Solid immersion facilitates fluorescence microscopy with nanometer resolution and sub-angstrom emitter localization.

ABSTRACT: Exploring the maximum spatial resolution achievable in far-field optical imaging, we show that applying solid immersion lenses (SIL) in stimulated emission depletion (STED) microscopy addresses single spins with a resolution down to 2.4 ± 0.3 nm and with a localization precision of 0.09 nm.

SUBMITTER: Wildanger D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3546393 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature