Abberior Instruments Gmbh

Biozoom Technologies, Inc.

Winfried Willemer

Lars Kastrup

Hartmut Hillmer

Benjamin Harke

Gerald Donnert

Joachim Fischer

Wolfgang Koecher

Matthias Henrich

Juergen Krieg

Hardy Hoheisel

Roman Schmidt

Andreas Schönle

Carl Sandhagen

The invention relates to a method for localizing an emitter (F) in a sample (S) comprising illuminating the sample (S) with a stationary donut-shaped excitation beam (E), acquiring fluorescence photons; and estimating a position of the emitter (F) in the sample (S) from the acquired fluorescence photons. The invention further relates to an apparatus () for localizing an emitter (F) in a sample (S) comprising illumination means (), acquisition means () and processing means () and a computer program comprising instruction to cause the apparatus () to execute the method for localizing an emitter (F).

Method, apparatus and computer program for localizing an emitter in a sample

The present disclosure relates to method, computer programs with instructions, and apparatus for determining positions of two or more spaced-apart molecules in one or more spatial directions in a sample by means of a localization microscope. The present disclosure also relates to localization microscopes using such an apparatus. Light distributions arising due to interference of coherent light are used for determining the positions of the molecules. In the method, a plurality of light distributions are generated (S) using a first light modulator having a plurality of switchable pixels. The first light modulator is arranged in an image plane of the localization microscope. Each light distribution has a local intensity minimum and regions with an intensity increase adjacent thereto. Each of the two or more molecules is illuminated (S) with one light distribution. For each of the light distributions, photons emitted by the molecules are detected (S) for different positionings of the light distribution. The light distributions are positioned (S) independently of each other. Based on the photons detected for the different positionings of the light distributions, the positions of the molecules are finally derived (S).

Method, computer program and apparatus for determining positions of molecules in a sample

An apparatus is provided for monitoring a focal state of a microscope having an object plane and a main imaging area. The apparatus has an auxiliary light source providing an auxiliary light beam and coupling the auxiliary light beam into the microscope in such a way that the coupled auxiliary light beam runs within a plane which is spanned outside of the main imaging area by a straight line running in the object plane and a normal to the object plane, and that the coupled auxiliary light beam is inclined at an angle to a normal to the object plane. A part of the coupled auxiliary light beam reflected by a reference boundary surface in the microscope impinges on a registration device in an area of incidence. The registration device registers position changes of the area of incidence on the registration device.

Apparatus for monitoring a focal state of microscope

An optical filter array includes a substrate permeable to an electromagnetic radiation to be detected, a first DBR mirror arranged on the substrate, a second DBR minor arranged above the first DBR mirror, and a plurality of cavity sections. The cavity sections have different respective optical lengths, and are arranged so as to be spatially separated from each other between the first DBR mirror and the second DBR mirror. Each of the first DBR mirror, the second DBR mirror, and the plurality of cavity sections with different optical lengths form filter elements of a filter. The filter reflects in a stopband determined by the first DBR mirror and the second DBR mirror. Each filter element has at least one narrow transmission band determined by the optical length of its respective cavity section located inside the stopband. A different thicknesses of the cavity sections is provided via a nanoimprint process.

Optical filter and method for the production of the same, and device for the examination of electromagnetic radiation

The invention relates to an optical filter and a method for its production, and to a device for the examination of the spectral and spatial distribution of an electromagnetic radiation irradiated from an object. The invention is based on the task of providing an optical filter of the above described type that is inexpensive to produce, which can be used to detect a plurality of wavelengths, in which, however, tuning of the DBR mirrors by means of displacement is not necessary. Furthermore, a method for the production of such a filter is provided. According to a first aspect of the present invention this task is solved by a method for the production of an optical filter array having two DBR mirrors, and a cavity present between the same, comprising cavity sections having a plurality of different heights, each forming one Fabry Perot filter element, characterized by the following steps: applying a first DBR mirror onto a substrate, forming of a layer comprised of a cavity material on the DBR mirror, wherein this layer is equipped with a plurality of cavity sections forming the filter elements by means of utilizing a nanoimprint method, and applying the second DBR mirror on the cavity material having a structuring that is defined by the different heights of the cavity sections.

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Winfried Willemer