Super-resolution from single photon emission: Toward biological application

Autor: Marco Genovese, Laura Guarina, Giorgio Brida, Jacopo Forneris, Federico Picollo, I. Ruo Berchera, I. P. Degiovanni, S. Ditalia Tchernij, Valentina Carabelli, Ekaterina Moreva, Paolo Traina, C. Franchino, Paolo Olivero
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
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Popis: Properties of quantum light represent a tool for overcoming limits of classical optics. Several experiments have demonstrated this advantage ranging from quantum enhanced imaging to quantum illumination. In this work, experimental demonstration of quantum-enhanced resolution in confocal fluorescence microscopy will be presented. This is achieved by exploiting the non-classical photon statistics of fluorescence emission of single nitrogen-vacancy (NV) color centers in diamond. By developing a general model of super-resolution based on the direct sampling of the kth-order autocorrelation function of the photoluminescence signal, we show the possibility to resolve, in principle, arbitrarily close emitting centers. Finally, possible applications of NV-based fluorescent nanodiamonds in biosensing and future developments will be presented.
Databáze: OpenAIRE