2026 Luming Duan: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	81	2893	2747	56	56	344	42833

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Physics

2893

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42833

Research.com Recognitions

2009 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For his distinctive contributions to theoretical atomic physics and quantum information in particular, for his seminal proposals for quantum information protocols involving atomoptical systems
2004 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Luming Duan is affiliated with Tsinghua University in China and has contributed extensively to the fields of physics and computer science. Their research spans a range of topics primarily centered around quantum information and quantum computing, with additional work in atomic and molecular physics as well as artificial intelligence.

The main fields of study in which Luming Duan has published are:

Physics and Astronomy
Computer Science

Subfields include:

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Artificial Intelligence
Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Statistical and Nonlinear Physics

The primary topics covered in their work are:

Quantum Information and Cryptography
Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture
Quantum many-body systems
Quantum optics and atomic interactions
Quantum and electron transport phenomena
Quantum Mechanics and Applications
Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates

Luming Duan has contributed to frequent publications in several venues:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Physical Review Letters
Physical review. A/Physical review, A
Science Advances
Physical Review Research

Their recent research includes the following papers:

"Observation of Dynamical Quantum Phase Transitions with Correspondence in an Excited State Phase Diagram," 2020, Physical Review Letters
"Higher-order topological Anderson insulators," 2021, Physical review. B/Physical review. B
"New α-Emitting Isotope U-214 and Abnormal Enhancement of α-Particle Clustering in Lightest Uranium Isotopes," 2021, Physical Review Letters
"A flying Schrödinger's cat in multipartite entangled states," 2022, Science Advances
"Presence and Absence of Barren Plateaus in Tensor-Network Based Machine Learning," 2022, Physical Review Letters

The scientist frequently collaborates with a group of co-authors, including:

Yukai Wu
Z.-C. Zhou
Yipu Song
Zenghui Bao
Hongyi Zhang

Awards received by Luming Duan include:

Fellow of American Physical Society (APS), 2009, with citation noting contributions to theoretical atomic physics and quantum information
Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 2004

Best Publications

Long-distance quantum communication with atomic ensembles and linear optics

L.-M. Duan;M. D. Lukin;J. I. Cirac;P. Zoller

4297
Citations
Long-distance quantum communication with atomic ensembles and linear optics

Lu-Ming Duan;Mikhail Lukin;Ignacio Cirac;Peter Zoller

3280
Citations
Inseparability Criterion for Continuous Variable Systems

Lu-Ming Duan;Lu-Ming Duan;G. Giedke;J. I. Cirac;P. Zoller

2513
Citations
Dipole blockade and quantum information processing in mesoscopic atomic ensembles.

M. D. Lukin;M. Fleischhauer;R. Cote;L. M. Duan

1963
Citations
Controlling spin exchange interactions of ultracold atoms in optical lattices.

L.-M. Duan;Eugene A. Demler;Mikhail D. Lukin

1461
Citations
Many-particle entanglement with Bose-Einstein condensates.

A Sørensen;L M Duan;J I Cirac;P Zoller

1167
Citations
Entanglement of single-atom quantum bits at a distance.

D. L. Moehring;P. Maunz;S. Olmschenk;K. C. Younge

1045
Citations
Scalable photonic quantum computation through cavity-assisted interactions.

L.-M. Duan;H. J. Kimble

1029
Citations
Geometric manipulation of trapped ions for quantum computation.

L.-M. Duan;J. I. Cirac;P. Zoller

955
Citations
Quantum simulation of frustrated Ising spins with trapped ions

Kihwan Kim;Ming-Shien Chang;Simcha Korenblit;Rajibul Islam

940
Citations
Observation of entanglement between a single trapped atom and a single photon

B. B. Blinov;D. L. Moehring;L. M. Duan;C. Monroe

897
Citations
Generation of nonclassical photon pairs for scalable quantum communication with atomic ensembles.

A. Kuzmich;W. P. Bowen;A. D. Boozer;A. Boca

892
Citations
Many-particle entanglement with Bose--Einstein condensates

Anders Sorensen;Lu-Ming Duan;Ignacio Cirac;Peter Zoller

848
Citations
Large-scale modular quantum-computer architecture with atomic memory and photonic interconnects

C. Monroe;R. Raussendorf;A. Ruthven;K. R. Brown

798
Citations
Preserving Coherence in Quantum Computation by Pairing Quantum Bits

Lu-Ming Duan;Guang-Can Guo

740
Citations
Quantum Teleportation Between Distant Matter Qubits

S. Olmschenk;D. N. Matsukevich;P. Maunz;D. Hayes

701
Citations
Colloquium: Quantum networks with trapped ions

L.-M. Duan;C. Monroe

637
Citations
Probabilistic Cloning and Identification of Linearly Independent Quantum States

Lu-Ming Duan;Guang-Can Guo

631
Citations
Classical simulation of quantum many-body systems with a tree tensor network

Y.-Y. Shi;L.-M. Duan;G. Vidal

583
Citations
Programmable quantum simulations of spin systems with trapped ions

C. Monroe;W. C. Campbell;L.-M. Duan;Z.-X. Gong

576
Citations