Nanoscopy: Shedding Light on Life
Optics & Photonics Focus
Volume 1 Story 4 - 3/7/2008

Microscope versus nanoscope

Diffraction-limited 3D focal spot in standard optical microscopy (top) compared to the 45 nm spherical one now achieved in optical nanoscopy (bottom).
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Microscope versus nanoscope. Diffraction-limited 3D focal spot in standard optical microscopy (<i>top</i>) compared to the 45 nm spherical one now achieved in optical nanoscopy (<i>bottom</i>).