Yi Zhou

I. Education Background 

1998.9 — 2004.1: Ph.D. in Physics, advised by Prof. Zheng-Yu Weng
Institute for Advanced Study, Tsinghua University, China
The title of Ph.D. Thesis:
"Two dimensional strongly correlated electrons with spin frustrations"
1994.9 — 1998.6: Bachelor of Science, PhysicsDepartment of Physics, Tsinghua University, China 

II. Professional Experience 

2019.3 —current: Full Professor
Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P.R. China
2013.1 —2019.2: Full Professor
Department of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, P.R. China
2009.7 —2012.12: Special Researcher (Tenure-Track Faculty)
Department of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, P.R. China
2009.4 —2009.7: Visiting Scholar
Department of Physics, the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2008.4 —2009.4: Postdoctoral FellowDepartment of Physics, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2007.4 — 2008.4: Postdoctoral FellowDepartment of Physics, the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2005.5 — 2007.4: Postdoctoral FellowDepartment of Physics, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
2004.2 — 2005.4: Postdoctoral FellowMax-Plank-Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden, Germany

III. Research Interest 

My research interest is mainly focused on understanding and revealing novel quantum phenomena in many-particle systems. In the past decade, my research area includes quantum magnetism, unconventional superconductivity, and topological systems in condensed matter. In these studies, we employ analytical quantum-field-theoretic techniques as well as numerical methods. I have been collaborating with experimentalists very closely to explore exciting and intriguing physics in quantum materials. I am also interested in developing analytical and numerical methods for many-particle physics, such as newly proposed Gutzwiller boosted density matrix renormalization group (DMRG).

IV. Selected Publications
 

1. Hui-Ke Jin, Hong-Hao Tu*, and Yi Zhou*

Density matrix renormalization group boosted by Gutzwiller projected wave functions

Phys. Rev. B 104, L020409 (2021)

2. Zheng Chen, Yuan Liu, Hui Zhang, Zhongran Liu, He Tian, Yanqiu Sun, Meng Zhang, Yi Zhou*, Jirong Sun*, Yanwu Xie*

Electric field control of superconductivity at the LaAlO₃/KTaO₃(111) interface

Science 372, 721 (2021)

3. Jian-Jian Miao, Hui-Ke Jin, Fu-Chun Zhang and Yi Zhou

Exact solution for the interacting Kitaev chain at the symmetric point

Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 267701 (2017)

4. Yi Zhou, Kazushi Kanoda, and Tai-Kai Ng

Quantum spin liquid states

Rev. Mod. Phys. 89, 025003 (2017) / Times cited: 391

ESI Top 0.1% Highly Cited Paper in Web of Science

5. Yi Zhou, Chao Cao, and Fu-Chun Zhang

Theory for superconductivity in alkali chromium arsenides A₂Cr₃As₃ (A = K, Rb, Cs)

Science Bulletin 62, 208 (2017) 

6. Lun-Hui Hu, Chuang Li, Dong-Hui Xu, Yi Zhou*, and Fu-Chun Zhang*

Theory of spin-selective Andreev reflection in the vortex core of a topological superconductor

Phys. Rev. B 94, 224501 (2016)

7. Hao-Hua Sun, Kai-Wen Zhang, Lun-Hui Hu, Chuang Li, Guan-Yong Wang, Hai-Yang Ma, Zhu-An Xu, Chun-Lei Gao, Dan-Dan Guan, Yao-Yi Li, Canhua Liu, Dong Qian, Yi Zhou, Liang Fu, Shao-Chun Li*, Fu-Chun Zhang*, and Jin-Feng Jia*

Majorana Zero Mode Detected with Spin Selective Andreev Reflection in the Vortex of a Topological Superconductor

Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 257003 (2016) / Times cited: 319

8. Yi Zhou, Dong-Hui Xu, Fu-Chun Zhang, Wei-Qiang Chen

Theory for superconductivity in (Tl,K)Fe_xSe₂ as a doped Mott insulator

EuroPhys. Lett. 95, 17003 (2011) 

9. Yi Zhou and Patrick A. Lee

Spinon Phonon Interaction and Ultrasonic Attenuation in Quantum Spin Liquids

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 056402 (2011) 

10. Yi Zhou, Patrick A. Lee, Tai-Kai Ng, Fu-Chun Zhang

Na₄Ir₃O₈ as a 3D spin liquid with fermionic spinons

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 197201 (2008) 

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Email: yizhou@iphy.ac.cn