3-Dimensional super-resolution by spectrally selective imaging

@article{citeulike:2291724, abstract = {The mutual spatial positions of individual pentacene molecules embedded in a p-terphenyl host crystal, residing within the same diffraction-limited volume, are determined with far-field optics with an accuracy far below the Rayleigh distance. This is achieved by spectrally selective imaging, an approach based on the combination of confocal microscopy, single-molecule detection and position-sensitive imaging. It is demonstrated that the molecules can be localized in three dimensions with a precision of 40 nm in the lateral and 100 nm in the axial dimension which represents an enhancement by a factor of 20 and 65, respectively, compared to the Rayleigh distance at the used numerical aperture of the microscope.}, author = {van Oijen, A. M. and Kohler, J. and Schmidt, J. and Muller, M. and Brakenhoff, G. J. }, citeulike-article-id = {2291724}, comment = {first SMACM paper?}, doi = {10.1016/S0009-2614(98)00673-3}, journal = {Chemical Physics Letters}, keywords = {low-temp, microscopy, sms, super-resolution}, month = {July}, number = {1-2}, pages = {183--187}, posted-at = {2008-01-26 02:14:47}, priority = {2}, title = {3-Dimensional super-resolution by spectrally selective imaging}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0009-2614(98)00673-3}, volume = {292}, year = {1998} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2291724 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2291724 TI - 3-Dimensional super-resolution by spectrally selective imaging JF - Chemical Physics Letters VL - 292 IS - 1-2 SP - 183 EP - 187 N2 - The mutual spatial positions of individual pentacene molecules embedded in a p-terphenyl host crystal, residing within the same diffraction-limited volume, are determined with far-field optics with an accuracy far below the Rayleigh distance. This is achieved by spectrally selective imaging, an approach based on the combination of confocal microscopy, single-molecule detection and position-sensitive imaging. It is demonstrated that the molecules can be localized in three dimensions with a precision of 40 nm in the lateral and 100 nm in the axial dimension which represents an enhancement by a factor of 20 and 65, respectively, compared to the Rayleigh distance at the used numerical aperture of the microscope. KW - low-temp KW - microscopy KW - sms KW - super-resolution N1 - first SMACM paper? AU - van Oijen, AM AU - Kohler, J AU - Schmidt, J AU - Muller, M AU - Brakenhoff, GJ PY - 1998/07/31/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0009-2614(98)00673-3 ER -