http://confocal-microscopy-list.275.s1.nabble.com/Light-reading-on-optical-nanoscopy-tp7578894p7578899.html
Just a couple of examples, they are probably even earlier papers … the idea of a resolution 'limit' for self luminous objects was dismissed in the 1950's -if not earlier. Here's a few papers that may lead to more:
LUKOSZ W. Optical systems with resolving powers exceeding the classical limit. II. JOSA. Optical Society of America; 1967;57(7):932–9.
McCutchen CW. Superresolution in microscopy and the Abbe resolution limit. JOSA. Optical Society of America; 1967;57(10):1190–0.
BACHL A, LUKOSZ W. Experiments on Superresolution Imaging of a Reduced Object Field. J Opt Soc Am. 1967;57(2):163–&.
Ehrlich DJ, Tsao JY. Nonreciprocal laser-microchemical processing: Spatial resolution limits and demonstration of 0.2-μm linewidths. Appl. Phys. Lett. 1984;44(2):267.
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> Dear Mark,
> I am not sure what you mean by "well before". Super-resolution is a
> term that usually refers to techniques that provides theoretically
> 'infinitely small' resolution, or down to single molecule size. That's why
> although confocal is already better (1.4x better) in resolution, it is
> generally not treated as super-resolution. And so to multiphoton microscopy.
> If you have a better candidate on inventing super-resolution, please let
> me and everybody know. I am sure that people are keen to know this.
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> Sincerely,
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> On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 11:51 AM, Mark Cannell
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>> Hmm, A very myopic blog on a subject with a rich past. It was appreciated
>> that the Abbe 'limit' was not a limit well before Stephan Hell's work.
>> Suggest you might like to research the subject matter a bit deeper?
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>> Cheers
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>> PS I hope others don't start advertising their 'blogs' on this list, we
>> ban commercial 'blogs', perhaps this should be extend?
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>> On 23/08/2012, at 1:32 AM, Peng Xi <
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>>> Dear List,
>>> I am blogging on optical nanoscopy, in a very casual mode.
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http://xipeng.wordpress.com/2012/08/16/how-optical-super-resolution-is-achieved-1/>>> It is originally written in Chinese, after I gave a related plenary
>>> talk in May 2012. Last talk, in the noon time. And the audiences were
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>>> all sorts of disciplines, from fresh graduate students to renowned
>>> professors. Therefore, I decided to make the talk interesting, and easy
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>>> follow by everyone. It turns out to be very successful -- much better
>> than
>>> equations and diagrams. So, I decide to broadcast it by blogging. :)
>>> Hope you like it.
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>>> Sincerely,
>>> Peng Xi
>>> Ph. D. Associate Professor
>>> Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering
>>> Peking University, Beijing, China
>>> Tel: +86 10-6276 7155
>>> Email:
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