Multi-photon super-linear image scanning microscopy using upconversion nanoparticles

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Main Authors: Wang, Yao, Liu, Baolei, Ding, Lei, Chen, Chaohao, Shan, Xuchen, Wang, Dajing, Tian, Menghan, Song, Jiaqi, Zheng, Ze, Xu, Xiaoxue, Zhong, Xiaolan, Wang, Fan
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author Wang, Yao
Liu, Baolei
Ding, Lei
Chen, Chaohao
Shan, Xuchen
Wang, Dajing
Tian, Menghan
Song, Jiaqi
Zheng, Ze
Xu, Xiaoxue
Zhong, Xiaolan
Wang, Fan
author_facet Wang, Yao
Liu, Baolei
Ding, Lei
Chen, Chaohao
Shan, Xuchen
Wang, Dajing
Tian, Menghan
Song, Jiaqi
Zheng, Ze
Xu, Xiaoxue
Zhong, Xiaolan
Wang, Fan
contents Super-resolution fluorescence microscopy is of great interest in life science studies for visualizing subcellular structures at the nanometer scale. Among various kinds of super-resolution approaches, image scanning microscopy (ISM) offers a doubled resolution enhancement in a simple and straightforward manner, based on the commonly used confocal microscopes. ISM is also suitable to be integrated with multi-photon microscopy techniques, such as two-photon excitation and second-harmonic generation imaging, for deep tissue imaging, but it remains the twofold limited resolution enhancement and requires expensive femtosecond lasers. Here, we present and experimentally demonstrate the super-linear ISM (SL-ISM) to push the resolution enhancement beyond the factor of two, with a single low-power, continuous-wave, and near-infrared laser, by harnessing the emission nonlinearity within the multiphoton excitation process of lanthanide-doped upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs). Based on a modified confocal microscope, we achieve a resolution of about 120 nm, 1/8th of the excitation wavelength. Furthermore, we demonstrate a parallel detection strategy of SL-ISM with the multifocal structured excitation pattern, to speed up the acquisition frame rate. This method suggests a new perspective for super-resolution imaging or sensing, multi-photon imaging, and deep-tissue imaging with simple, low-cost, and straightforward implementations.
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spellingShingle Multi-photon super-linear image scanning microscopy using upconversion nanoparticles
Wang, Yao
Liu, Baolei
Ding, Lei
Chen, Chaohao
Shan, Xuchen
Wang, Dajing
Tian, Menghan
Song, Jiaqi
Zheng, Ze
Xu, Xiaoxue
Zhong, Xiaolan
Wang, Fan
Optics
Applied Physics
Super-resolution fluorescence microscopy is of great interest in life science studies for visualizing subcellular structures at the nanometer scale. Among various kinds of super-resolution approaches, image scanning microscopy (ISM) offers a doubled resolution enhancement in a simple and straightforward manner, based on the commonly used confocal microscopes. ISM is also suitable to be integrated with multi-photon microscopy techniques, such as two-photon excitation and second-harmonic generation imaging, for deep tissue imaging, but it remains the twofold limited resolution enhancement and requires expensive femtosecond lasers. Here, we present and experimentally demonstrate the super-linear ISM (SL-ISM) to push the resolution enhancement beyond the factor of two, with a single low-power, continuous-wave, and near-infrared laser, by harnessing the emission nonlinearity within the multiphoton excitation process of lanthanide-doped upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs). Based on a modified confocal microscope, we achieve a resolution of about 120 nm, 1/8th of the excitation wavelength. Furthermore, we demonstrate a parallel detection strategy of SL-ISM with the multifocal structured excitation pattern, to speed up the acquisition frame rate. This method suggests a new perspective for super-resolution imaging or sensing, multi-photon imaging, and deep-tissue imaging with simple, low-cost, and straightforward implementations.
title Multi-photon super-linear image scanning microscopy using upconversion nanoparticles
topic Optics
Applied Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.13436