Coherent-hybrid STED: high contrast sub-diffraction imaging using a bi-vortex depletion beam
| Autor: | Paula Sampaio, António J. Pereira, Mafalda Sousa, Ana C Almeida, Helder Maiato, Luísa T. Ferreira, Ana Costa, Mónica Sousa, Cristina Ferrás, Michael Belsley, Marco Novais-Cruz |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Universidade do Minho |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Physics
Diffraction Photon Science & Technology business.industry STED microscopy 02 engineering and technology 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology Laser 01 natural sciences Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics Article law.invention 010309 optics Optics law 0103 physical sciences Pinhole (optics) Stimulated emission 0210 nano-technology business Biological imaging Phase modulation |
| Zdroj: | Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP) instacron:RCAAP Optics Express |
| Popis: | Stimulated emission depletion (STED) fluorescence microscopy squeezes an excited spot well below the wavelength scale using a doughnut-shaped depletion beam. To generate a doughnut, a scale-free vortex phase modulation (2D-STED) is often used because it provides maximal transverse confinement and radial-aberration immunity (RAI) to the central dip. However, RAI also means blindness to a defocus term. making the axial origin of fluorescence photons uncertain within the wavelength scale provided by the confocal detection pinhole. Here, to reduce the uncertainty, we perturb the 2D-STED phase mask so as to change the sign of the axial concavity near focus, creating a dilated dip. By providing laser depletion power, the dip can be compressed back in three dimensions to retrieve lateral resolution, now at a significantly higher contrast. We test this coherent-hybnd STED (CHSTED) mode in x-y imaging of complex biological structures, such as the dividing cell. The proposed strategy creates an orthogonal direction in the STED parametric space that uniquely allows independent tuning of resolution and contrast using a single depletion beam in a conventional (circular polarization-based) STED setup. European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (681443) and FLAD Life Science 2020. The grant PPBI-POCI-01- 0145-FEDER-022122. Project Norte-01-0145-FEDER-000029, supported by Norte Portugal Regional Operational Programme (NORTE 2020), under the PORTUGAL 2020 Partnership Agreement, through the European Regional Development Fund (FEDER). |
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