Molecular-scale axial localization by repetitive optical selective exposure.

Gu, Lusheng; Li, Yuanyuan; Zhang, Shuwen; Zhou, Maoge; Xue, Yanhong; Li, Weixing; Xu, Tao; Ji, Wei · Nat Methods · 2021

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

We introduce an axial localization with repetitive optical selective exposure (ROSE-Z) method for super-resolution imaging. By using an asymmetric optical scheme to generate interference fringes, a <2 nm axial localization precision was achieved with only ~3,000 photons, which is an approximately sixfold improvement compared to previous astigmatism methods. Nanoscale three-dimensional and two-color imaging was demonstrated, illustrating how this method achieves superior performance and facilitates the investigation of cellular nanostructures.

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