New sub-diffraction-limit microscopy technique: Dual-point illumination AND-gate microscopy on nanodiamonds (DIAMOND)

作者:Kwon Jiwoong*; Lim Youngbin; Jung Jiwon; Kim Seung Keun
来源:Optics Express, 2012, 20(12): 13347-13356.
DOI:10.1364/OE.20.013347

摘要

We introduce a new, easily implementable sub-diffraction-limit microscopy technique utilizing the optical AND-gate property of fluorescent nanodiamond (FND). We demonstrate that when FND is illuminated by two spatially-offset lights of different wavelengths, emission comes only from the region of their overlap, which is used to reduce the effective point spread function from similar to 300 nm to similar to 130 nm in lateral plane, well below the diffraction limit.

  • 出版日期2012-6-4