Advantages of the CPL Solo

Introduced in 2019, the CPL Solo is an exquisitely sensitive instrument for CPL only (‘Solo’), differentiating it from the OLIS combination CD and CPL models.

In 2026, the HarmoniX era opened. Pre-2026 OLIS CPLs can be upgraded to HarmoniX with a modest hardware addition and the new OlisWorks software.

Data acquisition method is elegant, direct, and correct.

  • Direct acquisition of the full harmonic waveform from the PEM allows application of Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) data processing

  • Real time presentation of CPL, LPL, and NPL during data acquisition

  • Far smaller and more affordable than all commercial alternatives

  • Easily enhanced for Phosphorescence Lifetime to qualify luminescence as fluorescence or phosphorescence

  • Supported sample holders for solutions, solids, temperature control, magnets, cryostats, and more.

How far back does our expertise go?

OLIS was founded by the author of “Recording polarization of fluorescence spectrometer. Unique application of piezoelectric birefringence modulation,” 1974 Analytical Chemistry. https://olisclarity.com/dr-richard-j-desa

In the 50 years since, Dr. Richard J. DeSa and his team have pioneered the most innovative and exciting advances in absorbance, fluorescence, circular dichroism, and circularly polarized luminescence spectroscopy systems.

Today’s CPL Solo is the culmination of decades of achieving one brilliant breakthrough after the other. Our brilliant breakthroughs can lead to Yours!

Value to The Researcher

Affordable!

Small!

Correct!

Defensible!

Brightest Excitation!

Greater Stability!

Correct Units!

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Versus All Competitors

Linear across all Signal Strenghts!

Relentless Reliability!

Maximum Longevity!

Most Modern Technologies!

Higher priced without resulting performance advantages

Two-three-four times the footprint

Uncorrectable artifact contamination by LD & LB

No raw data examination and no separation of harmonics

Lower excitation from a much larger and more expensive xenon arc lamp and monochromator.

Higher instability light source and electronics

Sloppy use of units for CPL (often displayed as mdegs, which is an absorbance/ CD unit, not fluorescence/ CPL unit)

Limited by lock-in amplifier, etc.

Much more complicated analog hardware

Designed-in Obsolescence

Still employing hardware and software technologies from decades past.