| Local Contact | Hans ENGELKAMP | 
																															| Field range | 0 ... 33 T | 
																															| Spectral range | Excitation
Different types of lamps: Halogen, Xenon, Deuterium
Different types of lasers (wavelength in nm): 
HeNe: 632.8, 543.5
Ti:Sapphire: 700 – 1070
Solid State: 375, 405, 485, 488, 515, 532, 640, 685, 730.
Dye laser: 540-655
Detection
Ocean Optics Spetrometer: 350nm – 1000 nm
Si photodiode: 375 – 1000 nm | 
																															| Temperature range | 278 ... 363 K
Stabilized to 0.1 K | 
																															| Sample size | Optical cuvettes with thickness 0.01-1 cm | 
																															| Sensitivity | Polarized UV/VIS spectroscopy: Absorbance (A) 0.01-2.0 
Linear birefringence: Δn=10-8;
Linear dichroism: ΔA=0.001 | 
																															| Typical experiment | Polarized UV/VIS spectroscopy;
Linear birefringence;
Linear dichroism
Circular dichroism and birefringence on request | 
																															| Sample Holder | Optical cuvettes with thickness 0.01 – 1 cm | 
																															| Sample environment | Solutions | 
																															| Examples | Linear birefringence &dichroism (sample: gold nanorods),  PRL  111, 127202 (2013) 
Polarized UV/VIS (sample: cyanine dyes),   J. Phys. Chem. B   108, 16386-16391 (2004) | 
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