single molecule optics
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Single Molecule Optics. Michel Orrit Mo lecular N ano- O ptics and S pins Leiden University Winterschool: Spectroscopy and Theory 15-18 December 2008, Han-sur-Lesse, Belgium. 1. Introduction. Optical detection of single molecules by fluorescence - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Single Molecule Optics
Michel Orrit
Molecular Nano-Optics and Spins
Leiden University
Winterschool:
Spectroscopy and Theory15-18 December 2008, Han-sur-Lesse, Belgium
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1. Introduction
• Optical detection of single molecules by fluorescence
• High signal/background ratio thanks to resonance
• Made possible by advances in sources, detectors, optics
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Molecular Photophysics
• Electronic levels are split in a series of harmonic oscillator levels
• Transitions between levels are related to overlaps between oscillator wavefunctions
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Mirror Image
Absorption and fluorescence spectra are related by a mirror symmetry around the 0-0 transition
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Absorption & Emission of Cy3
300 400 500 600 7000
20
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100
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30000 150002000025000flu
orescen
ce
x 103
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lar
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(1/
cm M
)
wavelength (nm)
wavenumber (cm-1)
S2S0
S1S0 S1S0
vibronicvibronic
NN
NH2
O
SO3--O3S
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Transition dipole moment
2112 re
characterizes the strength of the optical transition
212
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Kasha’s Rule
• Radiative and non-radiative relaxation between electronic levels
• Fluorescence can only arise from the lowest excited singlet state S1;
• higher excited states relax to S1 faster than they can emit;
• triplet states emit weak phosphorescence.
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Fluorescence quantum yield
knrkr
nrrfluo kk 1
1nrr
rfluo kk
k
S0
S1
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Jablonski diagram: relaxation between electronic states
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eGFP = 490 nm
N
C NH2
CNH2
NH
NH
DAPI = 355 nm
Typical fluorophores
NN
NH2
O
SO3--O3S
Cy5 = 630 nm
O
N
NO
O O
TDI = 630 nmO
O
O
N+
N
NH
S TMR = 514 nm
N
O
N
tryptophane = 280 nm
+
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K. Brejc et.al., PNAS 94 (1997) 2306
1 nm
green-fluorescent protein (GFP)
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R
2. Optical Microscopy
Working principle of an optical microscope
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222.1min
Diffraction-limited resolution
sinnNA
object
objectivelens
intermediateimage
eye-piece
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Both Collection Efficiency and Point Spread Function depend on the Numerical Aperture
NA
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Immersion favors collection efficiency
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Aberrations must be corrected
Spherical aberration, coma, pincushion/barrel deformation
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Polarization structure in focal plane
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Confocal Scanning Microscope
sample scanning
beam scanning
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Total Internal Reflection
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Other focusing and collecting elements used in single-molecule experiments
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Near-Field Optics
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3. Excitation and Detection of Fluorescence
• Sources: Lasers cw (ion), pulsed (Nd-YAG, Ti-sapphire, diodes)
• Photon Detectors: PhotoMultiplier Tube, Avalanche PhotoDiode, Charge Coupling Device
• Spectral Filters: colored glass, notch holographic, multidielectric
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Photon Counting Analyses
• Field and Intensity Correlation Functions
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Intensity
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Thermal or Chaotic Light (Lamp)
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Coherent Light (cw Laser)
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nmp
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Poisson statistics:- independent photons,- correspondence with classical light wave for large numbers
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Correlation function versus Start-Stop
The two functions areidentical for short times,but differ for long times
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Time-Correlated Single Photon Counting
• Histogram of delays between fluorescence photon and laser pulse
• Full time information: macroscopic arrival time of photon, and delay with respect to laser pulse
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4. Single Molecules in Fluid Solutions
Molecules diffuse, bursts of fluorescence, photon-by-photon studies .
• Burst analysis (intensity)• Multiparameter analysis, statistical correlations• Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy
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Translational Diffusion
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2)2( 4
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1)(
at
DD
Ng
D diffusion coefficient, t and a transverse and axial beam waistsN average number of molecules in the excitation volume.
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Rotational Diffusion
For isotropic diffusion on a sphere, the correlation functiondecays exponentially, on some nanoseconds for small fluorophores in water, more slowly for bigger moleculesor more viscous fluids.
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Blinking due to a Dark State (Triplet)
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2)2( 1)( kkek
kg
Single-exponential decay of the correlation function with the sumof the two rates.
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5. Immobilized Molecules
Signal/Background ratio must be large enough
tBS /3 SBt /10 2or
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Sample preparation
Spin-coating
Langmuir-Blodgett films
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Microscopy images
• Counting, stoichiometry, colocalization
• Orientation
Comparison of polarization modulation for epi-illuminationand total internal reflection.
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Photophysics, Blinking
Triplet state
Electron transfer
Other photochemical reactions
Bleaching
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t
I
tflickering blinking
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6. Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET)
DAAD RRR
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ˆˆ314
13
0
Dipole-dipole interaction(near-field)
Donor Acceptor
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Förster transfer rate
• Decreases as (distance)
• Spectral Overlap between Donor Fluorescence and Acceptor Absorption
• Angular dependence 2
EEAEFWk ADDADA d)()(2 2
cossinsincoscos2 ADAD
isotropic:<2> = 2/3
-6
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Transfer Efficiency
• Fraction of excitations transferred to acceptor
• R0 Förster radius, maximum 10 nm for large overlap
6
01
1
RRkk
kE
fDDA
DA
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FRET Histograms and Dynamics