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Synergetic Extreme Condition User Facility

The Synergetic Extreme Condition User Facility (SECUF) is a national major science facility. It uniquely integrates multiple extreme conditions, including ultra-high pressure, extremely low temperature, intense magnetic fields, and ultrafast optical fields. As an internationally advanced experimental platform, SECUF is designed to push the boundaries of physical sciences, creating unprecedented opportunities for exploring new phenomena and controlling new states of matter. Through its cutting-edge capabilities, SECUF can significantly enhance China's research strength in physical sciences and related frontier disciplines. 

SECUF aims to make breakthroughs in areas such as the discovery of new high-temperature superconductors, breakthroughs in unconventional superconductivity mechanisms, advancements in core quantum computing technologies, and ultrafast manipulation of physical properties.

The Institute of Physics (IOP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) serves as the legal entity of SECUF. The facility benefits from a robust collaborative framework, with Jilin University as its co-construction partner and with key collaborating institutions including Peking University, Tsinghua University, and the CAS Institute of Electrical Engineering. 

The Facility covers a total site area of approximately 180 mu (about 120,000 square meters). Its physical infrastructure is distributed across two locations: a 130-mu campus in Huairou District, Beijing, and a 50-mu campus in Changchun City, Jilin Province. The combined building area of the facility is 54,000 square meters, with 48,000 square meters in Beijing and 6,000 square meters in Changchun.

SECUF is now open to domestic and international users. For more information, please visit: http://english.secuf.iphy.ac.cn/


Synergetic Extreme Condition User Facility (SECUF), Huairou Science City, Beijing

Experimental Stations:

A1 Ultra-low temperature high pressure physical property measurements - diamond anvil cell station

A2 Ultra-low temperature high pressure physical property measurements - cubic anvil cell station

A3 Ultra-low temperature high magnetic field quantum oscillation experimental station

A4 Infrared and terahertz spectra measurement station under extreme conditions

A5 Raman spectrum measurement station under extreme conditions

A6 High magnetic field nuclear magnetic resonance experimental station

A7 Ultra-low temperature high magnetic field scanning tunneling microscopy station

A8 Low-temperature in-situ STM-ARPES experimental station

A9 High-pressure synergetic measurement station

C1 Sub-millikelvin experimental station

C2 Ultra-low temperature experimental station for manipulation of superconducting quantum devices

C3 Ultra-low temperature high magnetic field quantum transport and manipulation experimental station

C4 Low-temperature high magnetic field electron transport and spectroscopic measurement station

D1 Femtosecond dynamics experimental station

D2 Attosecond dynamics experimental station

D3 Ultrafast X-ray dynamics experimental station

D4 Ultrafast electron microscopy station

D5 Ultrafast electron diffraction experimental station

F1 Micro/nano fabrication laboratory

F2 Sample preselection and characterization station

F3 Machine shop & electronic shop

F4 Helium recovery and liquefaction plant

Research Fields:

  • Physical property measurements at ultra-low temperature and ultra-high pressure - cubic anvil cell part
  • Physical property measurements at ultra-low temperature and ultra-high pressure - diamond anvil cell part
  • Quantum oscillation measurements at ultra-low temperature and high magnetic field
  • Spectral measurements under extreme conditions - infrared spectrum and terahertz part
  • Spectral measurements under extreme conditions – Raman part
  • Nuclear magnetic resonance measurements
  • Scanning tunneling spectrum at ultra-low temperature and high magnetic field
  • In-situ scanning tunneling spectrum and angle -resolved photoemission spectrum measurements at low temperature
  • In-situ high pressure multi-physical property measurements
  • Nuclear demagnetization for electron quantum transport and topological quantum computation at mK temperature range
  • Solid-state quantum computation at ultra-low temperatures - superconducting qubits
  • Solid-state quantum computation at ultra-low temperatures - qubits based on semiconducting quantum dots and nanowires
  • Low-temperature spectroscopic measurements on low-dimensional electron systems in strong magnetic fields
  • Femtosecond dynamic measurement
  • Attosecond physics
  • Ultrafast X-ray sciences
  • Ultrafast electron diffraction and microscopy
  • Microfabrication Laboratory
  • Material Preselection and Characterization Laboratory
  • Machine Shop & Electronic Shop
  • Helium Recovery and Liquefaction Plant