High pressure and shock wave research in BARC was initiated in late 1960s.
Over a period of few decades, the division has set up several experimental facilities and has extensive theoretical skills for in depth investigations of materials under high pressures.
Divisional Mandate:
• Study of variations in physical properties of materials when subjected to extreme conditions of pressure, temperature etc.
• Determination of reliable equation of state of materials.
• Development of beamlines at Indus synchrotron radiation sources for facilitating in-situ studies of materials under extreme conditions.
Electron spectrometer for femtosecond laser
Displacement field cum confocal micro-Raman system
IR spectroscopy beamline (BL-06) at Indus-1 Synchrotron
200 TW laser facility
Brillouin scattering facility for in situ high-pressure elastic constant studies
Extreme conditions X-ray diffraction beamline (BL-11) at Indus-2 Synchrotron
Indigenously developed diamond anvil cells by HP&SRPD