Leo Yu

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Leo Yu is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Leo Yu has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 8 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 8 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Leo Yu's work include Quantum and electron transport phenomena (6 papers), 2D Materials and Applications (5 papers) and Quantum optics and atomic interactions (5 papers). Leo Yu is often cited by papers focused on Quantum and electron transport phenomena (6 papers), 2D Materials and Applications (5 papers) and Quantum optics and atomic interactions (5 papers). Leo Yu collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Germany. Leo Yu's co-authors include Y. Yamamoto, Tony F. Heinz, Peter L. McMahon, Kristiaan De Greve, Jason S. Pelc, M. Kamp, Sebastian Maier, Robert H. Hadfield, Sven Höfling and Chandra M. Natarajan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Leo Yu

23 papers receiving 1.1k citations

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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.

Quantum-dot spin–photon entanglement via frequency downconversion to telecom wavelength

2012 365 citations Kristiaan De Greve, Leo Yu et al. Nature profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Leo Yu United States	13	572	427	421	317	116	24	1.1k
Andreas Fognini Switzerland	11	463 0.8×	376 0.9×	196 0.5×	175 0.6×	39 0.3×	29	809
M. Pierre France	14	359 0.6×	450 1.1×	300 0.7×	85 0.3×	35 0.3×	37	886
E. A. Chekhovich United Kingdom	19	867 1.5×	422 1.0×	368 0.9×	235 0.7×	23 0.2×	38	1.2k
Maja C. Cassidy United States	16	846 1.5×	217 0.5×	504 1.2×	73 0.2×	30 0.3×	22	1.1k
Dmitry Solenov United States	14	384 0.7×	144 0.3×	116 0.3×	244 0.8×	69 0.6×	41	670
Meenakshi Singh United States	13	379 0.7×	203 0.5×	227 0.5×	225 0.7×	132 1.1×	32	874
Ronan Gourgues Netherlands	7	210 0.4×	214 0.5×	142 0.3×	169 0.5×	28 0.2×	10	581
Tianyu Liu China	16	554 1.0×	183 0.4×	276 0.7×	42 0.1×	101 0.9×	47	731
J. G. Keizer Australia	20	929 1.6×	602 1.4×	299 0.7×	209 0.7×	25 0.2×	48	1.1k
Abdelghani Laraoui United States	17	550 1.0×	151 0.4×	640 1.5×	38 0.1×	85 0.7×	34	906

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Leo Yu

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Wang, Zhiyuan, Leo Yu, Nantao Li, et al.. (2025). Highly Efficient Surface Passivation with Cation-Exchanged Quasi-2D Perovskites for High-Sensitivity and Low-Dose X-ray Flat-Panel Imaging. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 17(50). 68717–68726.

Xu, Haowei, Christian Heide, Chenyi Xia, et al.. (2023). Giant room-temperature nonlinearities in a monolayer Janus topological semiconductor. Nature Communications. 14(1). 4953–4953. 32 indexed citations

Yu, Leo, Kateryna Pistunova, Jenny Hu, et al.. (2023). Observation of quadrupolar and dipolar excitons in a semiconductor heterotrilayer. Nature Materials. 22(12). 1485–1491. 39 indexed citations

Barré, Elyse, Ouri Karni, Erfu Liu, et al.. (2022). Optical absorption of interlayer excitons in transition-metal dichalcogenide heterostructures. Science. 376(6591). 406–410. 101 indexed citations

Yu, Leo, Minda Deng, Jingyuan Linda Zhang, et al.. (2021). Site-Controlled Quantum Emitters in Monolayer MoSe₂. Nano Letters. 21(6). 2376–2381. 62 indexed citations

Hayee, Fariah, Leo Yu, Jingyuan Linda Zhang, et al.. (2020). Revealing multiple classes of stable quantum emitters in hexagonal boron nitride with correlated optical and electron microscopy. Nature Materials. 19(5). 534–539. 156 indexed citations

Hayee, Fariah, Leo Yu, Jingyuan Linda Zhang, et al.. (2019). Correlated optical and electron microscopy reveal the role of multiple defect species and local strain on quantum emission. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations

Yu, Leo, et al.. (2018). Strain-controlled Quantum Dots in Atomically-Thin Semiconductors. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2018. 1 indexed citations

Yu, Leo, Chandra M. Natarajan, Tomoyuki Horikiri, et al.. (2015). Two-photon interference at telecom wavelengths for time-bin-encoded single photons from quantum-dot spin qubits. Nature Communications. 6(1). 8955–8955. 30 indexed citations

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Yu, Leo, Jason S. Pelc, Kristiaan De Greve, et al.. (2013). Ultrafast downconversion quantum interface for a single quantum dot spin and 1550-nm single-photon channel. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2013. 1 indexed citations

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Greve, Kristiaan De, Peter L. McMahon, Leo Yu, et al.. (2013). Complete tomography of a high-fidelity solid-state entangled spin–photon qubit pair. Nature Communications. 4(1). 2228–2228. 21 indexed citations

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Pelc, Jason S., Leo Yu, Kristiaan De Greve, et al.. (2012). Downconversion quantum interface for a single quantum dot spin and 1550-nm single-photon channel. Optics Express. 20(25). 27510–27510. 45 indexed citations

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Pelc, Jason S., et al.. (2012). Cascaded frequency upconversion for high-speed single-photon detection at 1550 nm. Optics Letters. 37(4). 476–476. 24 indexed citations

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Greve, Kristiaan De, Leo Yu, Peter L. McMahon, et al.. (2012). Quantum-dot spin–photon entanglement via frequency downconversion to telecom wavelength. Nature. 491(7424). 421–425. 365 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wei, Hui-Ling, Jianfei Cao, J. Rao, et al.. (2012). The dependence of extracted current on discharge gas pressure in neutral beam ion sources on HL-2A tokamak. Review of Scientific Instruments. 83(2). 23302–23302. 4 indexed citations

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Kuo, Hsueh-Hui, Jiun‐Haw Chu, Scott Riggs, et al.. (2011). Possible origin of the nonmonotonic doping dependence of the in-plane resistivity anisotropy of Ba(Fe1−xTx)2As2(T=Co, Ni and Cu). Physical Review B. 84(5). 83 indexed citations

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Yu, Leo & O. Voskoboynikov. (2008). Ballistic Aharonov–Bohm quantum bits and quantum gates. Solid State Communications. 145(9-10). 447–450. 2 indexed citations

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Yu, Leo & O. Voskoboynikov. (2005). Time-resolved spin filtering in semiconductor symmetric resonant barrier structures. Journal of Applied Physics. 98(2). 10 indexed citations

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Yu, Leo, et al.. (2003). Electron spin filtering in all-semiconductor tunneling structures. Superlattices and Microstructures. 34(3-6). 547–552. 2 indexed citations

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Packan, Denis, Leo Yu, Christophe O. Laux, & C.H. Kruger. (2002). Repetitively-pulsed DC glow discharge in atmospheric pressure air: modeling and experiments with a 12 kV, 10 Ns, 100 kHz pulse generator. IEEE Conference Record - Abstracts. PPPS-2001 Pulsed Power Plasma Science 2001. 28th IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science and 13th IEEE International Pulsed Power Conference (Cat. No.01CH37255). 259–259. 5 indexed citations

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