Jiaxiang Zhang, Ph.D, professor of Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology (SIMIT). He received his bachelor and master degree from Changchun University of Science and Technology and Peking University in 2007 and 2010 respectively. Since 2011, he studied in Leibniz Institute for Solid-state and Material research and received PhD degree in 2015. After that he worked in IFW-Dresden and Munich University as a senior research scientist till he joined in SIMIT in 2018. In 2020 he was appointed professorship in SIMIT and the editorial board member of China Laser Magazine.
EDUCATION
2011.01 - 2015.08 PhD degree from Leibniz Institute of Solid-state and Material research Dresden and Technische Universitat Chemnitz, Germany.
2007.09 - 2010. 08 Master degree from Peking University, China
2003.09 - 2007.07 Bachelor degree from Changchun University of Science and Technology, China
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
2018.04 – Present, Professor, Shanghai Institute of Microsystems and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
2016.05 – 2018. 03 Research scientist, Quantum center of Munich and Munich University.
2015.09 – 2016.04 Postdoc and research scientist, Leibnitz Institute of Solid-state and Material research
HONORS AND AWARDED RESEARCH FUNDS
"Scholarship for Outstanding PhD Graduates" from German Academic Exchange Center-DAAD (2016.08)
“Fabrication of lithium niobate thin film” from National Key RD Program of China (2020.01 – 2022.12).
“Energy-tunable entangled photon sources with electric field pumping” Shanghai Rising-Star Program (2019.04 – 2022.03)
“Hybrid integrated quantum photonic circuits” from Youth talent program, Chinese Academy of Sciences (2019.01 – 2021.12).
RESEARCH TOPICS AND SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Prof. Jiaxiang Zhang is working on advanced quantum devices, in particular those based on self-assembled semiconducting quantum dots for nonclassical photon sources applications, color centers in silicon carbide for spin sensing applications, and hybrid quantum photonic circuits etc. Over the past five years more than 25 papers relevant to the above topics have been published in high-impact journals such as Nature Physics, Nature Communications, Nano Letters and Applied Physics Letters etc. A list of selected publications is attached below:
1. R. Keil, M. Zopf, Y. Chen, B. Hoefer, J-X. Zhang, F. Ding, O. G Schmidt, Solid-state ensemble of highly entangled photon sources at rubidium atomic transitions. Nature Communications 8, 15501 (2017).
2. B. Hoefer, J-X. Zhang, J Wildmann, E. Zallo, R. Trotta, F. Ding, A Rastelli, O. G Schmidt, Independent tuning of excitonic emission energy and decay time in single semiconductor quantum dots. Applied Physics Letters 110, 151102 (2017).
3. J-X. Zhang, E. Zallo, A. Rastelli, B. Hoefer, Y. Chen, R. Keil, M. Zopf, F. Ding and O. G. Schmidt, Electric-Field-Induced Energy Tuning of On-Demand Entangled-Photon Emission from Self-Assembled Quantum Dots. Nano Letters 17,501507 (2017).
4. J-X. Zhang, J. Wildmann, F. Ding, R. Trotta, Y. Huo, E. Zallo, D. Huber, A. Rastelli and O. G Schmidt, A strain-tunable entangled-light-emitting diode with high yield and fast operation speed. Nature Communications 6, 10067 (2015).
5. J-X. Zhang, F. Ding, E. Zallo, R. Trotta, B. Hoefer, L. Han, S. Kumar, Y. H. Huo, A. Rastelli, O. G. Schmidt, A Nanomembrane-Based Wavelength-Tunable High-Speed Single-Photon-Emitting Diode. Nano letters 13, 5808 (2013).
6. J-X. Zhang, Y. H. Huo, A. Rastelli, M. Zopf, B. Hoefer, Y. Chen, F. Ding, O. G Schmidt, Single Photons On-demand from Light-hole Excitons in Strain-Engineered Quantum Dots. Nano letters 15, 422 (2015).
7. J-X. Zhang, Y. H Huo, F. Ding, O. G. Schmidt, Energy-tunable single-photon light-emitting diode by strain fields. Accepted in Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics. (2015). Invited paper for the topical issue Quantum Repeaters: From Components to Strategies".
8. J-X. Zhang, X. Y. Hu, H. Yang, Q. H. Gong, Surface defect states of CdTexS1-x quantum dots. Physics Letters A 373, 4475 (2009).
9. Yan Chen, J-X. Zhang, Michael Zopf, Kyubong Jung, Yang Zhang, Fei Ding, Oliver G. Schmidt, Energy-tunable entangled photon sources on a III-V/Silicon chip. Nature Communications 7, 10387 (2016).
10. Y. H. Huo, B. J. Witek, S. Kumar, J. R. Cardenas, J-X. Zhang, N. Akopian, R.Singh, E. Zallo, R. Grifone, D. Kriegner, R. Trotta, F. Ding, J. Stangl, V. Zwiller, G. Bester, A. Rastelli, O. G. Schmidt, A light-hole exciton in a quantum dot, Nature Physics 10, 46 (2014).
