DocumentCode
733666
Title
An azimuthal polarizer assures localization accuracy in single-molecule super-resolution fluorescence microscopy
Author
Lew, Matthew D. ; Moerner, W.E.
Author_Institution
Depts. of Chem., Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA, USA
fYear
2015
fDate
10-15 May 2015
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
Imaging only azimuthally-polarized light from single fluorescent molecules avoids emission from the z component of their transition dipole moments, resulting in accurate measurement of location regardless of emitter orientation and degree of objective lens misfocus.
Keywords
biomedical optical imaging; fluorescence; lenses; molecular biophysics; molecular moments; optical microscopy; optical polarisers; azimuthal polarizer; emitter orientation; localization accuracy; objective lens misfocus; single-molecule super-resolution fluorescence microscopy; transition dipole moments; Accuracy; Fluorescence; Image resolution; Lenses; Microscopy; Optical microscopy;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Type
conf
Filename
7184107
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