Home People Teaching Staff LEONG Weng Hang

Education:

• Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics, Nanjing University, China (2014)
• B.S. in Physics, Nanjing University, China (2009)

Position:

• 2019.08-now, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
• 2014.10-2019.05, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Research Interest:

• Quantum Sensing
• Open Quantum Systems
• Strongly Correlated Systems

Selected Recent Publications:

• K. Xia, C. F. Liu, W. H. Leong, M. H. Kwok, Z. Y. Yang, X. Feng, R. B. Liu, and Q. Li. "Nanometer-precision non-local deformation reconstruction using nanodiamond sensing", Nature Communications 10, 3259 (2019)
• T. Zhang, G. Q. Liu, W. H. Leong, C. F. Liu, M. H. Kwok, T. Ngai, R. B. Liu, and Q. Li. "Hybrid nanodiamond quantum sensors enabled by volume phase transitions of hydrogels", Nature Communications 9, 3188 (2018)
• N. Wang, G. Q. Liu, W. H. Leong, H. Zeng, X. Feng, S. H. Li, F. Dolde, H. Fedder, J. Wrachtrup, X. D. Cui, S. Yang, Q. Li, and R. B. Liu. "Magnetic Criticality Enhanced Hybrid Nanodiamond Thermometer under Ambient Conditions", Physical Review X 8, 011042 (2018)
• W. H. Leong, S. L. Yu, T. Xiang, and J. X. Li. "Localized in-gap state in a single-electron doped Mott insulator", Physical Review B 90, 245102 (2014)
• W. H. Leong, S. L. Yu, and J. X. Li. "Effects of the spin–orbit coupling on the vacancy-induced magnetism on the honeycomb lattice.", Physics Letters A 378, 2280–2284 (2014)