Laser-diode-stimulated emission depletion microscopy

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作者
Westphal, V [1 ]
Blanca, CM [1 ]
Dyba, M [1 ]
Kastrup, L [1 ]
Hell, SW [1 ]
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[1] Max Planck Inst Biophys Chem, Dept Nanobiophoton, Gottingen, Germany
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10.1063/1.1571656
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O59 [应用物理学];
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We report subdiffraction resolution in far-field fluorescence microscopy through laser-diode-stimulated emission depletion of molecular markers. The diode-generated focal intensities lead to a resolution improvement by similar to45% in both lateral directions. Excitation and stimulated emission are performed with electronically synchronized diode pulses of 50-70 ps and 300-400 ps duration, respectively. The subdiffraction resolution is utilized to resolve neighboring individual molecules. (C) 2003 American Institute of Physics.
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