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ZHOU Xiaofan

Job Title: Associate Professor

School/Institute:State Key Lab of Quantum Optics and Quantum Optics Devices, Institute of Laser Spectroscopy, Shanxi University, Taiyuan

E-mail: zhouxiaofan@sxu.edu.cn

Biography

ZHOU Xiaofan is an Associate Professor and master student advisor at State Key Laboratory of Quantum Optics and Quantum Optics Devices, Institute of Laser Spectroscopy, Shanxi University. He has presided over 2 funds, including the national and provincial funds. His research focuses on quantum many-body physics in the ultracold atoms optical lattice, as well as the strong correlated quantum physics. In the recent six years, he has also published 12 SCI-cited papers written as the first or corresponding author, including those in Physical Review Letters, and Physical Review A/B.

Education:

[1] 09/2015–07/2019: PhD, Shanxi University, State Key Laboratory of Quantum Optics & Quantum Optics Devices, Institute of laser spectroscopy, Taiyuan, P. R. of China.

[2] 08/2018–02/2019: Visiting scholar, Physics Department, The University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, America.

[3] 09/2011–06/2014: MS, Institute of Theoretical Physics, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, P. R. of China.

[4] 09/2007–07/2011: BS, Department of Physics, Xinzhou Teachers University, Xinzhou, P. R. of China.

Research Area:

[1] Quantum simulation based on the spin-orbit coupling.

[2] Quantum many-body physics in the ultracold atoms optical lattice.

[3] Gauge field in the ultracold atoms

Employment:

[1] 2019.07-2021.12: Institute of Laser Spectroscopy, Shanxi University, Lecturer.

[2] 2021.12- Present: Institute of Laser Spectroscopy, Shanxi University, Associate Professor.

Grants and Projects:

[1] The National Natural Science Foundation of China "The many-body quantum effect and manipulation of spin-tensor-momentum coupling in optical lattices, Grant No. 12004230, 2021/01-2023/12.

[2] Research Project Supported by Shanxi Scholarship Council of China The many-body quantum effect of synthetic gauge fields in optical latticesGrant No. HGKY2019003, 2020/01-2022/12.

Selective Publications

[1] Jingtao Fan, Xiaofan Zhou#, and Suotang Jia, Quantum phases of the biased two-chain-coupled Bose-Hubbard ladder, Phys. Rev. A 109, 013322 (2024)

[2] Xiaofan Zhou, Jian-Song Pan, and Suotang Jia, Exploring interacting topological insulator in the extended Su-Schrieffer-Heeger model, Phys. Rev. B, 107, 054105 (2023)

[3] Xiaofan Zhou, Suotang Jia, and Xi-Wang. Luo, Spin-tensor Meissner currents of ultracold bosonic gases in an optical lattice, Phys. Rev. A 108, 013304 (2023)

[4] Xiaofan Zhou, Gang Chen, and Suotang Jia, SU(3) spin–orbit coupled fermions in an optical lattice, Chin. Phys. B 31, 017102 (2022)

[8] Xiaofan Zhou, Jingtao Fan, Gang Chen, and Suotang Jia, Exotic supersolid phase of one-dimensional Bose-Hubbard model inside an optical cavity, Acta Phys. Sin. 70, 93701 (2021)

[6] Xiaofan Zhou, Xi-Wang Luo, Gang Chen, Suotang Jia, and Chuanwei Zhang, Quantum spiral spin-tensor magnetism, Phys. Rev. B 101, 140412(R) (2020)

[7] Xiaofan Zhou, Gang Chen, and Suotang Jia, Synthetic Hall tube of interacting fermions, Phys. Rev. A 102, 043313 (2020)

[8] Biao LiuXiaofan Zhou#,, Gang Chen#, and Suotang JiaCurrent phases in Hofstadter ladder with staggered hoppingActa Phys. Sin. 69(8), 080501 (2020)

[9] Xiaofan Zhou, Xi-Wang Luo, Gang Chen, Suotang Jia, and Chuanwei Zhang, Rashba and Weyl spin-orbit coupling in an optical lattice clock, Phys. Rev. A 100, 063630 (2019)

[10] Jingtao Fan*, Xiaofan Zhou*, Wei Zheng, Wei Yi, Gang Chen, and Suotang Jia, Magnetic orders in a Fermi gas induced by cavity-field fluctuations, PhysRevA.98.043613 (2018)

[11] Xiaofan Zhou, Jian-Song Pan, Zheng-Xin Liu, Wei Zhang, Wei Yi, Gang Chen, and Suotang Jia, Symmetry-protected topological states for interacting fermions in alkaline-earth-like atoms, Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 185701 (2017)

[12] Xiaofan Zhou, Jian-Song Pan, Wei Yi, Gang Chen, and Suotang Jia, Interaction-induced exotic vortex states in an optical lattice clock with spin-orbit coupling, Phys. Rev. A 96, 023627(2017)

[13] Xiaofan Zhou, Kuang Zhang, Junjun Liang, Gang Chen and Suotang Jia, Spin-orbit coupled repulsive Fermi atoms in a one-dimensional optical lattice, New J. Phys. 17 093044 (2015)

[14] Junjun Liang*, Xiaofan Zhou*, Pak Hong Chui, Kuang Zhang, Shi-jian Gu, Ming Gong, Gang Chen and Suotang Jia, Unconventional pairings of spin-orbit coupled attractive degenerate Fermi gas in a one dimensional optical lattice, Sci. Rep. 5, 14863 (2015)