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  • 4Pi microscopy with linear ...
    Lang, Marion C; Engelhardt, Johann; Hell, Stefan W

    Optics letters, 02/2007, Letnik: 32, Številka: 3
    Journal Article

    Practical 4Pi microscopy has so far exclusively relied on multiphoton excitation of fluorescence, because the nonlinear suppression of contributions from higher-order sidelobes was mandatory for unambiguous axial superresolution. We show that novel lenses of 74 degrees semiaperture angle enable biological 4Pi microscopy with regular one-photon fluorescence excitation, thus increasing the signal and reducing system complexity and cost. An axial resolution of 95 nm, corresponding to a more than fourfold improvement over confocal microscopy, is verified in the imaging of microtubules in mammalian cells.