Home People Teaching Staff LIU Renbao

Education:

• PhD, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 2000
• BSc, Department of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 1995

Position:

• 2014-now, Professor, Department of Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
• 2011-2015, Head, Division of Physics and Division of Materials Science and Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
• 2010-2014, Associate Professor, Department of Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
• 2005-2010, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
• 2002-2005, Postgraduate Researcher, University of California, San Diego
• 2000-2002, Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Advanced Study, Tsinghua University

Research Interest:

• Physics for implementing quantum computation in solid-state systems
• Spin dynamics in semiconductors; electron spin decoherence in nuclear spin baths
• Quantum optics and nonlinear optical spectroscopy of mesoscopic systems
• Magnetic nanometrology, magnetic resonance spectroscopy

Honours and Awards:

• 2022 New Cornerstone Investigator
• RGC Senior Research Fellow 2022/23
• Willis E. Lamb Award for Laser Science and Quantum Optics (2022), Physics of Quantum Electronics
• Fellow Member of Optica (2022)
• Fellow of Institute of Physics (2021)
• IOP Publishing Top Cited Paper Award (China) (2020, 2022)
• Outstanding Fellow of the Faculty of Science (2013, 2018, 2023), The Chinese University of Hong Kong
• Research Excellence Award (2013-14), The Chinese University of Hong Kong
• Ministry of Education Higher Education Outstanding Scientific Research Output Awards (2nd Class in Natural Sciences) (2012)
• 第三屆黃昆固體物理與半導體物理獎 (Huang Kun Prize) (2012-13)
• Young Researcher Award (2010), The Chinese University of Hong Kong
• Outstanding Postdoctoral Fellow (2003), Tsinghua University
• President Award (2020), Chinese Academy of Sciences

Selected Recent Publications:

• N. Zhao, J.L. Hu, S.W. Ho, J.T.K. Wan and R.B. Liu, "Atomic-scale magnetometry of distant nuclear spin clusters via nitrogen-vacancy spin in diamond", Nature Nanotechnology ( Cover Story)
• Z.Y. Wang and R.B. Liu, "Protection of quantum systems by nested dynamical decoupling", Physical Review A 83, 022306 (2011).
• W. Yang, Z.Y. Wang and R.B. Liu, "Preserving qubit coherence by dynamical decoupling", Front. Phys. 6, 2 (2011). (Invited Review)
• R.B. Liu, W. Yao and L.J. Sham, "Quantum computing by optical control of electron spins", Advances in Physics 59, 703-802 (2010). (Review Article)
• J. Wang, B.F. Zhu and R.B. Liu, "Second-order nonlinear optical effects of spin currents", Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 256601 (2010).
• J. Du, X. Rong, N. Zhao, Y. Wang, J. Yang and R.B. Liu, "Preserving spin coherence in solids by optimal dynamical decoupling", Nature 461, 1265 (2009).
• W. Yang and R. B. Liu, "Universality of Uhrig Dynamical Decoupling for Suppressing Qubit Pure Dephasing and Relaxation", Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 180403 (2008).
• W. Yang and R. B. Liu, "Quantum many-body theory of qubit decoherence in a finite-size spin bath", Phys. Rev. B 78, 085315 (2008). (Editor's Suggestion)
• J. Wang, B.F. Zhu and R.B. Liu, "Proposal for Direct Measurement of a Pure Spin Current by a Polarized Light Beam", Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 086603 (2008).
• R. B. Liu, W. Yao and L.J. Sham, "Control of electron spin decoherence caused by electron–nuclear spin dynamics in a quantum dot", New J. Phys. 9, 226 (2007). (Editor's Selection)