A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal

Axial super-resolution by mirror-reflected stimulated emission depletion microscopy




AuthorsTakahiro Deguchi, Sami Koho, Tuomas Näreoja, Pekka Hänninen

Publication year2014

JournalOptical Review

Volume21

Issue3

First page 389

Last page394

Number of pages6

ISSN1340-6000

eISSN1349-9432

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10043-014-0060-7


Abstract

In stimulated emission depletion (STED) microscopy, the lateral resolution is in the range of tens of nanometers depending on the sample and the instrument. The axial resolution, however, is in standard systems limited by diffraction to about 500 nm. We present an approach to three-dimensional diffraction-unlimited resolution by observing the sample at two optical angles. The system is realized by using an atomic force microscope (AFM) chip as a microreflector to deflect the STED beams near the region-of-interest (ROI), thus allowing observations at an angle ∠. Consequently, the superior lateral resolution can be utilized to resolve details in the axial direction of the main optical axis of the microscope. Here, fluorescent nanoparticles 90 nm apart and biological structures 80 nm apart along axial direction were distinguished by utilizing an off-the-shelf, commercial STED microscope, coupled with an AFM and an AFM chip micro-reflector.




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