Birefringent device converts a standard scanning microscope into a STED microscope that also maps molecular orientation

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1049-1058

  Reuss, Matthias ^a,b   Engelhardt, Johann ^a,b   Hell, Stefan W ^a,b,c  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; FLUOROPHORES; MICROSCOPES; SCANNING;

EXCITATION BEAMS; FLUORESCENCE IMAGE; FOCAL SPOT; RESOLUTION IMAGES; SCANNING MICROSCOPE; STIMULATED EMISSION DEPLETION MICROSCOPY; SUB-DIFFRACTION;

MOLECULAR ORIENTATION;

BIOPOLYMER;

ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; CHEMISTRY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONFORMATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BIOPOLYMERS; BIREFRINGENCE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 75249083522     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.001049     Document Type: Article

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