Laser Laboratory for Trace Analysis and Precision Measurements

Shui-ming Hu

Professor

Department of Chemical Physics,
University of Science and Technology of China

Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
Phone: +86-551-63606557
FAX：+86-551-63602969
Email: smhu@ustc.edu.cn
Homepage: http://staff.ustc.edu.cn/~smhu

Degrees attained

Employment history

Visiting Experience

Sep.1997-Aug.1998, Department of Chemistry, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan (exchange student).
Mar.2000, Institute of Atmospheric Optics, Seberia Branch of Russian Academy of Science, Tomsk, Russia.
Jul.-Sep.2001; Jan.-Feb.2009, Department of Chemistry, University of HongKong, HongKong.
Jan.2003; Jan.2005; Aug.2008, Laboratoire de Spectrometrie Physique, Universite J. Fourier/CNRS Grenoble, France.
Mar.-Aug.2003; Jun.-Aug.2004, Chemistry Department, Rice University, Houston, United States.
Sep.-Dec.2005; Mar.-Jun.2006; Jul.2010-Feb.2011; Jul.2012, Argonne National Laboratory, University of Chicago, United States.

Teaching Experience

Statistical Mechanics, (Teaching Assistant), 2001.
Quantum Chemistry I, 2002-2007.
Quantum Physics, 2008-2012.
Structural Chemistry I, 2011.

Professional Memberships, Services and Awards

Chinese Chemical Society, member
Chinese Physical Society, member
2014, Prominant Teacher Award from the Baosteel Education Fundation
2012-2015, Editorial board member of Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy
2012, China National Funds for Distinguished Young Scientists
2004, USTC Alumni Award
2000, MR Guo Award for Graduated Students, University of Science and Technology of China
2000, Qiushi Award for Distinguished Graduate Students, Hongkong Qiushi Science Foundation

Selected Publications

• Analysis of  ⁸⁵Kr: a comparison at the 10^-14 level using micro-liter samples

  G.-M. Yang, C.-F. Cheng, W. Jiang, Z.-T. Lu, R. Purtschert, Y.-R. Sun, L.-Y. Tu, S.-M. Hu*.

  Scientific Reports, 3: 1596, 2013.

• Phonon coupling of water monomers in a solid nitrogen matrix

  L. Wu, R. Lambo*, Y. Tan, A.-W. Liu, and S.-M. Hu*.

  Journal of Chemical Physics, 138: 114303, 2013.

• Normalization of the single atom counting rate in an atom trap

  C.-F. Cheng, G.-M. Yang, W. Jiang, Y. R. Sun, L.-Y. Tu, S.-M. Hu*.

  Optics Letters, 38(1):31-33, 2013.

• The v=3<-0 S(0)-S(3) electric quadrupole transitions of H₂ near 0.8 μm

  S.-M. Hu*, H. Pan, C.-F. Cheng, Y. R. Sun, X.-F. Li, J. Wang, A. Campargue, and A.-W. Liu*.

  The Astrophysical Journal, 749(1):76, 2012.

• Electric-quadrupole transition of H₂ determined to 10^-9 precision

  C.-F. Cheng, Y. R. Sun, H. Pan, J. Wang, A.-W. Liu, A. Campargue, S.-M. Hu*.

  Physics Review A, 85(2):024501, 2012.

• Application of cavity ring-down spectroscopy to the Boltzmann constant determination

  Y. R. Sun, H. Pan, C.-F. Cheng, A.-W. Liu, J.-T. Zhang, S.-M. Hu*.

  Optics Express, 19(21), 19993–20002, 2011.

• Laser-locked, continuously tunable high resolution cavity ring-down spectrometer

  H. Pan, C.-F. Cheng, Y. R. Sun, B. Gao, A.-W. Liu, S.-M. Hu*.

  Review of Scientific Instruments, 82(10):103110, 2011.

• Ar-39 Detection at the 10^-16 Isotopic Abundance Level with Atom Trap Trace Analysis

  W. Jiang, W. D. Williams, K. Bailey, A.M. Davis, S.-M. Hu, Z.-T. Lu, T.P. O'Connor, R. Purtschert, N.C. Sturchio, Y.R. Sun, P. Mueller*.

  Physics Review Letters, 106:103001, 2011.