Ebook Far-field optical nanoscopy (Springer series on Fluorescence: Methods and applications, Volume 14)

Ebook "Far-field optical nanoscopy (Springer series on Fluorescence: Methods and applications, Volume 14)" discusses the initial and more recent concepts that can provide far-field optical resolution down to the molecular scale. It is shown that all concepts reported to date exploit a transition between a bright and a dark state to switch fluorescence such that adjacent objects or molecules emit sequentially in time. Some of these concepts can be extended to signal-giving mechanisms other than fluorescence.