From microscopy to nanoscopy <italic style="font-style: italic">via</italic> visible light

Xiang Hao; Cuifang Kuang; Zhaotai Gu; Yifan Wang; Shuai Li; Yulong Ku; Yanghui Li; Jianhong Ge; Xu Liu

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- From microscopy to nanoscopy via visible light
- Light: Science & Applications Vol. 2, Issue 3-4, (2013)
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  State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
- Author bio：
  
  Professor CF Kuang, State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China Email: cfkuang@zju.edu.cn
  Professor X Liu, State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China Email: liuxu@zju.edu.cn
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- DOI：10.1038/lsa.2013.64
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- Published：2013-12，
  
  Published Online：25 October 2013，
  
  Received：31 January 2013，
  
  Revised：02 July 2013，
  
  Accepted：04 July 2013
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Hao, X. et al. From microscopy to nanoscopy via visible light. Light: Science & Applications, 2, e108 (2013).
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Hao, X. et al. From microscopy to nanoscopy via visible light. Light: Science & Applications, 2, e108 (2013). DOI： 10.1038/lsa.2013.64.

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Abstract

The resolution of conventional optical equipment is always restricted by the diffraction limit

and improving on this was previously considered improbable. Optical super-resolution imaging

which has recently experienced rapid growth and attracted increasing global interest

will result in applications in many domains

benefiting fields such as biology

medicine and material research. This review discusses the contributions of different researchers who identified the diffractive barrier and attempted to realize optical super-resolution. This is followed by a personal viewpoint of the development of optical nanoscopy in recent decades and the road towards the next generation of optical nanoscopy.

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evanescent wavenonlinear effectoptical nanoscopysuperoscillationsuper-resolution

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From microscopy to nanoscopy via visible light

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