Nano Optics

Focus

The newly established Nano Optics group focuses on advancing the knowledge of light-matter interactions below the diffraction limit of light as well as development of novel experimental methods that address current topics in biology, biophysics, and biochemistry. Although we employ a wide range of procedures, our investigative toolbox is mainly comprised of single-particle and single-molecule optical techniques. In particular, approaches such as light microscopy, laser spectroscopy, quantum optics, near-field optics, and plasmonics are combined with chemical and bioanalytical methods and biotechnologies to achieve a robust array of exciting projects.

Relevant publications

1. M. Piliarik, V. Sandoghdar, Direct optical sensing of single unlabelled proteins and super-resolution imaging of their binding sites, Nature Communications 5 (2014) 4495.
2. J. Ortega Arroyo et al., Label-Free, All-Optical Detection, Imaging, and Tracking of a Single Protein, Nano Letters 14 (2014) 2065.
3. S. Weisenburger and V. Sandoghdar, Light Microscopy: An ongoing contemporary revolution, Contemporary Physics 56 (2015) 123.