1.European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Cell Biology and Biophysics, Heidelberg, Germany
2.Max Perutz Labs, Vienna Biocenter Campus (VBC), Vienna, Austria
3.University of Vienna, Center for Molecular Biology, Department of Structural and Computational Biology, Vienna, Austria
4.University of Vienna, Faculty of Physics, Vienna, Austria
Jonas Ries (Jonas.ries@univie.ac.at)
Published:31 July 2024,
Published Online:07 June 2024,
Received:28 January 2024,
Revised:06 May 2024,
Accepted:16 May 2024
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Deguchi, T. & Ries, J. Simple and robust 3D MINFLUX excitation with a variable phase plate. Light: Science & Applications, 13, 1354-1363 (2024).
Deguchi, T. & Ries, J. Simple and robust 3D MINFLUX excitation with a variable phase plate. Light: Science & Applications, 13, 1354-1363 (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41377-024-01487-1.
MINFLUX has achieved extraordinary resolution in superresolution imaging and single fluorophore tracking. It is based on localizing single fluorophores by rapid probing with a patterned beam that features a local intensity minimum. Current implementations
however
are complex and expensive and are limited in speed and robustness. Here
we show that a combination of an electro-optical modulator with a segmented birefringent element such as a spatial light modulator produces a variable phase plate for which the phase can be scanned on the MHz timescale. Bisected or top-hat phase patterns generate high-contrast compact excitation point-spread functions for MINFLUX localization in the x
y
and z-direction
respectively
which can be scanned across a fluorophore within a microsecond
switched within 60 microseconds and alternated among different excitation wavelengths. We discuss how to compensate for non-optimal performance of the components and present a robust 3D and multi-color MINFLUX excitation module
which we envision as an integral component of a high-performance and cost-effective open-source MINFLUX.
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