Chip-Based Nanoscopy in HD Quality: Waveguide Chips Enable Super-Resolution Microscopy on Conventional Microscopes

摘要

A waveguide chip that enables optical super-resolution microscopy ("nanoscopy") on conventional microscopes with a resolution better than 50 nm has been developed by physicists in Germany and Norway [1]. The new technique is easy to use and does not rely on complex and expensive microscopes. Furthermore, the mass-producible waveguide chip offers a much larger field-of-view as compared to current techniques. This has the great potential to open up optical super-resolution microscopy to many more people with even new applications.