• Advanced Photonics
  • Vol. 5, Issue 6, 066001 (2023)
Jianpeng Ao1、†, Xiaofeng Fang2, Liyang Ma1, Zhijie Liu1, Simin Wu1, Changfeng Wu2, and Minbiao Ji1、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1Fudan University, Key Laboratory of Micro and Nano Photonic Structures (Ministry of Education), Academy for Engineering and Technology, Department of Physics, State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics, Shanghai, China
  • 2Southern University of Science and Technology, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Shenzhen, China
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    DOI: 10.1117/1.AP.5.6.066001 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Jianpeng Ao, Xiaofeng Fang, Liyang Ma, Zhijie Liu, Simin Wu, Changfeng Wu, Minbiao Ji. Photoswitchable vibrational nanoscopy with sub-100-nm optical resolution[J]. Advanced Photonics, 2023, 5(6): 066001 Copy Citation Text show less

    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, Minbiao Ji. Photoswitchable vibrational nanoscopy with sub-100-nm optical resolution[J]. Advanced Photonics, 2023, 5(6): 066001
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