Suppression of sidelobes in single-photon 4pi confocal microscopy by förster resonant energy transfer

Jianfang Chen, Ya Cheng

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Abstract

Recently, we theoretically demonstrate that utilization of silica nanobeads co-doped with Cy3 and Cy5 molecules instead of single dye molecules as fluorescent labels can enable optical resolutions far beyond the diffraction-limit. Here, we show that by combining the 4Pi microscopy and the novel fluorescent label, it is possible to completely suppress the sidelobes in 4Pi focal spot and significantly enhance the optical resolution in the axial direction.

Original languageEnglish
Article number1250016
JournalJournal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences
Volume5
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2012
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • 4Pi microscopy
  • Fluorescent dye
  • confocal
  • far-field imaging
  • super-resolution

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