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Chapters
- 00:05Title
- 00:44Alignment of the Confocal Microscope Setup
- 04:11Characterization of Scattering Nonlinearity
- 06:15Measurement of a Scattering Spectrum of a Single Gold Nanosphere
- 09:03Alignment of the Saturated Excitation (SAX) Microscope
- 12:15Results: Spectrum, Scattering Signal vs Excitation Intensity, and Saturated Excitation Harmonic Signal Strengths for a Gold Nanosphere
- 14:10Conclusion
Saturable and reverse saturable scattering were discovered in isolated plasmonic particles and adopted as a novel non-bleaching contrast method in super-resolution microscopy. Here the experimental procedures of detecting and extracting nonlinear scattering are explained in detail, as well as how to enhance resolution with the aid of saturated excitation microscopy.
