The University of Hong Kong (HKU) hosted the International Conference on Ultracold Atoms, Molecules, Ions, and Their Manipulation by Light from 10–13 December 2025.
The conference brought together leading researchers in ultracold atomic and molecular physics, trapped ions, cavity quantum electrodynamics (QED), ultrafast physics, and quantum gases. The scientific program features plenary and invited talks across seven themed sessions, including Cold Molecules, Ultracold Atoms, Trapped Ions, Cavity QED with Quantum Gases, and Ultrafast Physics.
Chaired by internationally recognized experts, the meeting aims to foster collaboration and discussion on the latest experimental and theoretical advances in light–matter interaction, quantum simulation, precision measurement, and emerging quantum technologies.
The event highlights HKU’s growing role as a regional hub for quantum science research and provides a platform for academic exchange among researchers, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students from around the world.
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Sessions
Session 1: Cold Atoms And Molecules
Chaired by Zidan WANG (University of Hong Kong)
Quantum Simulation with Atoms: From Quantum Networking to Super Chemistry
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Coherent Control of Heteronuclear Atom Arrays
Mingsheng ZHAN (Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology, CAS)
Deep Laser Cooling and Trapping of BaF Molecules
Bo YAN (Zhejiang University)
Progresses Towards Quantum Gas Microscope of NaRb Polar Molecules
Jun RUI (University of Science and Technology of China)
Session 2: Ultrafast Physics
Chaired by Tran Trung LUU (University of Hong Kong)
Extreme-Ultraviolet (XUV) Frequency Comb and its Applications
Xiaojun LIU (Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Light-Induced Ultrafast Dynamics of Cold Molecules in Helium Nanodroplets
Wenbin ZHANG (State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University)
Visualization of Ultrafast Nonadiabatic Excited State Dynamics
Chuncheng Wang (Jilin University)
Experimental Progress on Open Quantum System with Trapped Ions
Yiheng Lin (University of Science and Technology of China)
Trapping of Cold Ions and Purcell Enhancement in an Optical Microcavity
Jin-Ming Cui (University of Science and Technology of China)
Session 3: Ultracold atoms
Chaired by Chaohong LEE (Shenzhen University)
Quantized Vortex in an Atomic Bose-Einstein Condensate at Dirac Point with Emergent Spin-Orbit Coupling
Jing ZHANG (State Key Laboratory of Quantum Optics and Quantum Optics Devices, Institute of Opto-Electronics, Shanxi University)
Dynamical Localization and the Quantum–Classical Boundary in Driven Interacting Gases
Hanns-Christoph NAGERL (University of Innsbruck)
Dissipative Probe of Quantum Criticality in 1D Quantum Gases
Wenlan CHEN (Tsinghua University)
Ultracold Dipolar Quantum Gases and Mixtures of Dysprosium
Mingyang Guo (Southern University of Science and Technology)
Session 4: Cavity QED with Quantum Gases
Chaired by Yunbo ZHANG (Zhejiang Sci-Tech University)
Quantum Phases of Ultracold Fermions in an Optical Cavity
Haibin WU (Institute of Quantum Science and Precision Measurement, School of Physics, East China Normal University)
Cavity Dark State Strongly Interacting with an Atom Array
Hao ZHANG (Graduate School of China Academy of Engineering Physics)
New Frontiers in Quantum Computing: an Atom Array Coupled to a High-Cooperativity Bow-Tie Cavity
Guoqing WANG (Peking University)
Session 5: Trapped Ions
Chaired by Yangqian YAN (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Quantum Simulation of Entangled Matter with an Trapped-Ion Quantum Computer
Lei FENG (Fudan University)
Towards the Realization of an Ultracold Hybrid Ion-Atom System
Zhendong ZHANG (University of Hong Kong)
Control Infrastructure for Large-scale FTQC Platform
Junhua ZHANG (Shenzhen International Quantum Academy)
Exploring Quantum Many-Body Physics in the 2D Dipolar Superfluid
Yifei HE (The University of Hong Kong)
Session 6: Ultracold Atoms
Chaired by Shi-Liang ZHU (South China Normal University)
Toward a Quantum Network with Cold Atoms
Hui YAN (School of Physics, South China Normal University)
Orbital Physics of Bosons in Optical Lattices
Zhifang XU (Southern University of Science and Technology)
Scalable Generation of Massive Schrödinger Cat States via Quantum Tunneling
Bing YANG (Southern University of Science and Technology)
Hybrid Lattice-Tweezer System for Quantum Many-Body Simulation
Bo SONG (School of Physics, Peking University)
Exotic Quantum Statistics in Strongly Interacting One-Dimensional Bose Gases
Yanliang GUO (University of Innsbruck/Renmin University of China)
Session 7: Ultracold Atoms
Chaired by Zhenhua Yu (Sun Yat-sen University)
Generalized Onsager Reciprocal Relations of Charge and Spin Transport in Ultracold Atomic Gases
Zhigang WU (Quantum Science Center of Guangdong-HongKong-Macao Great Bay Area)
Dissipative Dynamics of Ultracold Atomic and Molecular Gases
Yangqian YAN (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Probing Many-Body Correlations via Non-Equilibrium Dynamics
Jiazhong HU (Tsinghua University)
Stability, Interactions, and Dynamics of Molecular Condensates Near Bosonic Feshbach Resonances
Zhiqiang WANG (University of Science and Technology of China)
