Resolving single fluorophores within dense ensembles: Contrast limits of tip-enhanced fluorescence microscopy

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 6183-6193

  Mangum, Benjamin D ^a   Mu, Chun ^a   Gerton, Jordan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMODULATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIGHT MODULATION; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER;

DENSE ENSEMBLES; SIGNAL ENHANCEMENT; TIP-ENHANCED FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY;

FLUOROPHORES;

FLUORESCENT DYE; QUANTUM DOT;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; METHODOLOGY; PHOTON;

FLUORESCENT DYES; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PHOTONS; QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 43049108837     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.006183     Document Type: Article

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