Modulating parallel photon avalanche in Ho<sup>3+</sup> for multicolor nanoscopy and related applications

Dingxin Huang; Yung Doug Suh; Guanying Chen

doi:10.1038/s41377-025-02033-3

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Modulating parallel photon avalanche in Ho³⁺ for multicolor nanoscopy and related applications

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- Modulating parallel photon avalanche in Ho³⁺ for multicolor nanoscopy and related applications
- Light: Science & Applications Vol. 14, Issue 11, Pages: 3340-3342(2025)
- Affiliations：
  
  1.MIIT Key Laboratory of Critical Materials Technology for New Energy Conversion and Storage, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
  2.Key Laboratory of Micro-systems and Micro-structures, Ministry of Education, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
  3.Department of Chemistry, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan 44919, South Korea
  4.Center for Multidimensional Carbon Materials (CMCM), Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Ulsan 44919, South Korea
- Author bio：
  
  Yung Doug Suh (ydsuh@unist.ac.kr)
  Guanying Chen (chenguanying@hit.edu.cn)
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- DOI：10.1038/s41377-025-02033-3
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- Published Online：02 October 2025，
  
  Published：30 November 2025
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Huang, D. X., Suh, Y. D. & Chen, G. Y. Modulating parallel photon avalanche in Ho³⁺ for multicolor nanoscopy and related applications. Light: Science & Applications, 14, 3340-3342 (2025).
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Huang, D. X., Suh, Y. D. & Chen, G. Y. Modulating parallel photon avalanche in Ho³⁺ for multicolor nanoscopy and related applications. Light: Science & Applications, 14, 3340-3342 (2025). DOI： 10.1038/s41377-025-02033-3.

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Tuning the emissive chromaticity of parallel photon avalanches in Ho

-doped nanoparticles with dual reservoir levels enables multicolor super-resolution imaging under 965 nm single wavelength continuous-wave excitation.

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Modulating parallel photon avalanche in Ho3+ for multicolor nanoscopy and related applications

DOI：10.1038/s41377-025-02033-3

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Modulating parallel photon avalanche in Ho³⁺ for multicolor nanoscopy and related applications