Stimulated emission depletion microscopy resolves individual nitrogen vacancy centers in diamond nanocrystals

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 10912-10919

  Arroyo Camejo, Silvia ^a   Adam, Marie Pierre ^b   Besbes, Mondher ^c   Hugonin, Jean Paul ^c   Jacques, Vincent ^b   Greffet, Jean Jacques ^c   Roch, Jean François ^b   Hell, Stefan W ^a   Treussart, François ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b LABORATOIRE AIMÉ COTTON   (France)

^c UNIV PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

diamond nanocrystals; finite element method; nanoscopy; nitrogen vacancy color center; STED; subdiffraction resolution microscopy

Indexed keywords

DIAMOND NANOCRYSTALS; NANOSCOPY; NITROGEN VACANCIES; STED; SUB-DIFFRACTION;

COLOR CENTERS; DIAMONDS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; NITROGEN; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; STIMULATED EMISSION;

NANODIAMONDS;

NANODIAMOND; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENETIC PROCEDURES; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; QUANTUM THEORY; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NANODIAMONDS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NITROGEN; QUANTUM THEORY; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 84891364622     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn404421b     Document Type: Article

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