title: Solid immersion facilitates fluorescence microscopy with nanometer resolution and sub-ångström emitter localization.
abstract: Exploring the maximum spatial resolution achievable in far-field optical imaging, we show that applying solid immersion lenses (SIL) in stimulated emission depletion (STED) microscopy addresses single spins with a resolution down to 2.4 ± 0.3 nm and with a localization precision of 0.09 nm.
authors.affiliation: Department of NanoBiophotonics, Max Planck Institut for Biophysical Chemistry, Am Fassberg 11, 37077 Göttingen, Germany. dominik@wildanger.net.
authors.forename: Dominik
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wildanger
authors.forename: Brian R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Patton
authors.forename: Heiko
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Schill
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Marseglia
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Hadden
authors.forename: Sebastian
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Knauer
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schönle
authors.forename: John G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Rarity
authors.forename: Jeremy L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: O'Brien
authors.forename: Stefan W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Hell
authors.forename: Jason M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000295:instrumentation*; D007909:Lenses; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence / Q000295:instrumentation*; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012996:Solutions
chemical_list: D012996:Solutions