Time-correlated single photon counting and optical measurement systems for studying single fluorescent emitters under high vacuum conditions

Optimization of microscope unit for stud

Optimization of microscope unit for studying fluorescence emitters under high-vacuum and ambient gas conditions: Optical properties for various ionic liquids as a refractive index matching medium

✍ Toshiki Yamada; Akira Otomo 📂 Article 📅 2011 🏛 Elsevier 🌐 English ⚖ 200 KB

We briefly introduce our microscope unit with an immersion objective and ionic liquid used as a refractive index matching medium, and describe its application to single molecular spectroscopy under high-vacuum and various ambient gas conditions. In this article, we particularly focus our attention o