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    • Optics and Photonics
    • Biomedical Imaging
    • Nanotechnology

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    • Plasmonic structured illumination microscopy (PSIM) offers super-resolution imaging by overcoming the diffraction limit.
    • Conventional PSIM suffers from low signal-to-noise ratio due to inefficient near-field fluorescence collection.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To enhance the performance of PSIM by improving fluorescence collection efficiency and resolution.
    • To enable more detailed observation of biological structures using advanced microscopy.

    Main Methods:

    • Integration of surface plasmon coupled emission (SPCE) for enhanced fluorescence collection.
    • Utilizing SPCE's wavelength sensitivity and fluorescence emission difference (FED) technique for resolution enhancement.

    Main Results:

    • Achieved a 5-fold enhancement in fluorescence collection efficiency using SPCE.
    • Obtained a 5.7-fold resolution enhancement with the FED technique applied to SPCE-PSIM.
    • Significantly improved the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of PSIM.

    Conclusions:

    • The proposed SPCE-enhanced PSIM method offers superior resolution and SNR compared to conventional PSIM.
    • This technique facilitates more detailed and accurate imaging of biological samples.
    • The approach holds promise for advancing super-resolution microscopy in biological research.