2026 Cheng-Zhi Peng: Engineering and Technology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

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Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Engineering and Technology	58	2426	2318	496	495	184	20668

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Engineering and Technology

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2426

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Research.com Recognitions

2019 - OSA Fellows Cheng-Zhi Peng University of Science and Technology of China, China For outstanding and sustained contributions to large scale especially satellite-based free-space quantum communication

Overview

Cheng-Zhi Peng is affiliated with the University of Science and Technology of China in China. Their research spans several areas in computer science and physics, with a particular focus on quantum technologies.

The main fields of study for Cheng-Zhi Peng include:

Computer Science
Physics and Astronomy

Within these fields, their work concentrates on various subfields such as:

Artificial Intelligence
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Aerospace Engineering
Biomedical Engineering

The primary topics of research explored by Cheng-Zhi Peng cover:

Quantum Information and Cryptography
Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture
Quantum and electron transport phenomena
Quantum Mechanics and Applications
Quantum optics and atomic interactions
Quantum many-body systems
Advanced Frequency and Time Standards

Cheng-Zhi Peng has contributed to multiple publications, notable papers among them are:

"Strong Quantum Computational Advantage Using a Superconducting Quantum Processor," 2021, Physical Review Letters
"An integrated space-to-ground quantum communication network over 4,600 kilometres," 2021, Nature
"Entanglement-based secure quantum cryptography over 1,120 kilometres," 2020, Nature
"Quantum computational advantage via 60-qubit 24-cycle random circuit sampling," 2021, Science Bulletin
"Micius quantum experiments in space," 2022, Reviews of Modern Physics

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Cheng-Zhi Peng include:

Jian-Wei Pan
Sheng-Kai Liao
Futian Liang
Chao-Yang Lu
Jin Lin

The scholar has published repeatedly in several prominent venues, including:

Physical Review Letters
arXiv (Cornell University)
Optics Express
Physical Review Applied
Nature

In 2019, Cheng-Zhi Peng was recognized as an OSA Fellow for contributions related to large scale, especially satellite-based, free-space quantum communication.

Best Publications

Satellite-to-ground quantum key distribution

Sheng-Kai Liao;Wen-Qi Cai;Wei-Yue Liu;Liang Zhang

1866
Citations
Satellite-based entanglement distribution over 1200 kilometers.

Juan Yin;Yuan Cao;Yu-Huai Li;Sheng-Kai Liao

1505
Citations
Strong Quantum Computational Advantage Using a Superconducting Quantum Processor.

Yulin Wu;Wan-Su Bao;Sirui Cao;Fusheng Chen

1073
Citations
Ground-to-satellite quantum teleportation

Ji-Gang Ren;Ping Xu;Hai-Lin Yong;Liang Zhang

1051
Citations
An integrated space-to-ground quantum communication network over 4,600 kilometres.

Yu-Ao Chen;Qiang Zhang;Teng-Yun Chen;Wen-Qi Cai

923
Citations
Satellite-Relayed Intercontinental Quantum Network.

Sheng-Kai Liao;Wen-Qi Cai;Johannes Handsteiner;Johannes Handsteiner;Bo Liu;Bo Liu

863
Citations
Entanglement-based secure quantum cryptography over 1,120 kilometres

Juan Yin;Yu-Huai Li;Sheng-Kai Liao;Meng Yang

712
Citations
Quantum teleportation and entanglement distribution over 100-kilometre free-space channels

Juan Yin;Ji-Gang Ren;He Lu;Yuan Cao

685
Citations
Experimental Ten-Photon Entanglement.

Xi-Lin Wang;Luo-Kan Chen;W. Li;H.-L. Huang

616
Citations
Observation of eight-photon entanglement

Xing-Can Yao;Tian-Xiong Wang;Ping Xu;He Lu

545
Citations
Experimental measurement-device-independent quantum key distribution.

Yang Liu;Teng-Yun Chen;Liu-Jun Wang;Hao Liang

530
Citations
Experimental long-distance decoy-state quantum key distribution based on polarization encoding.

Cheng-Zhi Peng;Cheng-Zhi Peng;Jun Zhang;Dong Yang;Wei-Bo Gao

523
Citations
High-efficiency multiphoton boson sampling

Hui Wang;Yu He;Yu-Huai Li;Zu-En Su

496
Citations
Long-distance free-space quantum key distribution in daylight towards inter-satellite communication

Sheng-Kai Liao;Hai-Lin Yong;Chang Liu;Guo-Liang Shentu

486
Citations
Experimental demonstration of a hyper-entangled ten-qubit Schrödinger cat state

Wei-Bo Gao;Chao-Yang Lu;Xing-Can Yao;Ping Xu

431
Citations
Experimental free-space quantum teleportation

Xian-Min Jin;Ji-Gang Ren;Ji-Gang Ren;Bin Yang;Zhen-Huan Yi

403
Citations
Experimental free-space distribution of entangled photon pairs over 13 km : Towards satellite-based global quantum communication

Cheng-Zhi Peng;Cheng-Zhi Peng;Tao Yang;Xiao-Hui Bao;Jun Zhang

398
Citations
Direct and full-scale experimental verifications towards ground–satellite quantum key distribution

Jian-Yu Wang;Jian-Yu Wang;Bin Yang;Sheng-Kai Liao;Sheng-Kai Liao;Liang Zhang

361
Citations
High-rate quantum key distribution exceeding 110 Mb s^–1

Unknown

288
Citations
Decoy-state quantum key distribution with polarized photons over 200 km

Yang Liu;Teng-Yun Chen;Jian Wang;Wen-Qi Cai

285
Citations
Quantum walks on a programmable two-dimensional 62-qubit superconducting processor.

Ming Gong;Shiyu Wang;Chen Zha;Ming-Cheng Chen

279
Citations