Compact and effective photon-resolved image scanning microscope

Giorgio Tortarolo; Alessandro Zunino; Simonluca Piazza; Mattia Donato; Sabrina Zappone; Agnieszka Pierzyńska-Mach; Marco Castello; Giuseppe Vicidomini

doi:10.1117/1.AP.6.1.016003

Advanced Photonics, Volume. 6, Issue 1, 016003(2024)

Compact and effective photon-resolved image scanning microscope Article Video

Giorgio Tortarolo^1、†, Alessandro Zunino¹, Simonluca Piazza^1,2, Mattia Donato¹, Sabrina Zappone^1,3, Agnieszka Pierzyńska-Mach⁴, Marco Castello^1,2、*, and Giuseppe Vicidomini^1、*

Author Affiliations

¹Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Molecular Microscopy and Spectroscopy, Genoa, Italy

²Genoa Instruments, Genoa, Italy

³University of Genoa, Dipartimento di Informatica, Bioingegneria, Robotica e Ingegneria dei Sistemi, Genoa, Italy

⁴Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Nanoscopy and NIC@IIT, Genoa, Italy

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