The isolated electronic spin system of the nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centre in diamond offers
unique possibilities to be employed as a nanoscale sensor for detection and imaging of …

Light upconverting nanostructures employing lanthanide ions constitute an emerging
research field recognized with wide ramifications and impact in many areas ranging from …

Ambitions to reach atomic resolution with light have been a major force in shaping nano-
optics, whereby a central challenge is achieving highly localized optical fields. A promising …

Quantum metrology provides a route to overcome practical limits in sensing devices. It holds
particular relevance to biology, where sensitivity and resolution constraints restrict …

Single-photon nanoantennas are broadband strongly scattering nanostructures placed in
the near field of a single quantum emitter, with the goal to enhance the coupling between the …

The nitrogen-vacancy defect centre in diamond,,, has potential applications in nanoscale
electric and magnetic-field sensing,,,,, single-photon microscopy,, quantum information …

Fourier ptychographic microscopy (FPM) is a promising and fast-growing computational
imaging technique with high resolution, wide field-of-view (FOV) and quantitative phase …

There is a wealth of new fluorescent reporter technologies for tagging of many cellular and
subcellular processes in vivo. This imposed contrast is now captured with an increasing …

Written by three leading experts in the field, this book describes and explains all essential
aspects of scanning probe microscopy. Emphasis is placed on the experimental design and …

The basic principles of atomic force microscopy are discussed. Various deflection sensors
are described and compared with each other. A simple theoretical basis of the fundamental …