On the sensitivity of Interferometric Cross-Polarisation Microscopy for nanoparticle detection in the near-infrared.

Ben Miles; Elizabeth Robinson; Erik  MPH van Dijk; Ian Lindsay; Niek F van Hulst; Henkjan Gersen

doi:10.1021/acsphotonics.5b00326

On the sensitivity of Interferometric Cross-Polarisation Microscopy for nanoparticle detection in the near-infrared.

Ben Miles, Elizabeth Robinson, Erik MPH van Dijk, Ian Lindsay, Niek F van Hulst, Henkjan Gersen

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We address the sensitivity of Interferometric Cross-Polarisation Microscopy by comparing scattering and absorption by spherical 10nm nanoparticles through a combination of modelling and experiment. We show that orthogonality of light in the two polarisation branches of Cross-Polarisation Microscopy ensures that only light that has interacted with a nanoparticle is interferometrically enhanced. As a result background-free shot noise-limited detection is achieved for sub-μW optical powers at the sample. Our modelling in particular shows that in the near-infrared regime, above the plasmon resonance frequency of spherical nanoparticles, the cross-polarisation approach is several orders of magnitude more sensitive than conventional extinction based detection. This enhanced near-infrared sensitivity for spherical nanoparticles is promising for applications requiring low absorption and low power imaging of nanoparticles in cells.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1705-1711
Number of pages	7
Journal	ACS Photonics
Volume	2
Issue number	12
Early online date	3 Nov 2015
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.5b00326
Publication status	Published - 17 Nov 2015

Keywords

Confocal Microscopy
Nanoparticle detection
Mie Scattering
Cross-Polarisation Imaging
Gold nanoparticles
Background free detection
Detection Sensitivity

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Hoffmann, W. H., Gao, B., Mulkerns, N., Hinton, A. G., Hanna, S., Hall, S. R. & Gersen, H., 18 May 2022, In: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 24, 21, p. 13040-13048 9 p.
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On the impact of realistic point sources in spatial mode demultiplexing super resolution imaging
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Direct evidence of lack of colocalisation of fluorescently labelled gold labels used in correlative light electron microscopy
Miles, B. T., Greenwood, A. B., Benito-Alifonso, D., Tanner, H., Galan, M. C., Verkade, P. & Gersen, H., 20 Mar 2017, In: Scientific Reports. 7, 7 p., 44666.
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ULTRASENSITIVE DETECTION OF NANOMETER SIZED METAL PARTICLES IN LIVING CELLS
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NANOSCALE CHEMICAL IMAGING: TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES FOR LOCALISED INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY OF NANOSTRUCTURED POLYMERS AND BIOMATERIALS
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Determining Nanorod Dimensions in Dispersion with Size Anisotropy Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis

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ULTRASENSITIVE DETECTION OF NANOMETER SIZED METAL PARTICLES IN LIVING CELLS

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