Wen-Qi Cai

Category
Senior researcher
Position
Professor (Senior Engineer)
Email
caiwq@ustc.edu.cn
Address
No.99 Xiupu Road, Pudong District, Shanghai, China
Introduction

Education experience:
2005 / 08-2010 / 07, University of Science and Technology of China, Department of Modern Physics, Ph.D.
2001 / 05-2005 / 07, University of Science and Technology of China, Department of Modern Physics, undergraduate
Research work experience:
2010 / 07-2012 / 08, Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
2012 / 08-2014 / 12, China University of Science and Technology, Hefei National Laboratory for Microscale Material Science, Postdoctoral
2014/12-present, China University of Science and Technology, Hefei micro-scale material science national laboratory, associate researcher
Has long been engaged in free space quantum confidential communication research, and has a wealth of scientific engineering research and development experience.

Related Publications

  • Li, Y., Cai, W. -Q., Ren, J. -G., Wang, C. -Z., Yang, M., Zhang, L., Wu, H. -Y., Chang, L., Wu, J. -C., Jin, B., Xue, H. -J., Li, X. -J., Liu, H., Yu, G. -W., Tao, X. -Y., Chen, T., Liu, C. -F., Bin Luo, W. -, Zhou, J., Yong, H. -L., Li, Y. -H., Li, F. -Z., Jiang, C., Chen, H. -Z., Wu, C., Tong, X. -H., Xie, S. -J., Zhou, F., Liu, W. -Y., Ismail, Y., Petruccione, F., Le Liu, N. -, Li, L., Xu, F., Cao, Y., Yin, J., Shu, R., Bin Wang, X. -, Zhang, Q., Wang, J. -Y., Liao, S. -K., Peng, C. -Z. & Pan, J. -W. Microsatellite-based real-time quantum key distribution. Nature (2025). doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08739-z
  • Cai, W. -Q., Li, Y., Li, B., Ren, J. -G., Liao, S. -K., Cao, Y., Zhang, L., Yang, M., Wu, J. -C., Li, Y. -H., Liu, W. -Y., Yin, J., Wang, C. -Z., Bin Luo, W. -, Jin, B., Lv, C. -L., Li, H., You, L., Shu, R., Pan, G. -S., Zhang, Q., Liu, N. -L., Bin Wang, X. -, Wang, J. -Y., Peng, C. -Z. & Pan, J. -W. Free-space quantum key distribution during daylight and at night. Optica 11, 647 (2024).
  • Li, B., Cao, Y., Li, Y. -H., Cai, W. -Q., Liu, W. -Y., Ren, J. -G., Liao, S. -K., Wu, H. -nan, Li, S. -L., Li, L., Liu, N. -L., Lu, C. -Y., Yin, J., Chen, Y. -A., Peng, C. -Z. & Pan, J. -W. Quantum State Transfer over 1200 km Assisted by Prior Distributed Entanglement. Physical Review Letters 128, 170501 (2022).
  • Zhu, C. -X., Chen, Z. -Y., Li, Y., Wang, X. -Z., Wang, C. -Z., Zhu, Y. -L., Liang, F. -T., Cai, W. -Q., Jin, G., Liao, S. -K. & Peng, C. -Z. Experimental Quantum Key Distribution with Integrated Silicon Photonics and Electronics. Physical Review Applied 17, 1 (2022).
  • Chen, Y. -A., Zhang, Q., Chen, T. -Y., Cai, W. -Q., Liao, S. -K., Zhang, J., Chen, K., Yin, J., Ren, J. -G., Chen, Z., Han, S. -L., Yu, Q., Liang, K., Zhou, F., Yuan, X., Zhao, M. -S., Wang, T. -Y., Jiang, X., Zhang, L., Liu, W. -Y., Li, Y., Shen, Q., Cao, Y., Lu, C. -Y., Shu, R., Wang, J. -Y., Li, L., Le Liu, N., Xu, F., Bin Wang, X. -, Peng, C. -Z. & Pan, J. -W. An integrated space-to-ground quantum communication network over 4,600 kilometres. Nature 589, 214-219 (2021).
  • Yin, J., Li, Y. -H., Liao, S. -K., Yang, M., Cao, Y., Zhang, L., Ren, J. -G., Cai, W. -Q., Liu, W. -Y., Li, S. -L., Shu, R., Huang, Y. -M., Deng, L., Li, L., Zhang, Q., Le Liu, N., Chen, Y. -A., Lu, C. -Y., Bin Wang, X. -, Xu, F., Wang, J. -Y., Peng, C. -Z., Ekert, A. K. & Pan, J. -W. Entanglement-based secure quantum cryptography over 1,120 kilometres. Nature 582, 501-505 (2020).
  • Dai, H., Shen, Q., Wang, C. -Z., Li, S. -L., Liu, W. -Y., Cai, W. -Q., Liao, S. -K., Ren, J. -G., Yin, J., Chen, Y. -A., Zhang, Q., Xu, F., Peng, C. -Z. & Pan, J. -W. Towards satellite-based quantum-secure time transfer. Nature Physics 16, 848-852 (2020).
  • Xu, P., Ma, Y., Ren, J. -G., Yong, H. -L., Ralph, T., Liao, S. -K., Yin, J., Liu, W. -Y., Cai, W. -Q., Han, X., Wu, H. -nan, Wang, W. -Y., Li, F. -Z., Yang, M., Lin, F. -L., Li, L., Liu, N. -L., Chen, Y. -A., Lu, C. -Y., Chen, Y., Fan, J., Peng, C. -Z. & Pan, J. -W. Satellite testing of a gravitationally induced quantum decoherence model. Science 366, 132 (2019).
  • Xie, H. -B., Li, Y., Jiang, C., Cai, W. -Q., Yin, J., Ren, J. -G., Bin Wang, X. -, Liao, S. -K. & Peng, C. -Z. Optically injected intensity-stable pulse source for secure quantum key distribution. Optics Express 27, 12231 (2019).
  • Han, X., Yong, H. -L., Xu, P., Wang, W. -Y., Yang, K. -X., Xue, H. -J., Cai, W. -Q., Ren, J. -G., Peng, C. -Z. & Pan, J. -W. Point-ahead demonstration of a transmitting antenna for satellite quantum communication. Optics Express 26, 17044 (2018).