The resolution of conventional optical equipment is always restricted by the diffraction limit,and improving on this was previously considered improbable.Optical super-resolution imaging,which has recently experienced...The resolution of conventional optical equipment is always restricted by the diffraction limit,and improving on this was previously considered improbable.Optical super-resolution imaging,which has recently experienced rapid growth and attracted increasing global interest,will result in applications in many domains,benefiting fields such as biology,medicine and material research.This review discusses the contributions of different researchers who identified the diffractive barrier and attempted to realize optical super-resolution.This is followed by a personal viewpoint of the development of optical nanoscopy in recent decades and the road towards the next generation of optical nanoscopy.展开更多
基金This work was financially supported by grants from National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.61205160)the Doctoral Fund of Ministry of Education of China(Grant Nos.20110101120061 and 20120101130006)the Scholarship Award for Excellent Doctoral Student granted by Ministry of Education.
文摘The resolution of conventional optical equipment is always restricted by the diffraction limit,and improving on this was previously considered improbable.Optical super-resolution imaging,which has recently experienced rapid growth and attracted increasing global interest,will result in applications in many domains,benefiting fields such as biology,medicine and material research.This review discusses the contributions of different researchers who identified the diffractive barrier and attempted to realize optical super-resolution.This is followed by a personal viewpoint of the development of optical nanoscopy in recent decades and the road towards the next generation of optical nanoscopy.
