Sharper fluorescent super-resolution spot generated by azimuthally polarized beam in STED microscopy

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 17653-17666

  Xue, Yi ^a   Kuang, Cuifang ^a   Li, Shuai ^a   Gu, Zhaotai ^a   Liu, Xu ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR POLARIZATION; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PHOTOBLEACHING;

BINARY PHASE; CIRCULAR POLARIZED; ENERGY COST; FOCAL FIELDS; INCOHERENT SUPERPOSITION; LIVING CELL IMAGING; PHASE PLATE; PHOTO-DAMAGE; POLARIZED BEAMS; PUMP BEAMS; STIMULATED EMISSION DEPLETION MICROSCOPY; SUPER RESOLUTION;

FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 84864630010     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.017653     Document Type: Article

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