CPL Introduction, 1970’s to Today
Arguably the first use of “circularly polarized luminescence” dates to 1974, “Circularly polarized luminescence of terbium (III) complexes in solution” (C. K. Luk & F. S. Richardson, Chem. Phys. Lett., 1974). (ScienceDirect) (A few years earlier were S. S. Eaton’s 1971 paper “A new method for determining optical purity, using circular polarization of luminescence” and several 1971–1974 papers on magnetic circular polarization and related theory.)
This 1993 chapter in Methods in Enzymology by Richardson firmly established CPL as a technique of serious merit. [22] Circularly polarized luminescence - ScienceDirect
Richardson and Riehl encouraged Richard DeSa to develop CPL equipment. We had our first buyer for one in the 2000s. This earliest model was the OLIS DSM 172, the combination CD and CPL.
The CPL Solo was developed in 2019. Its small size, affordability, and exquisite sensitivity has made it the market leader in this new and rapidly growing field.
North America
University of Michigan
Kent State University*
University of Connecticut
University of Pittsburgh
Wake Forest University
University of Miami*
University of Calgary
California Institute of Technology
Furman University
Virginia Commonwealth University
Owners of OLIS CPL Systems include:
*= FFT era CPL acquisition.
Europe
Technical University of Munich
University of Oxford*
University of Geneva*
University of Manchester*
University of Heidelberg
University of Castilla - la Mancha
Technical University of Lodz
Georg-August University Goettingen
Diamond Light Source*
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Technical University of Dortmund
Max Planck Institute Halle
University of Granada*
University of Bayreuth
University of Ulm
Lund University
Asia
Anhui Normal University
Ewha Women’s University
Sichuan University
Southeast University
University of Macau
Zhengzhou University
Hong Kong Baptist University
Heilongjiang University
Yonsei University
Middle East
Technion Israel Institute of Technology
Australia
University of Sydney
CSIRO Molecular & Health Technologies