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| author | Wang, Wei Huang, Zengxin Wang, Yilin Li, Hangfeng Kanchanawong, Pakorn |
| author_facet | Wang, Wei Huang, Zengxin Wang, Yilin Li, Hangfeng Kanchanawong, Pakorn |
| contents | Super-resolution imaging methods that combine interferometric (z) analysis with single-molecule localization microscopy (iSMLM) have achieved ultra-high 3D precision and contributed to the elucidation of important biological ultrastructures. However, their dependence on imaging multiple phase-shifted output channels necessitates complex instrumentation and operation. To solve this problem, we develop an interferometric super-resolution microscope capable of optimal direct axial nanoscopy, termed VILM (Vortex Interference Localization Microscopy). Using a pair of vortex phase plates with opposite orientation for each dual-opposed objective lenses, the detection point-spread functions (PSFs) adopt a bilobed profile whose rotation encodes the axial position. Thus, direct 3D single-molecule coordinate determination can be achieved with a single output image. By reducing the number of output channels to as few as one and utilizing a simple 50:50 beamsplitter, the imaging system is significantly streamlined, while the optimal iSMLM imaging performance is retained, with axial resolution ~2 times better than the lateral. The capability of VILM is demonstrated by resolving the architecture of microtubules and probing the organization of tyrosine-phosphorylated signalling proteins in integrin-based cell adhesions. |
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| publishDate | 2024 |
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| spellingShingle | Vortex Interference Enables optimal 3D Interferometric Nanoscopy Wang, Wei Huang, Zengxin Wang, Yilin Li, Hangfeng Kanchanawong, Pakorn Optics Super-resolution imaging methods that combine interferometric (z) analysis with single-molecule localization microscopy (iSMLM) have achieved ultra-high 3D precision and contributed to the elucidation of important biological ultrastructures. However, their dependence on imaging multiple phase-shifted output channels necessitates complex instrumentation and operation. To solve this problem, we develop an interferometric super-resolution microscope capable of optimal direct axial nanoscopy, termed VILM (Vortex Interference Localization Microscopy). Using a pair of vortex phase plates with opposite orientation for each dual-opposed objective lenses, the detection point-spread functions (PSFs) adopt a bilobed profile whose rotation encodes the axial position. Thus, direct 3D single-molecule coordinate determination can be achieved with a single output image. By reducing the number of output channels to as few as one and utilizing a simple 50:50 beamsplitter, the imaging system is significantly streamlined, while the optimal iSMLM imaging performance is retained, with axial resolution ~2 times better than the lateral. The capability of VILM is demonstrated by resolving the architecture of microtubules and probing the organization of tyrosine-phosphorylated signalling proteins in integrin-based cell adhesions. |
| title | Vortex Interference Enables optimal 3D Interferometric Nanoscopy |
| topic | Optics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.14033 |