He has authored or co-authored over 50 peer-reviewed papers (h-index: 22, citations: 1717). Notable achievements include performing the first experiment to verify the non-additivity of quantum channel capacity, successfully constructing a PT-symmetry-enhanced quantum sensor, and developing a universal, programmable, temporally encoded photonic quantum computing system applied to drug discovery problems.
Research Experience
After obtaining his PhD in 2020, he primarily focused on conducting quantum simulation experiments utilizing linear optics. In February 2022, he joined Imperial College London, where his current research focuses on scalable and distributed photonic quantum computing, quantum optical neural networks, and error correction for achieving universal photonic quantum computing.
Education
PhD: University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China, 1 Sep 2015 - 27 Sep 2020. Field: Physics.
Background
Research Interests: Optical Physics, Quantum Physics, Quantum Information, Computation and Communication, Quantum Optics, Integrable Systems (Classical and Quantum), Mathematical Aspects of Classical Mechanics, Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Information Theory. Bio: Dr. Shang Yu is a Research Associate and UKRI Guarantee Marie Curie Fellow in the Department of Physics, Light Community at Imperial College London.