Publications

Preprints

  1. Theory of Quantum Imaginary-Time Mpemba Effect

    Y. Zeng ❋, J. Son ❋, M. Gu, and X. Yuan
    ❋: co-first authors
    arXiv:2604.17412 (2026)

  2. Manipulating heterogeneous quantum resources over a network

    R. Ganardi, J. Son, J. Czartowski, S. H. Lie, and N. H. Y. Ng
    arXiv:2602.17803 (2026)

  3. Gaussian time-translation covariant operations: structure, implementation, and thermodynamics

    X. Hu, L. Lautenbacher, G. Spaventa, M. B. Plenio, N. H. Y. Ng, and J. Son
    arXiv:2601.02471 (2026)

    1/2 of Quantum Thermodynamics 2025 invited talk (speaker: Xueyuan Hu)
    selected as a Quantum Resources 2026 talk (speaker: Giovanni Spaventa)

  4. Thermal operations from informational equilibrium

    S. H. Lie, J. Son, P. Boes, N. H. Y. Ng, and H. Wilming
    arXiv:2507.16637 (2025)

    Kyoto Workshop of Quantum Thermodynamics and Stochastic Thermodynamics 2025 invited talk (speaker: Nelly Ng)
    selected as a Quantum Resources 2026 talk (speaker: Seok Hyung Lie)

  5. Grover's algorithm is an approximation of imaginary-time evolution

    Y. Suzuki, M. Gluza, J. Son, B. H. Tiang, N. H. Y. Ng, and Z. Holmes
    arXiv:2507.15065 (2025)

    selected as an IPS meeting 2025 talk (speaker: Bi Hong Tiang)
    selected as a QCTiP 2026 talk (speaker: Yudai Suzuki)

  6. Double-bracket quantum algorithms for high-fidelity ground state preparation

    M. Robbiati ❋, E. Pedicillo ❋, A. Pasquale ❋, L. Xiaoyue ❋, O. Kiss ❋, A. Wright, R. M. S. Farias, K. U. Giang, J. Son, J. Knörzer, S. T. Goh, J. Y. Khoo, N. H. Y. Ng, Z. Holmes, S. Carrazza, and M. Gluza
    ❋: co-first authors
    arXiv:2408.03987 (2024)

    7. 2026

  7. Catalytic Channels Are the Only Noise-Robust Catalytic Processes

    J. Son, R. Ganardi, S. Minagawa, F. Buscemi, S. H. Lie, and N. H. Y. Ng
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 050202 (2026) [arXiv]

    Quantum Resources 2025 invited talk (speaker: Nelly Ng)
    selected as an AQIS 2025 talk (speaker: Seok Hyung Lie)
    selected as an IPS meeting 2025 talk

    media coverage: Korean news articles ([1], [2]), CQT highlight article

  8. Double-Bracket Quantum Algorithms for Quantum Imaginary-Time Evolution

    M. Gluza, J. Son, B. H. Tiang, R. Zander, R. Seidel, Y. Suzuki, Z. Holmes, and N. H. Y. Ng
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 020601 (2026) [arXiv]

    selected as a Quantum Thermodynamics 2025 talk
    selected as an IPS meeting 2025 (invited) talk

    media coverage: CQT highlight article

    9. 2025

  9. Double-bracket algorithm for quantum signal processing without post-selection

    Y. Suzuki, B. H. Tiang, J. Son, N. H. Y. Ng, Z. Holmes, and M. Gluza
    Quantum 9, 1954 (2025)

    selected as an IPS meeting 2025 talk (speaker: Marek Gluza)

  10. Quantum Dynamic Programming

    J. Son, M. Gluza, R. Takagi, and N. H. Y. Ng
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 134, 180602 (2025) [arxiv]

    honourable mentions for Top quantum algorithms papers in Spring 2024 by PennyLane (Xanadu)
    selected as an IPS meeting 2024 talk

    media coverage: CQT highlight article

    11. 2024

  11. A hierarchy of thermal processes collapses under catalysis

    J. Son and N. H. Y. Ng
    Quantum Sci. Technol. 10, 015011 (2024) [arXiv]

    selected as 1/2 of AQIS 2023 talk
    selected as a Quantum Resources 2023 talk
    selected as a Beyond IID 2024 talk

  12. Entanglement generation from athermality

    A. de Oliveira Junior ❋, J. Son ❋, J. Czartowski, and N. H. Y. Ng
    ❋: co-first authors
    Phys. Rev. Research 6, 033236 (2024)

    selected as an IPS meeting 2024 talk
    selected as a Quantum Resources 2025 talk

  13. Catalysis in action via elementary thermal operations

    J. Son and N. H. Y. Ng
    New J. Phys. 26, 033029 (2024)

    selected as a Quantum Resources 2022 talk
    selected as 1/2 of AQIS 2023 talk

    14. 2022

  14. Charging quantum batteries via Otto machines: Influence of monitoring

    J. Son, P. Talkner, and J. Thingna
    Phys. Rev. A 106, 052202 (2022) [arXiv]

    selected as an ICE-7 lightning talk
    selected as 1/2 of QTD 2022 talk (speaker: Juzar Thingna)

    15. 2021

  15. Monitoring Quantum Otto Engines

    J. Son, P. Talkner, and J. Thingna
    PRX Quantum 2, 040328 (2021)

    selected as 1/2 of QTD 2022 talk (speaker: Juzar Thingna)

    press release and media coverages: PHYS.ORG, Science Daily

PhD Thesis

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