ProfessorLO, Hoi-Kwong

Professor: Chair of Physics, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, HKU

B. A. (Cantab), 1989, M.S., 1991 , Ph.D. (Caltech) 1994; FAPS, FOSA

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Room 530, CYM Physics Building, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong

Research Interest

Quantum Information
Quantum Cryptography
Quantum Internet
Quantum Computing
Quantum Optics
Quantum Communication

Current Research

Quantum key distribution (both theory and experiment)
All photonics quantum repeaters
Quantum Internet

Awards and Honours

Fellow of the Optical Society (OSA) (2019)
Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS Fellow) (2018)
OYRA (Outstanding Young Researcher Award) by the OCPA(Overseas Chinese Physicists Association) (2003)
Canada Research Chair (2003)
PREA (Premier’s Research Excellence Award) (2003)

Representative Publications

Five publications in recent 5 years:
F. Xu, X. Ma. Q. Zhang, H.-K. Lo, and J.-W. Pan, Reviews of Modern Physics 92, 025002 (2020).Secure quantum key distribution with realistic devices.
X. Zhong, J. Hu, M. Curty, L. Qian, and H.-K. Lo, Phys. Rev. Lett. 123, 100506 (2019). Proof-of-Principle Experimental Demonstration of Twin-Field Type Quantum Key Distribution.
M. Curty, K. Azuma, H.-K. Lo, npj Quantum Informationvolume 5, Article number: 64 (2019). Simple security proof of twin-field type quantum key distribution protocol.
W. Wang, F. Xu, and H.-K. Lo, Phys. Rev. X 9, 041012 (2019). Asymmetric protocols for scalable high-rate measurement-device-independent quantum key distribution networks.
K. Azuma, K. Tamaki and H.-K. Lo, Nature Communications 6, Article number: 6787 (2015). All photonics quantum repeaters.
Five publications beyond recent 5 years:
H.-K. Lo, M. Curty, and B. Qi, Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 130503 (2012). Measurement-Device-Independent Quantum Key Distribution.
H.-K. Lo, X. Ma, and K. Chen, Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 230504 (2005). Decoy State Quantum Key Distribution.
D. Gottesman, H.-K. Lo, N. Lutkenhaus, and J. Preskill, Quantum Inf. And Comput. Vol. 4, No.5, 325-360 (2004). Security of quantum key distribution with imperfect Devices.
R. Cleve, D. Gottesman and H.-K. Lo, Physical Review Letters Vol. 83, 648 (1999). How to Share a Quantum Secret.
H.-K. Lo and H. F. Chau, Science Vol. 283, 2050 (1999). Unconditional Security of Quantum Key Distribution over Arbitrarily Long Distances.