Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics

Postdoctoral Researcher

Areas of research: Quantum Matter

Recent Publications
  • Kumar, T. A., Zou, Y., Negari, A. -R., Melko, R. G., & Hsieh, T. H. (2026). Unlearnable phases of matter. doi:10.48550/arxiv.2602.11262
  • Sang, S., Zou, Y., & Hsieh, T. H. (2026). Mixed-state Quantum Phases: Renormalization and Quantum Error Correction. doi:10.48550/arxiv.2310.08639
  • Zhang, Z., Zou, Y., Hsieh, T. H., & Vijay, S. (2025). Universal Properties of Critical Mixed-States from Measurement and Feedback. PRX Quantum, 6(4), 040363. doi:10.1103/66zv-8k1t
  • Zhang, Y., Hsieh, T. H., Kim, Y. B., & Zou, Y. (2025). Probing mixed-state phases on a quantum computer via Renyi correlators and variational decoding. https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.02900v1
  • Zhang, Z., Zou, Y., Hsieh, T. H., & Vijay, S. (2025). Universal Properties of Critical Mixed States from Measurement and Feedback. https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.09597v1
  • Zhou, Z., & Zou, Y. (2025). Studying the 3d Ising surface CFTs on the fuzzy sphere. SciPost Physics, 18(1), 031. doi:10.21468/scipostphys.18.1.031
  • Sang, S., Hsieh, T. H., & Zou, Y. (2024). Approximate Quantum Error Correcting Codes from Conformal Field Theory. Physical Review Letters, 133(21), 210601. doi:10.1103/physrevlett.133.210601
  • Sang, S., Hsieh, T. H., & Zou, Y. (2024). Approximate quantum error correcting codes from conformal field theory. doi:10.48550/arxiv.2406.09555
  • Hu, Y., & Zou, Y. (2024). Petz map recovery for long-range entangled quantum many-body states. Physical Review B, 110(19), 195107. doi:10.1103/physrevb.110.195107
  • Zou, Y., & Hu, Y. (2024). Petz map recovery for long-range entangled quantum many-body states. doi:10.48550/arXiv.2408.00857
  • Zhou, Z., Gaiotto, D., He, Y. -C., & Zou, Y. (2024). The $g$-function and defect changing operators from wavefunction overlap on a fuzzy sphere. SciPost Physics, 17(1), 021. doi:10.21468/scipostphys.17.1.021
  • Zou, Y., & Zhou, Z. (2024). Studying the 3d Ising surface CFTs on the fuzzy sphere. doi:10.48550/arXiv.2407.15914
  • Sang, S., Zou, Y., & Hsieh, T. H. (2024). Mixed-State Quantum Phases: Renormalization and Quantum Error Correction. Physical Review X, 14(3), 031044. doi:10.1103/physrevx.14.031044
  • Zou, Y., Sang, S., & Hsieh, T. (2024). Approximate quantum error correcting codes from conformal field theory. https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.15914
  • Zhou, Z., Gaiotto, D., He, Y. -C., & Zou, Y. (2024). The $g$-function and Defect Changing Operators from Wavefunction Overlap on a Fuzzy Sphere. doi:10.21468/scipost.report.9169
  • Zhou, Z., Gaiotto, D., He, Y. -C., & Zou, Y. (2024). The $g$-function and Defect Changing Operators from Wavefunction Overlap on a Fuzzy Sphere. doi:10.21468/scipost.report.8822
  • Vardhan, S., Wei, A. Y., & Zou, Y. (2024). Petz recovery from subsystems in conformal field theory. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2024(3), 16. doi:10.1007/jhep03(2024)016
  • Zou, Y., Sang, S., & Hsieh, T. H. (2023). Channeling Quantum Criticality. Physical Review Letters, 130(25), 250403. doi:10.1103/physrevlett.130.250403
  • Lin, C. -J., Ye, W., Zou, Y., Sang, S., & Hsieh, T. H. (2023). Probing sign structure using measurement-induced entanglement. Quantum, 7, 910. doi:10.22331/q-2023-02-02-910
Seminars
  • Unlearnable Phases of Matter, Physics of Quantum Information II, 2026/05/25, PIRSA:26050017
  • Mixed state phases and quantum error correction, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, United States, 2024/04/17
  • Mixed state phases and quantum error correction, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, United States, 2024/04/09
  • Defect conformal data from wavefunction overlaps on the fuzzy sphere, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, United States, 2024/04/03
  • Defect conformal data from wavefunction overlaps on the fuzzy sphere, Stony Brook University, Physics, Stony Brook, United States, 2023/11/08
  • Petz map recovery in quantum many-body systems, Condensed Matter, 2023/09/12, PIRSA:23090053