SLIDE 1 Principles of Microscopy II: Super-resolution Humberto Cabrera
Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research International Centre for Theoretical Physics
Preparatory School to the Winter College on Optics: Advanced Optical Techniques for Bio- imaging
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Diffraction limit of imaging techniques
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The diffraction limit
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The diffraction limit of light
SLIDE 5 The diffraction limit
Molecules within the región < 200 nm are not discernible
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STED microscopy
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Experimental setup
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Confocal versus STED microscopy
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Applications of STED microscopy
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STED, RESOLFT microscopy
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STED, RESOLFT microscopy
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Total internal reflection fluorescence (TIRF) microscopy
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Principles of TIRF microscopy
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Experimental setup
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Experimental setup
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Experimental setup
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Experimental setup
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Experimental setup
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Experimental setup
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Applications
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Thanks