Brief Introduction

Xinfang Nie is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics at the Southern University of Science and Technology. She obtained her bachelor's degree from Lanzhou University in 2010 and her Ph.D. from the University of Science and Technology of China in 2018. From April 2018 to September 2020, she worked as a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Physics at the Southern University of Science and Technology. Since October 2020, she has been serving in the same department as a Research Assistant Professor, focusing on experimental research in quantum computing based on spin systems, including nuclear magnetic resonance and silicon carbide color center systems. She has published over 20 papers in well-known journals such as Physical Review Letters, New Journal of Physics, and Science Bulletin. In recent years, she has led research projects including the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Youth Project and the Guangdong Provincial Science and Technology Department Regional Joint Fund Youth Project.

Research Interests

Quantum computing based on spin systems, including nuclear magnetic resonance and silicon carbide color center systems

Educational Background

◆ 2010.09-2018.03: Ph.D. in Quantum Information Physics, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China

◆ 2006.09-2010.07: B.Sc. in Theoretical Physics, School of Physics, Lanzhou University

Professional Experience

◆ 2020.10-present: Research Assistant Professor, the Department of Physics, Southern University of Science and Technology

◆ 2018.04-2020.09: Postdoctoral Researcher, the Department of Physics, Southern University of Science and Technology

Selected Publications

1. Zidong Lin, Hongfeng Liu, Kai Tang, Yidai Liu, Liangyu Che, Xinyue Long, Xiangyu Wang, Yu-ang Fan, Keyi Huang, Xiaodong Yang, Tao Xin, Xinfang Nie† and Dawei Lu† Hardware-efficient quantum principal component analysis for medical image recognition. Front. Phys. 19, 51202 (2024).

2. Xinfang Nie∗, Xuanran Zhu∗, Keyi Huang, Kai Tang, Xinyue Long, Zidong Lin, Yu Tian, Chudan Qiu, Cheng Xi, Xiaodong Yang, Jun Li, Ying Dong†, Tao Xin†, and Dawei Lu†. Experimental realization of a quantum refrigerator driven by indefinite causal orders. Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 100603 (2022).

3. Dafa Zhao, Shunzhong Xue, Dong Ruan, Jun Li, Dawei Lu, Wen Huang, Tao Xin, Hang Li†, Xinfang Nie†, and Guilu Long. Experimental observation of a quadrupolar phase via quench dynamics on a spin simulator. Phys. Rev. A, 104, 062615 (2021).

4. Xinfang Nie∗, Bo-Bo Wei∗, Xi Chen, Ze Zhang, Xiuzhu Zhao, Chudan Qiu, Yu Tian, Yunlan Ji, Tao Xin†, Dawei Lu†, and Jun Li†. Experimental observation of equilibrium and dynamical quantum phase transitions via out-of-time-ordered correlators. Phys. Rev. Lett., 124, 250601 (2020).

5. Wenqiang Zheng, Hengyan Wang, Tao Xin, Xinfang Nie†, Dawei Lu†, and Jun Li†. Optimal bounds on state transfer under quantum channels with application to spin system engineering. Phys. Rev. A, 100, 022313 (2019).