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ArticleNanophotonics (Berlin, Germany)2025

Optimizing the localization precision in coherent scattering microscopy using structured light.

Ulrich Hohenester, Felix Hitzelhammer, Georg Krainer, Peter Banzer, Thomas Juffmann

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Article in Nanophotonics (Berlin, Germany), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Topologically Structured Light in Nanophotonics.Nanophotonics (Berlin, Germany) · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Ulrich HohenesterInstitute of Physics, University of Graz, Universitätsplatz 5, 8010 Graz, Austria.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8929-2086
Felix HitzelhammerInstitute of Physics, University of Graz, Universitätsplatz 5, 8010 Graz, Austria.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0006-5335-7363
Georg KrainerBiophysics, Institute of Molecular Biosciences (IMB), University of Graz, NAWI Graz, Graz, Austria.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9626-7636
Peter BanzerInstitute of Physics, University of Graz, Universitätsplatz 5, 8010 Graz, Austria.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6336-6953
Thomas JuffmannFaculty of Physics, VCQ, University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7098-5736

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We employ the concept of quantum Fisher information to optimize the focused excitation fields in coherent scattering microscopy. Our optimization goal is to achieve the best possible localization precision for small scatterers located above a glass coverslip, while keeping the intensity of the total incoming excitation fields fixed. For small numerical aperture (NA) values, the optimal fields have linear or circular polarization, and the excitation beam can be well approximated by a Gaussian one. For larger NA values, the optimal beam acquires radial polarization. We show that the high localization precision can be attributed to high field strengths at the scatterer position, and correspondingly a large number of scattered and detected photons. Finally, we evaluate the performance of the optimized beams in interferometric scattering microscopy (iscat), and further optimize these fields for iscat localization using the concept of Fisher information.

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optical coherence microscopy; Fisher information; structured light

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PMID41404406
PMCPMC12704482

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