Publications - Zhang Hybrid Quantum Systems Lab

Defect in diamond with millisecond-scale spin relaxation time at room temperature

Sounak Mukherjee, Anran Li, Johannes Eberle, Sean Karg, Zi-Huai Zhang, Mayer M. Feldman, Yilin Chen, Mark E. Turiansky, Mengen Wang, Yogendra Limbu, Tharnier O. Puel, Yueguang Shi, Matthew L. Markham, Rajesh L. Patel, Patryk Gumann, Michael E. Flatte, Chris G. Van de Walle, Stephen A. Lyon, Nathalie P. de Leon^# (^# corresponding author)

Physical Review B 2026 · [Paper] · [Physics] · Editors' Suggestion

Point defects in semiconductors: Friends and foes for quantum technologies

Yizhi Yu, Zi-Huai Zhang, Weiru Chen, Mashnoon Alam Sakib, Alexander Weber-Bargioni, Sinéad Griffin, Archana Raja, Alp Sipahigil, Geoffroy Hautier^# (^# corresponding author)

MRS Bulletin 2026 · [Paper]

Interface Piezoelectric Loss in Superconducting Qubits

Haoxin Zhou*, Kangdi Yu*, Yashwanth Balaji, Sanjit Shirol, Leo Sementilli, Zi-Huai Zhang, Adam Schwartzberg, Alp Sipahigil^# (* equal contribution, ^# corresponding author)

arXiv 2026 · [Paper]

Entanglement of a nuclear spin qubit register in silicon photonics

Hanbin Song, Xueyue Zhang, Lukasz Komza, Niccolo Fiaschi, Yihuang Xiong, Yiyang Zhi, Scott Dhuey, Adam Schwartzberg, Thomas Schenkel, Geoffroy Hautier, Zi-Huai Zhang, Alp Sipahigil^# (^# corresponding author)

Nature Nanotechnology 2026 · [Paper]

Observation of interface piezoelectricity in superconducting devices on silicon

Haoxin Zhou, Eric Li, Kadircan Godeneli, Zi-Huai Zhang, Shahin Jahanbani, Kangdi Yu, Mutasem Odeh, Shaul Aloni, Sinéad Griffin, Alp Sipahigil^# (^# corresponding author)

Nature Communications 2025 · [Paper]

Non-Markovian dynamics of a superconducting qubit in a phononic bandgap

Mutasem Odeh, Kadircan Godeneli, Eric Li, Rohin Tangirala, Haoxin Zhou, Xueyue Zhang, Zi-Huai Zhang, Alp Sipahigil^# (^# corresponding author)

Nature Physics 2025 · [Paper]

Acceptor-induced bulk dielectric loss in superconducting circuits on silicon

Zi-Huai Zhang*, Kadircan Godeneli*, Justin He, Mutasem Odeh, Haoxin Zhou, Srujan Meesala, Alp Sipahigil^# (* equal contribution, ^# corresponding author)

Physical Review X 2024 · [Paper]

A Nanomechanical Atomic Force Qubit

Shahin Jahanbani, Zi-Huai Zhang, Binhan Hua, Kadircan Godeneli, Boris Müllendorff, Xueyue Zhang, Haoxin Zhou, Alp Sipahigil^# (^# corresponding author)

arXiv 2024 · [Paper]

Neutral Silicon Vacancy Centers in Undoped Diamond via Surface Control

Zi-Huai Zhang, Josh A. Zuber, Lila V. H. Rodgers, Xin Gui, Paul Stevenson, Minghao Li, Marietta Batzer, Marcel.li Grimau Puigibert, Brendan J. Shields, Andrew M. Edmonds, Nicola Palmer, Matthew L. Markham, Robert J. Cava, Patrick Maletinsky, Nathalie P. de Leon^# (^# corresponding author)

Physical Review Letters 2023 · [Paper]

A telecom O-band emitter in diamond

Sounak Mukherjee*, Zi-Huai Zhang*, Daniel G. Oblinsky, Brett C. Johnson, Brant C. Gibson, Edwin L. H. Mayes, Andrew M. Edmonds, Nicola Palmer, Matthew L. Markham, Ádám Gali, Gergő Thiering, Adam Dalis, Timothy Dumm, Gregory D. Scholes, Alastair Stacey, Philipp Reineck, Nathalie P. de Leon^# (* equal contribution, ^# corresponding author)

Nano Letters 2023 · [Paper]

Neutral Silicon-Vacancy Centers in Diamond via Photoactivated Itinerant Carriers

Zi-Huai Zhang, Andrew M Edmonds, Nicola Palmer, Matthew L Markham, Nathalie P. de Leon^# (^# corresponding author)

Physical Review Applied 2023 · [Paper]

Room-Temperature Photochromism of Silicon Vacancy Centers in CVD Diamond

Alexander Wood*, Artur Lozovoi*, Zi-Huai Zhang, Sachin Sharma, Gabriel I. López-Morales, Harishankar Jayakumar, Nathalie P. de Leon, Carlos A. Meriles^# (* equal contribution, ^# corresponding author)

Nano Letters 2023 · [Paper]

Optically Detected Magnetic Resonance in Neutral Silicon Vacancy Centers in Diamond via Bound Exciton States

Zi-Huai Zhang, Paul Stevenson, Gergő Thiering, Brendon C. Rose, Ding Huang, Andrew M. Edmonds, Matthew L. Markham, Stephen A. Lyon, Adam Gali, Nathalie P. De Leon^# (^# corresponding author)

Physical Review Letters 2018 · [Paper]

Observation of an environmentally insensitive solid-state spin defect in diamond

Brendon C. Rose*, Ding Huang*, Zi-Huai Zhang, Paul Stevenson, Alexei M. Tyryshkin, Sorawis Sangtawesin, Srikanth Srinivasan, Lorne Loudin, Matthew L. Markham, Andrew M. Edmonds, Daniel J. Twitchen, Stephen A. Lyon, Nathalie P. de Leon^# (* equal contribution, ^# corresponding author)

Science 2018 · [Paper]

Heisenberg-scaling measurement of the single-photon Kerr non-linearity using mixed states

Geng Chen, Nati Aharon, Yong-Nan Sun, Zi-Huai Zhang, Wen-Hao Zhang, De-Yong He, Jian-Shun Tang, Xiao-Ye Xu, Yaron Kedem^#, Chuan-Feng Li^#, Guang-Can Guo (^# corresponding author)

Nature Communications 2018 · [Paper]

Ultrasensitive biased weak measurement for longitudinal phase estimation

Zi-Huai Zhang, Geng Chen^#, Xiao-Ye Xu, Jian-Shun Tang, Wen-Hao Zhang, Yong-Jian Han, Chuan-Feng Li^#, Guang-Can Guo (^# corresponding author)

Physical Review A 2016 · [Paper]

Experimental Demonstration of a Hybrid-Quantum-Emitter Producing Individual Entangled Photon Pairs in the Telecom Band

Geng Chen, Yang Zou, Wen-Hao Zhang, Zi-Huai Zhang, Zong-Quan Zhou, De-Yong He, Jian-Shun Tang, Bi-Heng Liu, Ying Yu, Guo-Wei Zha, Hai-Qiao Ni, Zhi-Chuan Niu^#, Yong-Jian Han^#, Chuan-Feng Li^#, Guang-Can Guo (^# corresponding author)

Scientific Reports 2016 · [Paper]

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