SPAD imagers for super resolution localization microscopy enable analysis of fast fluorophore blinking
Michel Antolović (TU Delft - (OLD)Applied Quantum Architectures)
S. Burri (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)
Claudio Bruschini (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)
Ron A. Hoebe (Universiteit van Amsterdam)
E Charbon-Iwasaki-Charbon (TU Delft - OLD QCD/Charbon Lab, TU Delft - (OLD)Applied Quantum Architectures, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)
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Abstract
sCMOS imagers are currently utilized (replacing EMCCD imagers) to increase the acquisition speed in super resolution localization microscopy. Single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD) imagers feature frame rates per bit depth comparable to or higher than sCMOS imagers, while generating microsecond 1-bit-frames without readout noise, thus paving the way to in-depth time-resolved image analysis. High timing resolution can also be exploited to explore fluorescent dye blinking and other photophysical properties, which can be used for dye optimization. We present the methodology for the blinking analysis of fluorescent dyes on experimental data. Furthermore, the recent use of microlenses has enabled a substantial increase of SPAD imager overall sensitivity (12-fold in our case), reaching satisfactory values for sensitivity-critical applications. This has allowed us to record the first super resolution localization microscopy results obtained with a SPAD imager, with a localization uncertainty of 20 nm and a resolution of 80 nm.
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