Wu-Ming Liu


Professor, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 603, Beijing 100080, China


Telphone: 86-10-82649249
Fax: 86-10-82649531
E-mail: wmliu@aphy.iphy.ac.cn

Education:

Ph.D., Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China, 06/1994.

Professional experiences:

Professor, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, 2/2002 -

Research Scientist, Bartol Research Institute, University of Delaware, Newark, USA, 07/2000 - 01/2002.

Research Scientist, Department of Physics, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, USA, 07/1998 - 06/2000.

Associate Professor, Institute of Theoretical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, 07/1996 - 06/1998.

Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, 07/1994 - 06/1996.

Visiting records:

Visiting Professor, Department of Physics, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, 12/2008 - 12/2008.

Visiting Professor, Department of Physics, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Hong Kong, China, 04/2008 - 04/2008.

Visiting Professor, Department of Physics, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 12/2007 - 12/2007.

Visiting Professor, Department of Physics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, 10/2007 - 10/2007.

Visiting Professor, Department of Physics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, 04/2006 - 05/2006.

Visiting Professor, Department of Physics, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, USA, 02/2005 - 03/2005.

Visiting Professor, Department of Mathematics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA, 12/2004 - 01/2005.

Visiting Professor, Department of Physics, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, 01/2004 - 01/2004.

Visiting Professor, Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Canada, 04/2003 - 06/2003.

Visiting Professor, Laue-Langevin Institute, Grenoble, France, 12/2002 - 02/2003.

Visiting Professor, Laboratorio De Fisica De Sistemas Pequenos Y Nanotecnologia, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC), Madrid, Spain, 05/2002 - 06/2002.

Visiting Scientist, Department of Mathematics, University of Pennsylvania, USA, 10/2000 - 10/2000.

Visiting Scientist, Center for Nonlinear Studies, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA, 02/1999 - 03/1999.

Visiting Scientist, Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, University of California at Berkeley, USA, 01/1999 - 01/1999.

Visiting Scientist, Center for Nonlinear Studies, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA, 12/1998 - 01/1999.

Visiting Scientist, Solid State Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA, 11/1998 - 11/1998.

Visiting Scientist, Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of California at Santa Barbara, USA, 09/1998 - 10/1998.

Visiting Scientist, Solid State Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA, 07/1998 - 08/1998.

Research interests:

1. Mathematical methods in Physics (PACS number 02.):

Integrable systems (02.30.Ik), Ordinary differential equations (02.30.Hq), Partial differential equations (02.30.Jr), Inverse problems (02.30.Zz), Solutions of wave equations: bound states (03.65.Ge), and solitons (05.45.Yv): integrable and near-integrable statistical physical models, condensed matter models and nonlinear partial differential equations in general physics: the exact solutions, solitons, instantons, vortices, asymptotic solutions, adiabatic dynamics, stochastic dynamics, nonlinear dynamics, nonequilibrium dynamics, long-time behavior, etc.

2. Matter waves, quantum condensation phenomena and superfluidity (PACS number 03.):

Matter waves (03.75.-b), quantum condensation phenomena (03.75.Fi), Bose-Einstein condensates (03.75), atom and neutron optics (03.75.Be), atom and neutron interferometry (03.75.Dg), entanglement and decoherence in Bose-Einstein condensates (03.75.Gg), static properties of condensates; thermodynamical, statistical, and structural properties (03.75.Hh), dynamic properties of condensates; collective and hydrodynamic excitations, superfluid flow (03.75.Kk), tunneling, Josephson effect, Bose-Einstein condensates in periodic potentials, solitons, vortices, and topological excitations (03.75.Lm), multicomponent condensates; spinor condensates (03.75.Mn), other Bose-Einstein condensation phenomena (03.75.Nt), atom lasers (03.75.Pp), degenerate Fermi gases (03.75.Ss), photon interactions with atoms (32.80.-t), optical cooling of atoms; trapping (32.80.Pj), coherent control of atomic interactions with photons (32.80.Qk), atom interferometry techniques (39.20.+qn), quantum fluids and solid (67.), liquid and solid helium (67.), boson degeneracy and superfluidity of 4^He (67.20+k), mixed systems, liquid 3^He and 4^He mixtures (67.60.-g), etc.

3. Electronic structure and electrical properties of thin films and low dimensional structure (PACS number 73.):

Weak or Anderson localization (73.20.Fz), delocalization processes (73.20.Jc), collective excitations (73.20.Mf), electron states and collective excitations in multilayers, quantum wells, mesoscopic and nanoscale systems (73.21.-b), electronic transport in mesoscopic systems (73.23.-b), electronic transport in mesoscopic or nanoscale materials and structures (73.63.-b), etc.

4. Theory of magnetic properties and materials (PACS number 75.):

General theory and models of magnetic ordering (75.10.-b), classical spin models (75.10.Hk), quantized spin models (75.10.Jm), band and itinerant models (75.10.Lp), intrinsic properties of magnetically ordered materials (75.30.-m), spin waves (75.30.Ds), exchange and superexchange interactions (75.30.Et), spin density waves (75.30.Fv), magnetic anisotropy (75.30.Gw), magnetic impurity interactions (75.30.Hx), magnetic phase boundaries (75.30.Kz), valence fluctuation and Kondo lattice and heavy fermion phenomena (75.30.Mb), colossal magnetoresistance (75.30.Vn), macroscopic quantum phenomena in magnetic systems (75.45.+j), domain effects (75.60.-d), magnetic properties of thin films (75.70.-i), magnetic properties of nanostructures (75.75.+a), spin polarized transport (72.25.-b), etc.

5. Quantum phase transition theory:

Quantum phase transition theory and its applications in the Nanomaterials, the Josephson-junction arrays, the quantum Hall effect systems, the high-T_c superconductor, the strongly corrected electron systems, the conductor near its metal-insulator transition, the two-dimensional films, the magnetic systems, etc.

6. Quantum many-body theory:

Quantum many-body theory and its applications in the nanomaterials, the quantum Hall effect systems, the high-T_c superconductor, the strongly corrected electron systems, the disorder systems, the quantum magnetism, the mesoscopic systems, etc.

 

Selected recent publications:

1.  L. Wu, L. Li, J. F. Zhang, Dumitru Mihalache, Boris A. Malomed, and W. M. Liu,

Exact solutions of the Gross-Pitaevskii equation for stable vortex modes in two-dimensional Bose-Einstei condensates

Phys. Rev. A81, 061805 (2010)

 

 

2. C. Zhao, L. Jiang, X. X. Liu, W. M. Liu, X. B. Zou, and H. Pu,

Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov theory of dipolar Fermi gases

Phys. Rev. A81, 063642 (2010)

 

 

3.  Z. G. Li, M. J. Zhao, S. M. Fei, and W. M. Liu,

Evolution equation for entanglement of assistance,

Phys. Rev. A81, 042312 (2010)

 

4.  M. Z. Wu, X. J. Zhou, W. M. Liu, X. Z.Chen,

Roughness with a finite correlation length in a microtrap,

Phys. Rev. A 81, 033625 (2010).


5.  D. S. Wang, X. H. Hu, J. P. Hu, W. M. Liu,

Quantized quasi-two-dimensional Bose-Einstein condensates with spatially modulated nonlinearity,

Phys. Rev. A81,025604 (2010).

6.  Z. D. Li, Q. Y. Li, P. B. He, J. Q. Liang, W. M. Liu, G. S. Fu,
Domain-wall solutions of spinor Bose-Einstein condensates in an optical lattice,
Phys. Rev. A81, 015602 (2010).

 

 

7.  Y. Q. Ma, S.Chen, H. Fan, and W.M.Liu,

Abelian and non-Abelian quantum geometric tensor

Phys. Rev. B81, 245129 (2010)



8.  R. Qi, X. L. Yu, Z. B. Li, W. M. Liu,
Non-Abelian Josephson effect between two F=2 spinor Bose-Einstein condensates in double optical traps,

Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 185301 (2009).


9.  Y. Y. Zhang, J. P. Hu, B. A. Bernevig, X. R. Wang, X. C. Xie, W. M. Liu,
Localization and the Kosterlitz-Thouless transition in disordered graphene,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 106401 (2009).


10.  A. C. Ji, Q. Sun, X. C. Xie, W. M. Liu,
Josephson effect for photons in twoweakly linked microcavities,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 023602 (2009).

11.  J. M. Zhang, S. Cui, H. Jiang, D. L. Zhou, W.M. Liu,
Probing the quantum ground state of a spin-1 Bose-Einstein condensate,
Phys. Rev. A 80, 043263 (2009).

12  Z. G. Li,  S. M. Fei,  S. Albeverio, W. M. Liu,
Bound of entanglement of assistance and monogamy constraints,
Phys. Rev. A 80, 034301 (2009).


13.  H. Jing, J. Fu, Z. Geng, W.M. Liu,
Coherent two-color photoassociation in a spinor-1 Bose-Einstein condensate: Single-spin versus mixed-spin cases,
Phys. Rev. A 79, 045601 (2009).

14.  X. F. Zhang, X. H. Hu, X. X. Liu, W. M. Liu,
Vector solitons in two-component Bose-Einstein condensates with tunable interactions and harmonic potential,
Phys. Rev. A 79, 033630 (2009).

15.  J. M. Zhang, F. C. Cui, D. L. Zhou, W. M. Liu,
Nonlinear dynamics of a cigar-shaped Bose-Einstein condensate in an optical cavity,
Phys. Rev. A 79, 033401 (2009).


16.  X. H. Hu, X. F. Zhang, D. Zhao, H. G. Luo, W. M. Liu,
Dynamics and modulation of ring dark solitons in two-dimensional Bose-Einstein condensates with tunable interaction,
Phys. Rev. A 79, 023619 (2009).


17.  Z. G. Li, S. M. Fei, Z. D. Wang, W. M. Liu,
Evolution equation of entanglement for bipartite systems,
Phys. Rev. A 79, 024303 (2009).    Cited 20 times in Web of Science


18.  X. X. Liu, H. Pu, B. Xiong, W. M. Liu, J. B. Gong,
Formation and transformation of vector solitons in two-species Bose-Einstein condensates with a tunable interaction,
Phys. Rev. A 79, 013423 (2009).


19.  G. P. Zheng, J. Q. Liang, W. M. Liu,
Instantons in a ferromagnetic spin chain with biaxial anisotropy,
Phys. Rev. B 79, 014415 (2009).


20.  A. C. Ji, W. M. Liu, J. L. Song, F. Zhou,
Dynamical creation of fractionalized vortices and vortex lattices,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 010402 (2008).    Cited 25 times in Web of Science


21.  J. M. Zhang, W. M. Liu, D. L. Zhou,
Mean-field dynamics of a Bose Josephson junction in an optical cavity,
Phys. Rev. A 78, 043618 (2008).


22.  B Li, X. F. Zhang, Y. Q. Li, Y. Chen, W. M. Liu,
Solitons in Bose-Einstein condensates with time-dependent atomic scattering length in an expulsive parabolic and complex potential,
Phys. Rev. A 78, 023608 (2008).    Cited 20times in Web of Science


23.  J. M. Zhang, W. M. Liu, D. L. Zhou,
Cavity QED with cold atoms trapped in a double-well potential,
Phys. Rev. A 77, 033620 (2008).    Cited 25 times in Web of Science


24.  X. F. Zhang, Q. Yang, J. F. Zhang, X. Z. Chen, W. M. Liu,
Controlling soliton interactions in Bose-Einstein condensates by synchronizing the Feshbach resonance and harmonic trap,
Phys. Rev. A 77, 023613 (2008).    Cited 35 times in Web of Science


25.  Y. Y. Zhang, J. P. Hu, B. A. Bernevig, X. R. Wang, X. C. Xie, W. M. Liu,
Quantum blockade and loop currents in graphene with topological defects,
Phys. Rev. B 78, 155413 (2008).
  Cited 15 times in Web of Science

26.  P. B. He, Z. D. Li, A. L. Pan, Q. Wan, Q. L. Zhang, R. X. Wang, Y. G. Wang, W. M. Liu, B. S. Zou,
Theory of ferromagnetic resonance in magnetic trilayers with a tilted spin polarizer

Phys. Rev. B 78, 054420 (2008).

27.  D. L. Wang, X. H. Yan, W. M. Liu,
Localized gap-soliton trains of Bose-Einstein condensates in an optical lattice,
Phys. Rev. E 78, 026606 (2008).


28.  A. C. Ji, X. C. Xie, W. M. Liu,
Quantum magnetic dynamics of polarized light in arrays of microcavities,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 183602 (2007).    Cited 35 times in Web of Science


29.  P. B. He, Q. Sun, P. Li, S. Q. Shen, W. M. Liu,
Magnetic quantum phase transition of cold atoms in an optical lattice,
Phys. Rev. A 76, 043618 (2007).     Cited 35 times in Web of Science


30.  Z. D. Li, Q. Y. Li, L. Li, W. M. Liu,
Soliton solution for the spin current in ferromagnetic nanowire,
Phys. Rev. E 76, 026605 (2007).    Cited 45 times in Web of Science


31.  A. Abliz, H. J. Gao, X. C. Xie, Y. S. Wu, W. M. Liu,
Entanglement control in an anisotropic two-qubit Heisenberg XYZ model with external magnetic fields,

Phys. Rev. A 74, 052105 (2006).    Cited 30 times in Web of Science

32.  E. Kengne, W. M. Liu,
Exact solutions of the derivative nonlinear Schrödinger equation for a nonlinear transmission line,
Phys. Rev. E 73, 026603 (2006).   Cited 30 times in Web of Science

33.  L. Li, B. A. Malomed, D. Mihalache, W. M. Liu,
Exact soliton-on-plane-wave solutions for two-component Bose-Einstein condensates,
Phys. Rev. E 73, 066610 (2006).   Cited 45 times in Web of Science

34.  E. Kengne, S. T. Chui, W. M. Liu,
Modulational instability criteria for coupled nonlinear transmission lines with dispersive element,
Phys. Rev. E 74, 036614 (2006).   Cited 15 times in Web of Science


35.  Z. X. Liang, Z. D. Zhang, W. M. Liu,
Dynamics of a bright soliton in Bose-Einstein condensates with time-dependent atomic scattering length in an expulsive parabolic potential,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 050402 (2005).   Cited 120 times in Web of Science


36.  Z. W. Xie, Z. X. Cao, E. I. Kats, W. M. Liu,
Nonlinear dynamics of a dipolar Bose-Einstein condensate in optical lattice,
Phys. Rev. A 71, 025601 (2005).   Cited 30 times in Web of Science


37.  G. P. Zheng, J. Q. Liang, W. M. Liu,
 Phase diagram of two-species Bose-Einstein condensates in an optical lattice,
Phys. Rev. A 71, 053608 (2005).   Cited 30 times in Web of Science


38.  Z. D. Li, P. B. He, L. Li, J. Q. Liang, W. M. Liu,
Magnetic soliton and soliton collisions of spinor Bose-Einstein condensates in an optical lattice,
Phys. Rev. A 71, 053611 (2005).   Cited 40 times in Web of Science


39.  L. Li, Z. D. Li, B. A. Malomed, D. Mihalache, W. M.Liu,
Exact soliton solutions and nonlinear modulation instability in spinor Bose-Einstein condensates,
Phys. Rev. A 72. 033611 (2005).   Cited 45 times in Web of Science

40.  H. Li, S. Q. Shen, J. Q. Liang, W. M. Liu
Quantum dynamics of a vortex in a Josephson,
Phys. Rev. B 72. 014546 (2005).

41.  L. H. Liang, F. Liu, D. X. Shi, W. M. Liu, X. C. Xie, H. J. Gao, 
Nucleation and reshaping thermodynamics of Ni as catalyst of carbon nanotubes,
Phys. Rev. B 72, 035453 (2005).    Cited 10 times in Web of Science

42.  Z. F. Jiang, R. D. Li, S. C. Zhang, W. M. Liu,
Semiclassical time evolution of the holes from Luttinger Hamiltonian,
Phys. Rev. B 72, 045201 (2005) Cited 35 times in Web of Science

43.  P. B. He, W. M. Liu
Nonlinear magnetization dynamics in a ferromagnetic nanowire with spin current,
Phys. Rev. B 72, 064410 (2005). Cited 30 times in Web of Science

44.  P. B. He, X. C. Xie, W. M. Liu
Domain-wall resonance induced by spin-polarized current in metal thin films with stripe structures,
Phys. Rev. B 72, 172411 (2005).   Cited 20 times in Web of Science


45.  Z. W. Xie, W. P. Zhang, S. T. Chui, W. M. Liu,
Magnetic solitons of spinor Bose-Einstein condensates in optical lattice,
Phys. Rev. A 69, 053609 (2004).   Cited 30 times in Web of Science


46.  G. R. Jin, W. M. Liu,
Collapses and revivals of exciton emission in a semiconductor microcavity: Detuning and phase-space filling effects,
Phys. Rev. A 70, 013803 (2004).   Cited 20 times in Web of Science


47.  Z.W. Xie, W. M. Liu,
Superfluid-Mott-insulator transition of dipolar bosons in optical lattice,
Phys. Rev. A 70, 045602 (2004).   Cited 15 times in Web of Science


48.  L. H. Liang, C. M. Shen,S. X. Du, W. M. Liu, X. C. Xie, H. J. Gao,
Increase in thermal stability induced by organic coatings on nanoparticles,
Phys. Rev. B 70, 205419 (2004).   Cited 10 times in Web of Science


49.  Z. D. Li, J. Q. Liang, L. Li, W. M. Liu,
Soliton solution of continuum magnetization equation in a conducting ferromagnet with a spin-polarized current,
Phys. Rev. E 69, 066611 (2004).   Cited 35 times in Web of Science


50.  J. J. Liang, J. Q. Liang, W. M. Liu,
Quantum phase transition of condensed bosons in optical lattices,
Phys. Rev. A 68, 043605 (2003).   Cited 45 times in Web of Science


51.  Z. D. Li, L. Li, W. M. Liu, J. Q. Liang, T. Ziman,
Exact soliton solution and inelastic two-soliton collision in a spin chain driven by a time-dependent magnetic field,
Phys. Rev. E 68, 036102 (2003).   Cited 25 times in Web of Science


52.  W. M. Liu, W. B. Fan, W. M. Zheng, J. Q. Liang, S. T. Chui,
Quantum tunneling of Bose-Einstein condesates in optical lattices under gravity,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 170408 (2002).    Cited 110 times in Web of Science

53.  W. M. Liu, J. Q. Liang, S. T. Chui,
Intrinsic localized states and nonlinear excitations of Bloch electrons in electric fields,
Phys. Rev. B 65, 033102 (2002).   Cited 10 times in Web of Science


54.  W. M. Liu, B. Wu, X. Zhou, D. K. Campbell, Q. Niu,
Interacting domain walls in an easy plane ferromagnet,
Phys. Rev. B 65, 172416 (2002).   Cited 25 times in Web of Science


55.  W. D. Li, X. J. Zhou, Y. Q. Wang, J. Q. Liang, W. M. Liu,
Time evolution of relative phase in two component Bose-Einstein condensates with a coupling drive,
Phys. Rev. A 64, 015602 (2001).   Cited 35 times in Web of Science


56.  W. M. Liu, B. Wu, Q. Niu,
Nonlinear effects in interference of Bose-Einstein condesates,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 2294 (2000).   Cited 145 times in Web of Science


57.  Q. Niu, X. D. Wang, L. Kleinman, W. M. Liu, D. M. C. Nicholson, G. M. Stocks,
Adiabatic dynamics of local spin moments in itinerant magnets,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 207 (1999).    Cited 75 times in Web of Science


58.  W. M. Liu, W. S. Zhang, F. C. Pu, X. Zhou,
Nonlinear magnetization dynamics of the classical ferromagnet with two single-ion anisotropy in an external magnetic field,
Phys. Rev. B 60, 12893 (1999).    Cited 35 times in Web of Science