Superresolved femtosecond laser nanosurgery of cells
Open Access
- 5 January 2011
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Biomedical Optics Express
- Vol. 2 (2), 264-271
- https://doi.org/10.1364/boe.2.000264
Abstract
We report on femtosecond nanosurgery of fluorescently labeled structures in cells with a spatially superresolved laser beam. The focal spot width is reduced using phase filtering applied with a programmable phase modulator. A comprehensive statistical analysis of the resulting cuts demonstrates an achievable average resolution enhancement of 30 %.Keywords
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