Luyan Sun

3.8k total citations · 4 hit papers
64 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Luyan Sun is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Artificial Intelligence and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Luyan Sun has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 45 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 17 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Luyan Sun's work include Quantum Information and Cryptography (43 papers), Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (34 papers) and Quantum and electron transport phenomena (23 papers). Luyan Sun is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Information and Cryptography (43 papers), Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (34 papers) and Quantum and electron transport phenomena (23 papers). Luyan Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and India. Luyan Sun's co-authors include Luigi Frunzio, Matthew D. Reed, L. DiCarlo, R. J. Schoelkopf, Blake Johnson, S. M. Girvin, Yuan Xu, Yipu Song, Weizhou Cai and Simon E. Nigg and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Luyan Sun

57 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Preparation and measurement of three-qubit entanglement in a superconducting circuit

2010 417 citations Luyan Sun, Luigi Frunzio et al. Nature profile →
Realization of three-qubit quantum error correction with superconducting circuits

2012 387 citations Simon E. Nigg, Luyan Sun et al. Nature profile →
Tracking photon jumps with repeated quantum non-demolition parity measurements

2014 176 citations Luyan Sun, Andrei Petrenko et al. Nature profile →
Beating the break-even point with a discrete-variable-encoded logical qubit

2023 111 citations Sai Li, Xiaowei Deng et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Luyan Sun China	23	2.1k	2.0k	341	120	96	64	2.6k
Marcus P. da Silva United States	18	1.6k 0.8×	1.8k 0.9×	263 0.8×	36 0.3×	48 0.5×	43	2.0k
Jing-Ning Zhang China	18	1.1k 0.5×	1.0k 0.5×	133 0.4×	10 0.1×	379 3.9×	42	1.5k
E. Torrontegui Spain	19	2.1k 1.0×	1.6k 0.8×	128 0.4×	43 0.4×	526 5.5×	44	2.4k
Matthew J. Reagor United States	14	1.8k 0.8×	1.6k 0.8×	286 0.8×	161 1.3×	83 0.9×	28	2.1k
Arkady Fedorov Australia	22	2.1k 1.0×	1.8k 0.9×	364 1.1×	113 0.9×	110 1.1×	62	2.4k
Francesco Plastina Italy	28	2.5k 1.2×	2.1k 1.0×	102 0.3×	108 0.9×	663 6.9×	79	2.7k
Philip Krantz Sweden	15	1.4k 0.7×	1.3k 0.6×	313 0.9×	217 1.8×	77 0.8×	25	1.9k
Nissim Ofek United States	13	1.8k 0.9×	1.4k 0.7×	331 1.0×	191 1.6×	77 0.8×	16	2.1k
Arne L. Grimsmo Australia	18	1.9k 0.9×	1.7k 0.8×	248 0.7×	112 0.9×	206 2.1×	31	2.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Luyan Sun

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All Works

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Li, Xuegang, Wenjie Jiang, Ziyue Hua, et al.. (2025). Experimental demonstration of reconstructing quantum states with generative models. Science Bulletin. 70(10). 1572–1575.

Huang, Hsiao‐Wen, Ziyue Hua, Weiting Wang, et al.. (2025). Robust and optimal control of open quantum systems. Science Advances. 11(9). eadr0875–eadr0875. 1 indexed citations

Hua, Ziyue, Weiting Wang, Yuwei Ma, et al.. (2025). Engineering the nonlinearity of bosonic modes with a multiloop SQUID. Physical Review Applied. 23(5). 1 indexed citations

Zhu, Xuebin, et al.. (2024). Optimization design of lithium battery management system based on Z-F composite air cooling structure. Journal of Energy Storage. 102. 114068–114068. 9 indexed citations

Cai, Weizhou, Jing-Ning Zhang, Ziyue Hua, et al.. (2024). Unambiguous discrimination of general quantum operations. Science Advances. 10(46). eadq2529–eadq2529. 1 indexed citations

Li, Xiaogang, Weiting Wang, Weizhou Cai, et al.. (2024). Quantum State Transfer between Superconducting Cavities via Exchange-Free Interactions. Physical Review Letters. 133(22). 220801–220801.

Cai, Weizhou, Weiting Wang, Jie Zhou, et al.. (2024). Protecting entanglement between logical qubits via quantum error correction. Nature Physics. 20(6). 1022–1026. 16 indexed citations

Chen, Zijie, Luyan Sun, & Chang‐Ling Zou. (2023). Entering the error-corrected quantum era. Science Bulletin. 68(10). 961–963. 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Jing, et al.. (2023). Review of Research on Titanium Oxides in Low‐Carbon Steel. steel research international. 94(12). 2 indexed citations

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Li, Sai, Xiaowei Deng, Libo Zhang, et al.. (2023). Beating the break-even point with a discrete-variable-encoded logical qubit. Nature. 616(7955). 56–60. 111 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wang, Weiting, Weizhou Cai, Ying Ma, et al.. (2022). Quantum-enhanced radiometry via approximate quantum error correction. Nature Communications. 13(1). 3214–3214. 12 indexed citations

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Xu, Xin‐Biao, Weiting Wang, Luyan Sun, & Chang‐Ling Zou. (2022). Hybrid superconducting photonic-phononic chip for quantum information processing. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(3). 100016–100016. 30 indexed citations

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Xu, Xin‐Biao, Weiting Wang, Yan‐Lei Zhang, et al.. (2022). High-frequency traveling-wave phononic cavity with sub-micron wavelength. Applied Physics Letters. 120(16). 20 indexed citations

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Pan, Xiaoxuan, Ziyue Hua, Weiting Wang, et al.. (2022). Advances in quantum error correction based on superconducting quantum systems. Acta Physica Sinica. 71(24). 240305–240305. 1 indexed citations

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Wang, Weiting, Yukai Wu, Yuwei Ma, et al.. (2020). Heisenberg-limited single-mode quantum metrology in a superconducting circuit. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 1 indexed citations

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Sun, Luyan, Yuwei Ma, Weizhou Cai, et al.. (2019). Experimental quantum error correction with binomial bosonic codes. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2019. 2 indexed citations

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Liu, Ke, Yuan Xu, Weiting Wang, et al.. (2017). A twofold quantum delayed-choice experiment in a superconducting circuit. Science Advances. 3(5). e1603159–e1603159. 22 indexed citations

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Petrenko, Andrei, et al.. (2013). A Study of the Multi-Mode Purcell Effect for a Transmon in 3D Circuit QED. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2013. 1 indexed citations

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Sears, Adam, Andrei Petrenko, Gerhard Kirchmair, et al.. (2012). Dephasing Due to Shot Noise in the Strong Dispersive Limit of Circuit QED. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2012.

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Holland, Eric C., Luyan Sun, Matthew J. Reagor, et al.. (2012). Quality Factor Measurements with Improved Superconducting Stripline Resonators. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2012. 1 indexed citations

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