The Key Laboratory of Atomic and Molecular Nanosciences, Ministry of Education / State Key Laboratory of Low- Dimensional Quantum Physics, Tsinghua University, China

2012, Volume 7, Number 2

    The Key Laboratory of Atomic and Molecular Nanosciences, Ministry of Education / The State Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Quantum Physics, run by Tsinghua University, is founded in 2007 on the basis of the Key Laboratory of Atomic and Molecular Nanosciences of China Ministry of Education by integrating the Key Laboratory of Quantum Information and Measurement of China Ministry of Education, the Laboratory of New Material Simulation and Calculation of Ministry of Science and Technology, the Research Center for Atomic and Molecular Nanosciences, and the Tsinghua-Foxconn Research Center.

    Guided by the Essentials of National Medium and Long-Term Science and Technology Plan (Year 2006-2020) published by the State Council of China and the Three Nine-Year Development Plans designed by Tsinghua University, the emergence of the Quantum Physics Laboratory meets the needs of the development of national economy, science and technology, and the requirements set for the state key laboratory assessments.

    Targeting at the research frontier of the low-dimensional quantum physics, the main directions of the laboratory researches are
      ? Fabrication of the low dimensional quantum systems and materials;
      ? Methods and techniques of precision measurements under extreme conditions;
      ? Novel quantum phenomena of the low- dimensional and nano/quantum-confined systems; and
      ? Development of the fundamental theory and design of low dimensional quantum systems.

     The Key Laboratory of Atomic and Molecular Nanosciences, Ministry of Education / The State Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Quantum Physics, which is managed by the Department of Physics of Tsinghua University, is authorized to confer master degrees and doctoral degrees and offer postdoctoral research programs as well. In addition, the lab has been carrying out close collaborations with top scientists from universities and research institutes across the nation and the world. The establishment of the State Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Quantum Physics will play a significant role for training the young talents who will advance the research and technological innovations in low-dimensional quantum physics field.

     As of today there are 7 elected Academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences among the lab members; 7 members have been entitled the Cheung Kong Scholars of the Ministry of Education; 13 members are granted with China National Funds for Distinguished Young Scientists; and 5 members are awarded New Century Excellent Talents in University by the Ministry of Education. The team has optimized its age and knowledge structures across which provide the capacity to perform cutting edge researches.

    Between year 2005 to year 2010, lab members have earned one National Award for Advancement in Natural Science (second class) and one Award for Advancement in Science and Technology of Ministry of Education (second class). Original achievements conducted by the lab members are published in refereed international, domestic journals and proceedings of international conferences，such as, Science, Nature, and Physical Review Letters, etc. At the same period, the lab has received grants of more than 70 million Chinese Yuan from State and private foundations, for instance, the National Science Foundation, National Key Program of Basic Research Development, National High Technology Research and Development Program, among others.

    The Key Laboratory of Atomic and Molecular Nanosciences, Ministry of Education /The State Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensioanl Quantum Physics has been facilitated with many first class equipments for thin film preparation and fabricating, devices for micro-fabrication and processing, and various advanced large-scale instruments which can detect or measure the physical characterizations and properties of materials, such as UHV Variable Temperature Scanning Tunneling Microscope, Atomic Force Microscope-Angle Resolved Photoemission Spectrometer-Molecular Beam Epitaxy Hybrid System, Magnetic Property Measurement System, and 500 MHz Nuclear Magnetic Resonance System. In the past five years, four related experimental platforms have been constructed for precise quantum transport, atomic and molecular nanoscience, material growth and micro-fabrication, and thin film physics.

    Website: http://quantum.phys.tsinghua.edu.cn/