Zhao (Ben) Huang

Postdoc researcher at Los Alamos National Laboratory

Research Expertise

theoretical condensed matter physics
Condensed Matter Physics
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Materials Chemistry
Surfaces, Coatings and Films
Surfaces and Interfaces
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Energy Engineering and Power Technology

About

Quantum computing: Quantum machine learning, quantum neural network, quantum annealing inspired optimization algorithms, gate-based quantum computing, variational quantum algorithms, QAOA, VQE Software development: C/C++ (10 years), MATLAB (10 years), Python (2 years) Parallel and distributed computation: OpenMP, MPI, GPU CUDA, HPC(Slurm, PBS) Cloud computing: CI/CD (GitHub Action), reference architecture, AWS and Azure, RESTful API, Nodejs, SQL Mathematics: operations research, combinatorial optimization, advanced algebra, linear algebra, statistics

Publications

Josephson effects in three-band superconductors with broken time-reversal symmetry

Applied Physics Letters / Apr 21, 2014

Huang, Z., & Hu, X. (2014). Josephson effects in three-band superconductors with broken time-reversal symmetry. Applied Physics Letters, 104(16). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4872261

Hysteresis from nonlinear dynamics of Majorana modes in topological Josephson junctions

Physical Review B / Oct 29, 2018

Feng, J.-J., Huang, Z., Wang, Z., & Niu, Q. (2018). Hysteresis from nonlinear dynamics of Majorana modes in topological Josephson junctions. Physical Review B, 98(13). https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.98.134515

HT Phase Diagram of Multi-component Superconductors with Frustrated Inter-component Couplings

Journal of the Physical Society of Japan / Mar 15, 2014

Takahashi, Y., Huang, Z., & Hu, X. (2014). H–T Phase Diagram of Multi-component Superconductors with Frustrated Inter-component Couplings. Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 83(3), 034701. https://doi.org/10.7566/jpsj.83.034701

Supersymmetry in closed chains of coupled Majorana modes

Physical Review B / Dec 18, 2017

Huang, Z., Shimasaki, S., & Nitta, M. (2017). Supersymmetry in closed chains of coupled Majorana modes. Physical Review B, 96(22). https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.96.220504

Prediction of spin polarized Fermi arcs in quasiparticle interference in CeBi

Physical Review B / Dec 31, 2020

Huang, Z., Lane, C., Cao, C., Zhi, G.-X., Liu, Y., Matt, C. E., Kuthanazhi, B., Canfield, P. C., Yarotski, D., Taylor, A. J., & Zhu, J.-X. (2020). Prediction of spin polarized Fermi arcs in quasiparticle interference in CeBi. Physical Review B, 102(23). https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.102.235167

Fractional flux plateau in magnetization curve of multicomponent superconductor loop

Physical Review B / Dec 31, 2015

Huang, Z., & Hu, X. (2015). Fractional flux plateau in magnetization curve of multicomponent superconductor loop. Physical Review B, 92(21). https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.92.214516

Josephson radiation from nonlinear dynamics of Majorana zero modes

Physical Review B / May 07, 2020

Feng, J.-J., Huang, Z., Wang, Z., & Niu, Q. (2020). Josephson radiation from nonlinear dynamics of Majorana zero modes. Physical Review B, 101(18). https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.101.180504

Spin-polarized imaging of strongly interacting fermions in the ferrimagnetic state of the Weyl candidate CeBi

Physical Review B / Feb 22, 2022

Matt, C. E., Liu, Y., Pirie, H., Drucker, N. C., Jo, N. H., Kuthanazhi, B., Huang, Z., Lane, C., Zhu, J.-X., Canfield, P. C., & Hoffman, J. E. (2022). Spin-polarized imaging of strongly interacting fermions in the ferrimagnetic state of the Weyl candidate CeBi. Physical Review B, 105(8). https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.105.085134

A scanning tunnelling microscopy investigation of gold island formation from an octanethiol self-assembled monolayer on Au(111)

Surface Science / Jan 01, 2010

Taylor, R., Torr, N., Huang, Z., Li, F., & Guo, Q. (2010). A scanning tunnelling microscopy investigation of gold island formation from an octanethiol self-assembled monolayer on Au(111). Surface Science, 604(2), 165–170. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.susc.2009.10.034

Gapless Higgs mode in the Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov state of a superconductor

Physical Review B / Jan 03, 2022

Huang, Z., Ting, C. S., Zhu, J.-X., & Lin, S.-Z. (2022). Gapless Higgs mode in the Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov state of a superconductor. Physical Review B, 105(1). https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.105.014502

Unconventional vortex state in multicomponent superconductors with time-reversal symmetry breaking

Physica C: Superconductivity / Oct 01, 2013

Takahashi, Y., Huang, Z., & Hu, X. (2013). Unconventional vortex state in multicomponent superconductors with time-reversal symmetry breaking. Physica C: Superconductivity, 493, 82–84. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physc.2013.03.033

Topological Superconducting Phases

Electronic Properties of Dirac and Weyl Semimetals / Jan 10, 2021

Topological Superconducting Phases. (2021). In Electronic Properties of Dirac and Weyl Semimetals (pp. 417–457). WORLD SCIENTIFIC. https://doi.org/10.1142/9789811207358_0009

Vortices with Fractional Flux Quanta in Multi-Band Superconductors

Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism / Dec 14, 2015

Huang, Z., & Hu, X. (2015). Vortices with Fractional Flux Quanta in Multi-Band Superconductors. Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism, 29(3), 597–600. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10948-015-3309-x

Transport Theory for Topological Josephson Junctions with a Majorana Qubit

Physical Review Letters / Dec 16, 2022

Wang, Z., Feng, J.-J., Huang, Z., & Niu, Q. (2022). Transport Theory for Topological Josephson Junctions with a Majorana Qubit. Physical Review Letters, 129(25). https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.129.257001

Dark Matter Detection with Strongly Correlated Topological Matter: Flatband Effect [Slides]

Oct 28, 2023

Zhu, J. (2023). Dark Matter Detection with Strongly Correlated Topological Matter: Flatband Effect [Slides]. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI). https://doi.org/10.2172/2204176

Education

University of Tsukuba

Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering / March, 2016

Tsukuba

University of Tsukuba

Master, Applied Physics / March, 2013

Tsukuba

Renmin University of China

Bachelor, physics / July, 2010

Beijing

Experience

Los Alamos National Laboratory

June, 2019Present

University of Houston

October, 2017March, 2019

Keio University

Postdoc / April, 2016September, 2017

MathWorks

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