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Cheng Shang

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Cheng Shang

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Affiliation

Analytical Quantum Complexity RIKEN Hakubi Research Team |RIKEN Center for Quantum Computing

Position

Postdoctoral Researcher (๑˃ᴗ˂)ﻭ☕📄🎉

Contacts

Experience

Oct. 2024 - Present
Wako, Saitama, Japan

Postdoctoral Researcher

Analytical Quantum Complexity RIKEN Hakubi Research Team, RIKEN Center for Quantum Computing

Apr. 2023 - Sept. 2024
Wako, Saitama, Japan

Part-time Positions at RIKEN

Junior Research Associate Program with Dr. Tomotaka Kuwahara

Analytical Quantum Complexity RIKEN Hakubi Research Team, RIKEN Center for Quantum Computing

Oct. 2021 - Sept. 2024
Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan

Ph.D. |The University of Tokyo, Department of Physics

Japanese Government (MEXT) Doctoral Scholarship with Prof. Naomichi Hatano

Oct. 2020 - Aug. 2021
Changchun, Jilin, China

MEXT Doctoral Scholarship Candidate

Preparatory School for Chinese Students to Japan

Sept. 2017 - June 2020
Changchun, Jilin, China

Master of Science |Northeast Normal University, Center for Quantum Sciences

Chinese National Scholarship for Postgraduates with Prof. XueXi Yi

Professional Service

Selected Publications

  1. Zhi-Guang Lu, Guo-Qing Tian, Xin-You Lü, and Cheng Shang, Topological Quantum Batteries, Phys. Rev. Lett. 134, 180401 (2025).

    This paper was recognized as a Web of Science Highly Cited Paper, ranking among the top 1% in Physics in 2025, and was also cited in Nature Reviews Physics 8, 115 (2026). Moreover, this work was featured in PRL Trending, highlighted in a Press Release by RIKEN, and presented as an Invited Talk at the 21st International Workshop on Pseudo-Hermitian Hamiltonians in Quantum Physics (PHHQP-XXI), Chania, Greece. As of March 2026, this study has 92 citations on Google Scholar.

  2. Cheng Shang and Hong-Chao Li, Resonance-dominant optomechanical entanglement in open quantum systems, Physical Review Applied 21(4), 044048 (2024).

    This work was an Independent Research project conducted by only two graduate students. As of March 2026, this study has 22 citations on Google Scholar.

  3. Hongchao Li, Cheng Shang, Tomotaka Kuwahara, and Tan Van Vu, Macroscopic Particle Transport in Dissipative Long-Range Bosonic Systems, Nature Communications (2026)

    Significant progress has been made in establishing limits on quantum transport in closed systems, but extensions to open many-body systems remain scarce. We develop the general optimal transport theory and find the maximal speed of macroscopic particle transport in dissipative long-range bosonic systems.

Selected Preprints

  1. Cheng Shang, Zhi-Guang Lu, Hayato Kinkawa, and Tomotaka Kuwahara, Operator Spreading and Information Propagation: Equivalence and Beyond, arXiv:2505.07955.

    This work received the Best Poster Award at the 5th International Symposium on Quantum Physics and Quantum Information Sciences (QPQIS-2023), Beijing, China. This work is currently under review at PRA Letter.

  2. Donghoon Kim, Yusuke Kimura, Hugo Mackay, Yosuke Mitsuhashi, Hideaki Nishikawa, Carla Rubiliani, Cheng Shang (Authors are listed in alphabetical order), Ayumi Ukai, and Tomotaka Kuwahara, Spectral Small-Incremental-Entangling: Breaking Quasi-Polynomial Complexity Barriers in Long-Range Interacting Systems, arXiv:2509.12014.

    This work, an International Collaboration across Asia, Europe, and the U. S., introduces the concept of spectral entangling strength (SIE), which captures the structural entangling power of an operator, and establishes a spectral SIE theorem. This manuscript is currently under review at Physical Review X.

  3. Rohit Kumar Shukla and Cheng Shang, Many-Body Structural Effects in Periodically Driven Quantum Batteries, arXiv:2603.03883.

    This work study how many-body structure affects charging optimization under a periodic driving protocol, showing that integrability breaking and long-range interactions serve as key points for improving the QBs charging performance.

Research Interests

  • Lieb-Robinson Bound and Its Application: one may include Particle Transport, Information Propagation, Operator Spreading, and Correlation Generation.

  • Open Quantum Systems: with particular focus on Dissipative and non-Markovian Dynamics in Quantum Optics and Quantum Information.

  • Quantum Batteries: focuses on improving the performance of Quantum Batteries by addressing theoretical barriers in practical applications, including those in Topological few-body and Many-Body Quantum Systems.

  • Hybrid Cavity Optomechanics: theoretical exploration of nonlinear radiation-pressure-induced phenomena and their integration with Superconducting Circuit platforms.

What I Want to Learn

  • Many-body localization and thermalization (from an information-theoretic perspective) | Currently studying

  • Floquet theory (Periodic driving and Floquet heating) | Currently studying

  • Mutual information and Conditional mutual information | Currently studying

  • Hamiltonian complexity and Krylov complexity

  • Advanced mathematics (e.g., von Neumann algebras and Graph theory)

  • Cosmology (e.g., Inflation theory and dS/CFT)

Hobbies

  • Sketching

  • Writing fiction

  • Music

  • Comics

  • Hip-hop dance

Welcome

If you are interested in my research, please feel free to email me at cheng.shang@riken.jp.

Academic discussions and potential collaborations are always welcome!