Breaking the diffraction barrier in fluorescence microscopy by optical shelving

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 98, Issue 21, 2007, Pages

  Bretschneider, Stefan ^a   Eggeling, Christian ^a   Hell, Stefan W ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUOROPHORES; LIGHT EMISSION; METASTABLE PHASES; WAVELENGTH;

DIFFRACTION BARRIER; FLUORESCENCE EMISSION; LIGHT INTENSITY; OPTICAL SHELVING;

OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER;

EID: 34547275963     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.218103     Document Type: Article

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