Title :
Optical fiber vortices for STED nanoscopy
Author :
Yan, Lijun ; Auksorius, E. ; Bozinovic, N. ; Tearney, G.J. ; Ramachandran, Siddharth
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Boston Univ., Boston, MA, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate the first proof of concept of a fiber-based STED nanoscopy illumination system. The fiber yields naturally co-aligned vortex (dark-spot size~198nm) and Gaussian beams (size~340nm), potentially enabling sub-30nm resolution imaging.
Keywords :
image resolution; laser beams; nanophotonics; optical fibres; optical microscopy; optical vortices; Gaussian beams; coaligned vortex; fiber-based STED nanoscopy illumination system; optical fiber vortices; sub30nm resolution imaging; Fluorescence; Laser beams; Lenses; Microscopy; Optical fiber polarization; Optical microscopy;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
