Optical contrasts in microscopy are sensitive to light polarization, whose interaction with
molecular dipoles provides an important lever for probing molecular orientation. Polarization …

Fluorescence polarization is widely used to assess the orientation/rotation of molecules, and
the excitation energy transfer between closely located chromophores. Emerging since the …

Recent advances in optical microscopy instrumentation and processing techniques have led
to imaging that both breaks the diffraction barrier and enables sub-pixel resolution. This …

Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS) has become an important tool for measuring
diffusion, concentration, and molecular interactions of cellular components. The …

For the purpose of using plasmonics in an integrated scheme where single emitters can be
probed efficiently, we experimentally and theoretically study the scattering properties of …

The complete three-dimensional orientations of single gold nanorods (AuNR) were
successfully resolved by using a standard optical darkfield microscope through deciphering …

We demonstrate superresolution fluorescence imaging of cells using bioconjugated
CdSe/ZnS quantum dot markers. Fluorescence blueing of quantum dot cores facilitates …

Optical antennas made of metallic nanostructures dramatically enhance single-molecule
fluorescence to boost the detection sensitivity. Moreover, emission properties detected at the …

We study the angular emission of a single emitter near a metallic nanoparticle by
experiments and numerical calculations. In the experiments, a single fluorescent molecule is …

The interactions between surface plasmons (SPs) in metal nanostructures and excitons in
quantum emitters (QEs) lead to many interesting phenomena and potential applications that …