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30 September 2023 Photoswitchable vibrational nanoscopy with sub-100-nm optical resolution
Jianpeng Ao, Xiaofeng Fang, Liyang Ma, Zhijie Liu, Simin Wu, Changfeng Wu, Minbiao Ji
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Abstract

Stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) microscopy has shown superior chemical resolution due to the much narrower vibrational spectral bandwidth than its fluorescence counterpart. However, breaking the diffraction-limited spatial resolution of SRS imaging is much more challenging because of the intrinsically weak scattering cross section and inert/stable nature of molecular bond vibrations. We report superresolution SRS (SR-SRS) nanoscopy based on reversible-switchable vibrational photochromic probes integrated with point spread function engineering strategy. By introducing a Gaussian-shaped ultraviolet excitation beam and a donut-shaped visible depletion beam in addition to the pump and Stokes beams, SR-SRS could reach sub-100 nm resolution on photoswitchable nanoparticles (NPs). Furthermore, NP-treated live cell imaging was demonstrated with resolution improvement by a factor of ∼4. Our proof-of-principle work provides the potential for SR vibrational imaging to assist research on complex biological systems.

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Jianpeng Ao, Xiaofeng Fang, Liyang Ma, Zhijie Liu, Simin Wu, Changfeng Wu, and Minbiao Ji "Photoswitchable vibrational nanoscopy with sub-100-nm optical resolution," Advanced Photonics 5(6), 066001 (30 September 2023). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.AP.5.6.066001
Received: 22 June 2023; Accepted: 12 September 2023; Published: 30 September 2023
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KEYWORDS
Vibration

Ultraviolet radiation

Biological imaging

Visible radiation

Super resolution microscopy

Raman spectroscopy

Molecules

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