STED microscopy by Ciro Santilli 34 Updated Created
Stefan Hell was really excited by this as of 2023.
Instead of shining a light over the entire sample to saturate it, you illuminate just a small bit instead.
He was basically saying that this truly brings the resolution to the actual physical limits, going much much beyond 2014 Nobel prize levels.
Figure 1.
Illumination patterns for STED microscopy
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