Nanometer Axial Resolution by Three-Dimensional Supercritical Angle Fluorescence Microscopy

作者:Winterflood Christian M*; Ruckstuhl Thomas; Verdes Dorinel; Seeger Stefan
来源:Physical Review Letters, 2010, 105(10): 108103.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.108103

摘要

We report a noninvasive fluorescence microscopy method and demonstrate nanometer resolution along the optical axis. The technique is based on the influence of the microscope slide on the angular intensity distribution of fluorescence. Axial positions are determined by measuring the proportion of light emitted below the critical angle of total internal reflection, which behaves in a classical way, and light emitted above the critical angle, which is exponentially dependent on the distance of the fluorophore from the microscope slide.

  • 出版日期2010-8-31