Solid Immersion Facilitates Fluorescence Microscopy with Nanometer Resolution and Sub-Ångström Emitter Localization

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Dominik Wildanger¹, Brian R.Patton², Heiko Schill¹, Luca Marseglia¹, J.P.Hadden¹, Sebastian Knauer², Andreas Schönle¹, John G.Rarity¹, Jeremy L.O'Brien¹, Stefan W.Hell¹, Jason M.Smith³.

¹ Department of NanoBiophotonics, Max Planck Institut for Biophysical Chemistry, Am Fassberg 11, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
² Centre for Quantum Photonics, H. H. Wills Physics Laboratory & Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Bristol,Merchant Venturers Building, Woodland Road, Bristol, BS8 1UB, UK
³ Department of Materials, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PH, UK

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.

Keywords: nanoscopy, color centers, ODMR, solid immersion lens, STED.

BibTeX Record:

@Article{Wildanger12,
  author       = {Dominik Wildanger},
  title        = {Solid Immersion Facilitates Fluorescence Microscopy with Nanometer Resolution and Sub-Ångström Emitter Localization}
  institution  = {Department of NanoBiophotonics Max Planck Institut for Biophysical Chemistry Göttingen, Germany},
  year         = 2012,
  type         = {Advanced Materials 1521, 409597}
}