Optical nanoscopy with inorganic fluorescent nanoparticles

Abstract

The resolution of conventional optical microscopy is limited by diffraction effect to 200nm. Stimulated emission depletion (STED) can break the resolution barrier, however at a price of photobleaching. Here we demonstrate the STED nanoscopy with meta-photostable fluorescent nanodiamonds.OCIS codes: (180.2520) Fluorescence microscopy; (160.2540) Fluorescent and luminescent materials