%A Feng Jin(金峰), Yang Yang(杨洋), An-Min Zhang(张安民), Jian-Ting Ji(籍建葶), Qing-Ming Zhang(张清明) %T Raman scattering under extreme conditions %0 Journal Article %D 2018 %J Chin. Phys. B %R 10.1088/1674-1056/27/7/077801 %P 77801-077801 %V 27 %N 7 %U {https://cpb.iphy.ac.cn/CN/abstract/article_120853.shtml} %8 2018-07-05 %X Raman scattering is a versatile and powerful technique and has been widely used in modern scientific research and vast industrial applications. It is one of the fundamental experimental techniques in condensed matter physics, since it can sensitively probe the basic elementary excitations in solids like electron, phonon, magnon, etc. The application of extreme conditions (low temperature, high magnetic field, high pressure, etc.) to Raman scattering, will push its capability up to an unprecedented level, because this enables us to look into new quantum phases driven by extreme conditions, trace the evolution of the excitations and their coupling, and hence uncover the underlying physics. This review contains two topics. In the first part, we will introduce the Raman facility under extreme conditions, belonging to the optical spectroscopy station of Synergetic Extreme Condition User Facilities (SECUF), with emphasis on the system design and the capability the facility can provide. Then in the second part we will focus on the applications of Raman scattering under extreme conditions to a variety of condensed matter systems such as superconductors, correlated electron systems, charge density waves (CDW) materials, etc. Finally, as a rapidly developing technique, time-resolved Raman scattering will be highlighted here.