinsheng Zhang, et al.. (2025). Syntheses, structures and magnetic properties of a series of nickel-lanthanide heterometallic complexes with mixed ligands of 2,3-dichlorobenzoate and 4,4′-dimethyl-2,2′-bipyridine. Polyhedron. 284. 117898–117898.

Zhu, Danyang, et al.. (2025). A multi-loop auto-locking system with fully digital electronics for ultra-stable laser. Review of Scientific Instruments. 96(7).

Li, Da, Man Li, Yong‐An Qi, et al.. (2025). Evolution and innovation of the metazoan burrowing behaviour from Ediacaran-Cambrian transition, eastern Yunnan. Precambrian Research. 423. 107796–107796.

Li, Min, Yong Wang, Ali Esamdin, et al.. (2025). Absolute ranging over 113 km with nanometer precision. National Science Review. 12(11). nwaf352–nwaf352.

Tang, Cenyao, Zefeng Lin, Jian-Yu Guan, et al.. (2022). Antinodal kink in the band dispersion of electron-doped cuprate La2−xCexCuO4±δ. npj Quantum Materials. 7(1). 3 indexed citations

Tang, Cenyao, Zefeng Lin, Jian-Yu Guan, et al.. (2021). Suppression of antiferromagnetic order in the electron-doped cuprate T′−La2−xCexCuO4±δ. Physical review. B.. 104(15). 5 indexed citations

Zhao, Si-Ran, Yuzhe Zhang, Wen‐Zhao Liu, et al.. (2021). Field Demonstration of Distributed Quantum Sensing without Post-Selection. Physical Review X. 11(3). 36 indexed citations

Zhao, Si-Ran, Yuzhe Zhang, Wen‐Zhao Liu, et al.. (2021). Field demonstration of distributed quantum sensing without post-selection. Th4F.3–Th4F.3. 2 indexed citations

Chen, Jiu-Peng, Chi Zhang, Yang Liu, et al.. (2020). Sending-or-Not-Sending with Independent Lasers: Secure Twin-Field Quantum Key Distribution over 509 km. Physical Review Letters. 124(7). 70501–70501. 252 indexed citations breakdown →

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Liu, Luchuan, Jordan Cotler, Jian-Yu Guan, et al.. (2020). Chromatic interferometry with small frequency differences. Optics Express. 28(22). 32294–32294. 3 indexed citations

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Lu, Qiming, Qi Shen, Jian-Yu Guan, et al.. (2020). Sensitive linear optical sampling system with femtosecond precision. Review of Scientific Instruments. 91(3). 35113–35113. 7 indexed citations

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Liu, Yang, Xiao Yuan, Cheng Wu, et al.. (2019). Experimental measurement-dependent local Bell test with human free will. Physical review. A. 99(2). 1 indexed citations

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Cotler, Jordan, Jian-Yu Guan, Ming-Yang Zheng, et al.. (2019). Color Erasure Detectors Enable Chromatic Interferometry. Physical Review Letters. 123(24). 243601–243601. 12 indexed citations

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Zhou, Hongyi, Jian-Yu Guan, Qiang Zhang, et al.. (2019). Quantum Coherence Witness with Untrusted Measurement Devices. Physical Review Letters. 123(9). 90502–90502. 14 indexed citations

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Liu, Yang, Qi Zhao, Minghan Li, et al.. (2018). Device-independent quantum random-number generation. Nature. 562(7728). 548–551. 169 indexed citations

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Yang, Kui-Xing, Hai-Lin Yong, Jian-Yu Guan, et al.. (2018). Free-space quantum key distribution in urban daylight with the SPGD algorithm control of a deformable mirror. Optics Express. 26(15). 18897–18897. 29 indexed citations

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Guan, Jian-Yu, Feihu Xu, Hua‐Lei Yin, et al.. (2016). Observation of Quantum Fingerprinting Beating the Classical Limit. Physical Review Letters. 116(24). 240502–240502. 36 indexed citations

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Guan, Jian-Yu, Zhu Cao, Yang Liu, et al.. (2015). Experimental Passive Round-Robin Differential Phase-Shift Quantum Key Distribution. Physical Review Letters. 114(18). 180502–180502. 72 indexed citations

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Tang, Yan-Lin, Hua‐Lei Yin, Sijing Chen, et al.. (2014). Measurement-Device-Independent Quantum Key Distribution over 200 km. Physical Review Letters. 113(19). 190501–190501. 206 indexed citations

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Tang, Yan-Lin, Hua‐Lei Yin, Sijing Chen, et al.. (2014). Field Test of Measurement-Device-Independent Quantum Key Distribution. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics. 21(3). 116–122. 39 indexed citations

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