Sharpening emitter localization in front of a tuned mirror

Hannah S. Heil; Benjamin Schreiber; Ralph Götz; Monika Emmerling; Marie-Christine Dabauvalle; Georg Krohne; Sven Höfling; Martin Kamp; Markus Sauer; Katrin G. Heinze

doi:10.1038/s41377-018-0104-z

Sharpening emitter localization in front of a tuned mirror

Hannah S. Heil, Benjamin Schreiber, Ralph Götz, Monika Emmerling, Marie-Christine Dabauvalle, Georg Krohne, Sven Höfling, Martin Kamp, Markus Sauer, Katrin G. Heinze

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Single-molecule localization microscopy (SMLM) aims for maximized precision and a high signal-to-noise ratio¹. Both features can be provided by placing the emitter in front of a metal-dielectric nanocoating that acts as a tunedmirror^2–4. Here, we demonstrate that a higher photon yield at a lower background on biocompatible metal-dielectric nanocoatings substantially improves SMLM performance and increases the localization precision by up to a factor oftwo. The resolution improvement relies solely on easy-to-fabricate nanocoatings on standard glass coverslips and is spectrally and spatially tunable by the layer design and wavelength, as experimentally demonstrated for dual-color SMLM in cells.

Original language	English
Article number	99
Number of pages	8
Journal	Light: Science & Applications
Volume	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41377-018-0104-z
Publication status	Published - 5 Dec 2018

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