Faculty

 

MIAO Haixing Associate Profeseor

Department of Physics,Tsinghua University

B320 New Science Building

Beijing 100084

Tel:86-10-62784551

Email:haixing@tsinghua.edu.cn

Career Development

Academic Training:

2002/09-2006/07  University of Science and Technology   B.Sc.in Astrophysics

2007/05-2010/09  University of Western Australia  Ph.D.in Physics with Professor David Blair,Chunnong Zhao and Yanbei Chen

Employment History:

2010/11-2013/11  California Institute of Technology   Postdoctoral Fellow with Professor Yanbei Chen and Rana.X.Adahikari

2014/02-2016/02  University of Birmingham  Marie-Curie Fellow

2016/03-2018/07  University of Birmingham  Lecturer,Ernest Rutherford Fellow and Birmingham Fellow

2018/08-2021/09  University of Birminghan  Senior Lecturer, Ernest Rutherford Fellow and Birmingham Fellow

2021/10-present  Tsinghua University Depaetment of Physics  Associate Professor


Teaching Experience

 "Quantum Optics" and "University Physics"


Research Statement

MIAO Haixing’s research focuses on gravitational-wave instrument science and high-precision quantum measurements. His main interests include quantum techniques for reducing the quantum noise, fundamental quantum limit of linear measurements, and quantum optomechanics for new physics. Recent research topics include

 

  1. Kilohertz gravitational-wave detector (for detecting the kHz post-merger gravitational-wave signals from binary neutron stars to study extreme matters)

  2. Parity-time (PT) symmetric quantum measurement schemes (to achieve Heisenberg-limited measurement)

  3. Testing the quantum nature of non-relativistic gravity using tabletop experiments)

  4. Detecting axion-like dark matter with laser interferometers

    We have openings for both PhD students and postdoctoral fellows. Please contact me if you are interested in joining our group.



Fellowship,Awards and Service

2016-2021  Ernest Rutherford Fellow

2016-2021  Birmingham Fellow

2016  Breakthrough Prize for Fundamental Physics (for the first direct detection of gravitational waves as a member of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration)

2014-2016  Marie-Curie Fellow

2010 Gravitational-wave International Committee (GWIC) Thesis Prize

2020-present LIGO Scientific Collaboration Quantum Noise Working Group chair


Journal Publications

MIAO Haixing has published more than 60 short author-list papers, which include Living Reviews in Relativity, Nature Physics, Physics Review X, Physics Review Letters, and Physics Reviews with total number of citations around 2000 according to Google Scholar. In addition, there are more than 200 papers as a member of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration.

 

Recent Publications (Selected)

  1. A. Datta, and H. Miao, Signatures of the quantum nature of gravity in the differential motion of two masses, Quantum Sci. Technol. 6, 045014 (2021).

  2. T. Zhang, P. Jones, J. Smetana, H. Miao, D. Martynov, A. Freise, and S. Ballmer, Two-Carrier Scheme: Evading the 3 dB Quantum Penalty of Heterodyne Readout in Gravitational-Wave Detectors, Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 221301 (2021).

  3. X. Li, J. Smetana, A. Ubhi, J. Bentley, Y. Chen, Y. Ma, H. Miao, and D. Martynov, Enhancing interferometer sensitivity without sacrificing bandwidth and stability: beyond single-mode and resolved-sideband approximation, Phys. Rev. D 103, 122001 (2021)

  4. J. Bentley, H. Nurdin, Y. Chen, and H. Miao, Direct approach to realizing quantum filters for high-precision measurements, Phys. Rev. A 103, 013707 (2021).

  5. T. Zhang, J. Bentley, and H. Miao, A Broadband Signal Recycling Scheme for Approaching the Quantum Limit from Optical Losses, Galaxies 9, 3 (2021).

  6. H. Miao, D. Martynov, and H. Yang, Quantum correlation of light mediated by gravity, Phys. Rev. A 101, 063804 (2020).

  7. T. Zhang, D. Martynov, A. Freise, and H. Miao, Quantum squeezing schemes for heterodyne readout, Phys. Rev. D 101, 124052 (2020).

  8. D. Martynov, and H. Miao, Quantum-enhanced interferometry for axion searches, Phys. Rev. D 101, 095034 (2020).

  9. J. Beckey, Y. Ma, V. Boyer, and H. Miao, Broadband quantum noise reduction in future
    long baseline gravitational-wave detectors via EPR entanglement
    , Phys. Rev. D 100, 08301 (2019).

  10. J. Bentley, P. Jones, D. Martynov, A. Freise, and H. Miao, Converting the signal-recycling cavity into an unstable optomechanical filter to enhance the detection bandwidth of gravitational-wave detectors, Phys. Rev. D 99, 102001 (2019).

  11. D. Martynov, H. Miao, H. Yang, F. Hernandez Vivanco, E. Thrane, R. Smith, P. Lasky, W. E. East, R. Adhikari, A. Bauswein, A. Brooks, Y. Chen, T. Corbitt, T. Corbitt, H. Grote, Y. Levin, C. Zhao, and A. Vecchio, Exploring the sensitivity of gravitational wave detectors to neutron star physics, Phys. Rev. D 99, 102004 (2019).

  12. S. Danilishin, F. Khalili, and H. Miao, Advanced quantum techniques for future gravitational-wave detectors, Living Reviews in Relativity 22: 2 (2019).

  13. H. Miao, N. Smith, and M. Evans, Quantum limit for laser interferometric gravitational wave detectors from optical dissipation, Phys. Rev. X 9, 011053 (2019).

  14. S. Ma, H. Miao, Y. Xiang, and S. Zhang, Enhanced Dynamic Casimir Effect in Temporally and Spatially Modulated Josephson Transmission Line, Laser & Photonics Reviews 13, 1900164 (2019).

  15. D. Branford, H. Miao, and A. Datta, On the fundamental quantum limits of multi-carrier
     optomechanical sensors
    , Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 110505 (2018).

  16. H. Miao, H. Yang, and D. Martynov, Towards the design of gravitational-wave detectors for neutron-star physics, Phys. Rev. D 98, 044044 (2018).

  17. H. Miao, R. Adhikari, Y. Ma, B. Pang, and Y. Chen, Towards the Fundamental Quantum Limit of Linear Measurements of Classical Signals, Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 050801 (2017).

  18. Y. Ma, H. Miao, B. Pang, M. Evans, C. Zhao, J. Harms, R. Schnabel, and Y. Chen, Proposal for Gravitational-Wave Detection Beyond the Standard Quantum Limit via EPR  
    Entanglement
    , Nature Physics 13, 776 (2017).

  19. H. Miao, General quantum constraints on detector noise in continuous linear measurements, Phys. Rev. A 95, 012103 (2017).

  20. D. Töyrä, D. Brown, M. Davis, S. Song, A. Wormald, J. Harms, H. Miao, and A. Freise, Multi-spatial-mode effects in squeezed-light-enhanced interferometric gravitational wave detectors, Phys. Rev. D 96, 022006 (2017).

LIGO Scientific Collaboration Discovery Papers:

 

  • LSC and Virgo Collaboration, GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral, Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 161101 (2017).

LSC and Virgo Collaboration, Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger, Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 061102 (2016).