Pei Zeng

766 total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 479 citations indexed

About

Pei Zeng is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Computational Theory and Mathematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Pei Zeng has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 479 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 11 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 2 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics. Recurrent topics in Pei Zeng's work include Quantum Information and Cryptography (13 papers), Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (9 papers) and Quantum Mechanics and Applications (8 papers). Pei Zeng is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Information and Cryptography (13 papers), Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (9 papers) and Quantum Mechanics and Applications (8 papers). Pei Zeng collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Pei Zeng's co-authors include Xiongfeng Ma, Weijie Wu, Hongyi Zhou, You Zhou, Yu-Ao Chen, Hao Li, Teng‐Yun Chen, Mi Zou, Lixing You and Zhen Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Nature Communications and Nature Photonics.

In The Last Decade

Pei Zeng

14 papers receiving 451 citations

Hit Papers

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Mode-pairing quantum key distribution

2022 126 citations Pei Zeng, Hongyi Zhou et al. Nature Communications profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Pei Zeng China	8	437	372	44	17	13	16	479
Andrea Stanco Italy	10	224 0.5×	208 0.6×	56 1.3×	11 0.6×	17 1.3×	20	291
Matej Pivoluska Slovakia	11	317 0.7×	272 0.7×	31 0.7×	33 1.9×	9 0.7×	24	352
Mirko Pittaluga United Kingdom	6	501 1.1×	456 1.2×	89 2.0×	18 1.1×	10 0.8×	12	561
Mhlambululi Mafu Botswana	8	378 0.9×	378 1.0×	56 1.3×	13 0.8×	61 4.7×	32	475
Thomas Brougham United Kingdom	10	288 0.7×	261 0.7×	59 1.3×	7 0.4×	15 1.2×	31	357
Raju Valivarthi United States	10	344 0.8×	303 0.8×	120 2.7×	9 0.5×	25 1.9×	20	436
Zhen Sun China	7	522 1.2×	449 1.2×	62 1.4×	28 1.6×	21 1.6×	12	574
Wen-Bo Xing China	7	461 1.1×	427 1.1×	48 1.1×	12 0.7×	18 1.4×	7	511
Li-Chao Peng China	5	549 1.3×	461 1.2×	107 2.4×	12 0.7×	24 1.8×	8	613
V. I. Egorov Russia	9	208 0.5×	177 0.5×	90 2.0×	11 0.6×	16 1.2×	52	283

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Pei Zeng

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All Works

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16 of 16 papers shown

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Chen, Junjie, et al.. (2025). Quantum Subspace Verification for Error Correction Codes. PRX Quantum. 6(4).

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Zeng, Pei, Jinzhao Sun, Liang Jiang, & Qi Zhao. (2025). Simple and High-Precision Hamiltonian Simulation by Compensating Trotter Error with Linear Combination of Unitary Operations. PRX Quantum. 6(1). 5 indexed citations

3.

Penty, Richard V., et al.. (2025). Pilot-reference-free continuous-variable quantum key distribution with efficient decoy-state analysis. Photonics Research. 13(8). 2013–2013.

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Xu, Qian, et al.. (2024). Fault-Tolerant Operation of Bosonic Qubits with Discrete-Variable Ancillae. Physical Review X. 14(3). 2 indexed citations

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Zeng, Pei, et al.. (2023). Quantum Complementarity Approach to Device-Independent Security. Physical Review Letters. 131(14). 140801–140801. 6 indexed citations

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Zeng, Pei, Mi Zou, Shi-Biao Tang, et al.. (2023). Experimental Mode-Pairing Measurement-Device-Independent Quantum Key Distribution without Global Phase Locking. Physical Review Letters. 130(3). 30801–30801. 71 indexed citations

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Zeng, Pei, et al.. (2022). Characterizing correlation within multipartite quantum systems via local randomized measurements. Physical review. A. 105(2). 15 indexed citations

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Zeng, Pei, Hongyi Zhou, Weijie Wu, & Xiongfeng Ma. (2022). Mode-pairing quantum key distribution. Nature Communications. 13(1). 3903–3903. 126 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zeng, Pei, et al.. (2022). Scalable fast benchmarking for individual quantum gates with local twirling. Photonics Research. 11(1). 81–81. 3 indexed citations

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Zeng, Pei, et al.. (2021). Reference-Frame-Independent Design of Phase-Matching Quantum Key Distribution. Apollo (University of Cambridge). 15 indexed citations

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Wang, Fumin, Pei Zeng, Jiapeng Zhao, et al.. (2020). High-dimensional quantum key distribution based on mutually partially unbiased bases. Physical review. A. 101(3). 18 indexed citations

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Zhou, You, et al.. (2020). Single-Copies Estimation of Entanglement Negativity. Physical Review Letters. 125(20). 200502–200502. 59 indexed citations

13.

Fang, Xiaotian, Pei Zeng, Hui Liu, et al.. (2020). Implementation of quantum key distribution surpassing the linear rate-transmittance bound. Nature Photonics. 14(7). 422–425. 143 indexed citations

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Zeng, Pei, Xiongfeng Ma, Hui Liu, et al.. (2020). Implementation of repeaterless quantum key distribution over 502 km fibers. 1–2. 1 indexed citations

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Zhou, Hongyi, Pei Zeng, Mohsen Razavi, & Xiongfeng Ma. (2018). Randomness quantification of coherent detection. Physical review. A. 98(4). 11 indexed citations

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Li, Yanmei, et al.. (1993). Effects of N-phosphorylated amino acids on membrane phospholipid of human erythrocytes. Journal of Biological Physics. 19(2). 85–94. 4 indexed citations

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