Associate Research Fellow, Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan (1986June ~ 1996 Aug.)
Research Fellow, Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan (1996 Aug.~present)
Research Interests
Laser spectroscopy of small transient molecules
Development of new laser spectroscopic technique
Honors, Awards, and Recognitions
Outstanding Research Award, National Science Council, Taiwan (1994)
DAAD Fellowship, Germany (1994).
member of the Editorial board of Journal Molecular Spectroscopy (October 2014- October 2017)
Selected Publications
“Lifetimes and Transition Moments Among Excited Electronic States of BaO “, Y.-C. Hsu, B. Hegemann, and J. G. Pruett, J. Chem. Phys.72, 6437-6444(1980)
“Nascent Metastable Products in the Reactions Ba+NO2 and Ba+N2O “, Y.-C. Hsu and J. G. Pruett, J. Chem. Phys.76, 5849-5855(1982)
“The Predissociation Dynamics of the Ã1A" State of HCN and DCN “, Y.-C. Hsu, M. A. Smith, and S. C. Wallace, Chem. Phys. Lett.111, 219-225(1984)
“Implications of the Rotationally Resolved Spectra of the Alkoxy Radicals for Their Electronic Structure “, S. C. Foster, Y.-C. Hsu, C. P. Damo, X. Liu, C.-Y. Kung, and T. A. Miller, J. Phys. Chem.90, 6766-6769(1986)
“Perturbation of the Vibrational Frequencies of a Molecular Ion by a Ne Matrix “, Y.-C. Hsu, R. A. Kennedy, T. A. Miller, L. A. Heimbrook, and V. E. Bondybey, Mol. Phys.61, 225-231(1987)
“Observation of the UV Emission in Sodium Vapor Under Tunable Dye Laser Pumping ”, T. S. Yih, Y. L. Chen, H. S. Wang, Y.-C. Hsu, and K. C. Lin, Chinese J. Phys.25, 222-231(1987)
“Second Harmonic Generation in Mercury Vapor “, Y.-C. Hsu, C.-M. Yang, and B.-C. Chang, Adv. In Laser Science-III, 127-129(1988)
“Rotational Analysis of Electronic Transition of the Jet-Cooled Methylthio Radical ”, Y.-C. Hsu, X. Liu, and T. A. Miller, J. Chem. Phys.90, 6852-6857(1989)
“Two-Photon Spectroscopy of Acetylene-Photodissociation Processes at 9-10 eV Energy Levels “, I.-F. Lee, Y.-H. Lee, and Y.-C. Hsu, J. Chinese Chem. Soc.37, 197-202(1990)
“The Multi-photon Dissociation of Acetylene. I. Long-lived Intermediates, Sequential and Concerted Processes of Dissociation “, Y. -C. Hsu, M. -S. Lin, and C. -P. Hsu, J. Chem. Phys.94,7832-7841(1991)
“Far-Infrared Spectrum of 13CH3F Between 23-84 cm-1 ”, P. Pracna, S. Klee, M. Winnewisser, D. Papoušek, Y.-C. Hsu, and H.-S. Chen, J. Mol. Spectrosc.156, 217-226(1992)
“Ultraviolet Laser-Induced Fluorescence of the C2H Radical “, Y. -C. Hsu, P.–R. Wang, M. -C. Yang, D. Papousek, Y. -T. Chen, and W. -Y. Chiang, Chem. Phys. Lett.190, 507-513(1992)
“Far infrared spectrum and ground state parameters of 12CH3F “, D. Papoušek, Y.-C. Hsu, H.-S. Chen, P. Pracna, S. Klee, M. Winnewisser, and J. Demaison, J. Mol. Spectrosc.159, 33-41(1993)
“Determination of A0 and DK0 of 13CH3F from the △k=±2 Forbidden Transitions to the n5=1 Vibrational Level “, D. Papoušek, Z. Papoušková, Y. -C. Hsu, P. Pracna, S. Klee, M. Winnewisser, and J. Demaison, J. Mol. Spectrosc.159, 62-68(1993)
“The Low-lying Bending Vibrational Levels of the CCH(2Σ+) Radical Studied By Laser-Induced Fluorescence “, Y.-C. Hsu, J. J.-M. Lin, D. Papoušek, and J.-J. Tsai, J. Chem. Phys.98,6690-6696 (1993)
“Submillimeter-Wave Spectroscopy of the Rotational Transitions in the u4=1 Vibrational State of 13CH3F “, J. Demaison, J. Cosleou, D. Papoušek, and Y.-C. Hsu, J. Mol. Spectrosc.167, 474-476(1994)
“Spectroscopy of Vibrationally Excited States of CCH “, Y. -C. Hsu, Laser Techniques for State-Selected and State-to-State Chemistry II, 2124, 320-324 (1994)
“High-Resolution Fourier-Transformation Infrared Spectrum of the n5band of D370GeH “, D. Papoušek, Y.-C. Hsu, S. Klee, and M. Winnewisser, Acta Phys. Hungarica 74, 419-426(1994)
“Laser-induced fluorescence spectroscopy of of CCH(2Σ+) in vibrationally excited levels up to 4500cm-1 ”, Yen-Chu Hsu, Ying-Jen Shiu, and Chi-Min Lin, J. Chem. Phys.103, 5919-5930(1995)
“Fitting the rovibrational spectra of symmetric tops with unitary equivalent sets of parameters: the n5band of D370GeH “, D. Papoušek, Yen-Chu Hsu, H. Bürger, and K. Sarka, J. Mol. Spectrosc.169, 243-252 (1995)
“193.3-nm Photodissociation of Acetylene: Nascent State Distribution of CCH Radical Studied By Laser-Induced Fluorescence “, Y.-C. Hsu, F.-T. Chen, L.-C. Chou, and Y.-J. Shiu, J. Chem. Phys.105, 9153-9161(1996)
“Laser Spectroscopy of CCH In The 36600-39700cm-1 Region “, W.-Y. Chiang and Y.-C. Hsu, J. Chem. Phys.111, 1454-1461(1999)
“Fluorescence Lifetimes and Predissociation Processes in the 2A' State of CCH “, W.-Y. Chiang and Y.-C. Hsu, J. Chem. Phys.112, 7394-7399(2000)
“The C3-Bending Levels of the C3-Ar Complex Studied by Optical Spectroscopy and Ab Initio Calculations “, G. Zhang, B.-G. Lin, S.-M. Wen, and Y.-C. Hsu, J. Chem. Phys.120, 3189-3200(2004)
“The 4051 Å band of C3 (, 000-000): Perturbed Low-J lines and Lifetime Measurements “, G. Zhang, K.-S. Chen, A. J. Merer, Y.-C. Hsu, W.-J. Chen, S. Sadisavan, and Y.-A. Liao, J. Chem. Phys.122, 244308(2005)
“The Bending Vibrational Levels of The Acetylene Cation: A Case Study of The Renner-Teller Effect in A Molecule With Two Degenerate Bending Vibrations “, S.-J. Tang, Y.-C. Chou, J. J.-M. Lin, and Y.-C. Hsu, J. Chem. Phys.125, 133201(2006)
“Reinvestigation of The Microwave Spectrum of 2-Methylmalonaldehyde “, V. V. Ilyushin, E. A. Alekseev, Y.-C. Chou, Y.-C. Hsu, J. T. Hougen, F. J. Lovas, and L. B. Picraux, J. Mol. Spectrosc.251, 56–63(2008)
“Vibrational and Rotational Structure and Excited-State Dynamics of Pyrene “, M. Baba, M. Saitoh, Y. Kowaka, K. Taguma, K. Yoshida, Y. Semba, S. Kansahara, T. Yamanaka, Y. Ohshima, Y.-C. Hsu, and S. H. Lin, J. Chem. Phys.131, 224318(2009)
“Rotationally Resolved Ultrahigh-Resolution Laser Spectroscopy of the S2 1A1S01A1 Transition of Azulene “, Y. Semba, K. Yoshida, S. Kasahara, C.-K. Ni, Y.-C. Hsu, S. H. Lin, Y. Ohshima, and M. Baba, J. Chem. Phys.131, 024303(2009)
“Laser excitation spectrum of C3 in the Region 26000 - 30700 cm-1 ”, C.-W. Chen, A. J. Merer, J. –M. Chao and Y.-C. Hsu,J. Mol. Spectrosc.263, 56-70(2010)
“The C3-bending Vibrational Levels of The C3-Kr and C3-Xe Van Der Waals Complexes Studied By Their Electronic Transitions And By Ab Initio Calculations “, J.-M. Chao, K. S. Tham, G. Zhang, A. J. Merer, Y.-C. Hsu, and Wei-Ping Hu, J. Chem. Phys.134, 074313 (2011)
“The Ã1Πu, 0 1 1 (Du) Vibrational Level of C3 ”, K.-S. Chen, G. Zhang , A. J. Merer, Y.-C. Hsu, and W.-J. Chen, J. Mol. Spectrosc.267, 169-171 (2011)
"The Fluorescence Lifetimes of the Ã1Πu State of C3," Y.-J. Wang, C.-W. Chen, L. Zhou, A. J. Merer, and Yen-Chu Hsu, J. Phys. Chem. A. 2013, 117, 13878-13884.
"Dual Ti-sapphire comb lasers by a fiber laser pumping scheme and a hand-sized optical frequency reference," Tze-Wei Liu, Chien-Ming Wu, Yen-Chu Hsu, and Wang-Yau Cheng, Applied Phys. B 117(2),699-705(2014).