Adaptive optics allows STED-FCS measurements in the cytoplasm of living cells

Barbotin A., Galiani S., Urbančič I., Eggeling C., Booth MJ.

© 2019 OSA - The Optical Society. All rights reserved. Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy in combination with super-resolution stimulated emission depletion microscopy (STED-FCS) is a powerful tool to investigate molecular diffusion with sub-diffraction resolution. It has been of particular use for investigations of two dimensional systems like cell membranes, but has so far seen very limited applications to studies of three-dimensional diffusion. One reason for this is the extreme sensitivity of the axial (z) STED depletion pattern to optical aberrations. We present here an adaptive optics-based correction method that compensates for these aberrations and allows STED-FCS measurements in the cytoplasm of living cells.

DOI

10.1364/OE.27.023378

Type

Journal article

Journal

Optics Express

Publication Date

05/08/2019

Volume

27

Pages

23378 - 23395

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