Synchrotron Infrared Spectroscopy on Materials in Extreme Environments (Workshop 9)

US/Eastern
Physics Bldg. 510, Snyder Seminar Room

Physics Bldg. 510, Snyder Seminar Room

Description

This workshop will bring together synchrotron-IR users to discuss the applications of the high-pressure IR spectroscopy in geoscience & planetary science as well as condensed matter physics and materials science. These spectroscopic techniques for materials in extreme conditions exploit the unique instrumentation at NSLS-II, all of which will be available to the user community. These include 1) ultra-high pressure far-IR spectroscopy along with Raman and other optical methods, 2) the combination of extremely low/high temperatures and pressure, 3) THz, infrared and optical spectroscopy in magnetic fields up to 10T. We will also discuss opportunities for dynamic compression (transient high-P) studies, and the potential role of combined pressure and magnetic field to explore novel electronic properties and emergence.

Workshop Organizers: Zhenxian Liu (G. Washington Univ.) and Larry Carr (NSLS-II)

Part 1 - Tuesday, May 22 - Bldg 725 Large Seminar Room

1:00 p.m. Introduction
                Zhenxian Liu (George Washington University)
                Larry Carr (Brookhaven National Laboratory)

1:05 p.m. Welcoming Remarks
                  Speaker:
Carl Agee (University of New Mexico)

1:20 p.m. NSLS-II as a World-Class Source of High-Brightness Infrared
                  Speaker: Larry Carr

1:50 p.m. FIS: An Integrated and Dedicated Synchrotron IR-DAC Facility for Optical Studies in Extreme Environments
                  Speaker: Zhenxian Liu

2:20 p.m. MET: The Magneto, Ellipsometric and Time-Resolved Spectroscopy Infrared Beamline at the NSLS
                  Speaker: Larry Carr

2:50 p.m. The NSLS-II Coherent Hard X-ray Beamline: Challenges and Opportunities for High-Pressure Studies
                  Speaker: Andrei Fluerasu

3:10 p.m. Gearing up for High Pressure X-ray Diffraction for the Geosciences at XFM
                  Speaker: Alvin Acerbo

3:30 p.m. Coffee Break

4:00 p.m. Competing Magnetostructural Phases in a Semiclassical System
                  Speaker: Janice Musfieldt, University of Tennessee

4:30 p.m. Using Synchrotron Micro-scale Probes for Analyzing High-pressure Inclusions in Diamonds
                  Speaker: Oliver Tschauner, UNLV

5:00 p.m. Difficulties in Temperature Measurement in Laser-heated Diamond-anvil Cells
                 Speaker: Kanani Lee, Yale University

5:30 p.m. Thermally Induced Coloration of Alkali Halides at High Pressures
                 Speaker: Sarah Arveson, Yale University

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