Advances in Optical Microscope Technology

Photon Counting

Optical Microscopy via Spectral Modifications of a Nanoantenna

A new Optical Microscope developed by scientists in Switzerland and Germany produce images by measuring changes in the properties of a gold nano-particle placed next to the sample. From Kalkbrenner, T. et al, PRL 95, 200801 (2005). Nano-Optics group, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology

Scanning Near-Field Optical Microscope

Novel Nano-optical Techniques for Imaging Structures

Special Scanning Near-Field Optical Microscope (SNOM), patented by Max Born Institute , provides extremely high optical resolution.

Optical Trapping

Optical Trapping Review

Neuman and Block. Review of Scientific Instruments (2004)

New microscope allows scientists to track a functioning protein with atomic-level precision

A Stanford University research team has designed the first microscope sensitive enough to track the real-time motion of a single protein down to the level of its individual atoms.