Circularly Polarized Luminescence (CPL) Spectrophotometer
→ The circularly polarized luminescence spectrophotometer supplements the information obtained from other chiroptical techniques such as electronic or vibrational circular dichroism. Circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy is widely used in the study of optically active substances. CD spectroscopy provides information about the structure of optically active substances in the electronic ground state, however, CPL spectroscopy provides information about excited states.
The two techniques are therefore complimentary.Materials that exhibit circularly polarized luminescence are being actively investigated in applications such as liquid crystal display backlights, 3D displays, holographic displays, light sources for controlling plant growth, and security systems for optical communications and printing. It is therefore important to identify molecules that emit one-handed circularly polarized light with high quantum yield. CPL spectra contain important information such as the stable structure of excited molecules, and the behavior of these molecules in chemical reactions that involve an intermediate excited state. However, fluorescence emission is generally weak and CPL signals are even weaker, making it difficult to detect. The CPL-300 offers high sensitivity for detection of these weak signals over a wide spectral range.
The standard ozone-free 150W Xe arc lamp can be replaced with an Hg/Xe source. The instrument’s unique double-prism excitation and emission monochromators offer very low stray-light and no spurious linear polarization effects caused by instruments that use diffraction gratings. These are both extremely important as CPL signals tend to be very weak.
