Design, fabrication, and experimental demonstration of a diffractive optical element with long depth of field for nanoscale three-dimensional multi-molecule tracking

Yu Bin; Li Heng; Chen Dan-Ni; Niu Han-Ben

doi:10.7498/aps.62.154206

Abstract

The development of real-time single-molecule detection and tracking technology in time and space for multiple bio-molecules in intact cells has important significance for the study on molecular behaviors in life processes. However, limited depth of field is the main drawback of conventional microscopy that prevents observation and tracking of multiple molecules in intact cells. Based on the principle of wavefront coding, the design and fabrication of a novel diffractive optical element (DOE) which combines a distorted diffraction grating with a double-helix point spread function (PSF) phase plate so that it can simultaneously perform multi-plane imaging with double-helix PSF and realize an extended depth of field is presented. Experiments have been carried out on a self-built microscopic system based on the novel DOE, showing that a depth of field can be up to 12 μm. Experimental results are in good agreement with the theoretical predictions, thus proving the feasibility of this method.

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Authors and contacts

1.
Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems of Ministry of Education and Guangdong Province, College of Optoelectronic Engineering,Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China;
2.
State Key Laboratory of Precision Measurement Technology and Instruments, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
Funds: Project supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2012CB825802), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61178080, 61235012, 11004136, 60878053), the Special Funds of the Major Scientific Instruments Equipment Development of China (Grant No. 2012YQ15009203), and the Science and Technology Planning Project of Shenzhen, China (Grant Nos. JCYJ20120613173049560, GJHS20120621155433884, ZYC201105170233A).

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[2]	Rust M J, Bates M, Zhuang X 2006 Nat. Methods 3 793
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[20]	Pavani S R P, Greengard A, Piestun R 2009 Appl. Phys. Lett. 95 021103
[21]	Blanchard M P, H Greenaway A 1999 Appl. Opt. 38 6692
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[23]	Wu C, Chiu D T 2013 Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 11 3086

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