Education

• Ph.D. Physics, University of Southern California, 2017
• B.S. Applied Physics, Tongji University, 2011

Professional Experience

• Assistant Scientist, Argonne National Laboratory, 2022-present
• Assistant Professor (Research), University of Southern California, 2021-2022
• Post-doctoral Research Associate, University of Southern California, 2019-2020

Research Interest

Jiefei Zhang is a staff scientist in Material Science Division. She is a quantum optics experimentalist and is expert at optical spectroscopy of quantum materials and structures and quantum optical tomography. Her interest and focus include studying entanglement (photon and spin-photon entanglement), quantum decoherence, and developing new spin qubits and integrated hybrid photonic structures for applications in quantum sensing, quantum communication and quantum networks.

Selected Publication

• J. Zhang, S. Chattaraj, Q. Huang, L. Jordao, S. Lu and A. Madhukar, ​“On chip scalable highly pure and indistinguishable single photon sources in ordered arrays: Path to Quantum Optical Circuits”, Sci. Adv. 8, eabn9252 (2022)

• J. Zhang, Q. Huang, L. Jordao, S. Chattaraj, S. Lu and A. Madhukar, ​“Planarized spatially-regular array of spectrally uniform single quantum dot arrays for on-chip scalable quantum optical circuits”, APL photonics 5, 116106 (2020).

• S. Chattaraj, J. Zhang, S. Lu, A. Madhukar, ​“On-Chip Integrated Scalable Single Photon Source-Optically Resonant Metastructure based Quantum Optical Circuits”, IEEE Jour. Quant. Elec. 56, 1 (2019).