DocumentCode
689252
Title
Optical fiber vortices for STED nanoscopy
Author
Yan, Lijun ; Auksorius, E. ; Bozinovic, N. ; Tearney, G.J. ; Ramachandran, Siddharth
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Boston Univ., Boston, MA, USA
fYear
2013
fDate
9-14 June 2013
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We demonstrate the first proof of concept of a fiber-based STED nanoscopy illumination system. The fiber yields naturally co-aligned vortex (dark-spot size~198nm) and Gaussian beams (size~340nm), potentially enabling sub-30nm resolution imaging.
Keywords
image resolution; laser beams; nanophotonics; optical fibres; optical microscopy; optical vortices; Gaussian beams; coaligned vortex; fiber-based STED nanoscopy illumination system; optical fiber vortices; sub30nm resolution imaging; Fluorescence; Laser beams; Lenses; Microscopy; Optical fiber polarization; Optical microscopy;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Type
conf
Filename
6833635
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