High Pressure Group

The primary experimental methods are low-temperature optical spectroscopies (Raman, photoluminescence, absorption, reflection) and x-ray diffraction (at synchrotrons and with laboratory setups).

Materials currently under investigation are semiconductors and their heterostructures, transition metal compounds including superconducting cuprates, inorganic molecular and low-dimensional solids, and intermetallic rare earth compounds.

The laboratory facilities for optical spectroscopy and x-ray diffraction at high pressures are also used by other scientific groups (in-house and external). Furthermore, pressure experiments in other research groups are supported through design and maintenance of pressure equipment.