A joint research group led by Professor Yasuyuki Ozeki has succeeded in super-resolution vibrational imaging based on photoswitchable Raman probe. The RESORT (Reversible Saturable Optical Raman Transition) method, which realizes super-resolution imaging by turning on and off a weak UV and visible donut beam, has been developed to achieve spatial resolution beyond the optical diffraction limit. In addition to Prof. Ozeki and his colleagues, the collaboration included Prof. Mako Kamiya of the Tokyo Institute of Technology, Ayumi Komazawa, graduate student of the Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Tokyo (at the time of the research), and Prof. Yoshio Mita of the same graduate school. The results were published in “Science Advances” on June 16.
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