论文标题

高功率接近浓度的Fabry-Perot腔,用于相对造影剂显微镜

High-Power Near-Concentric Fabry-Perot Cavity for Phase Contrast Electron Microscopy

论文作者

Turnbaugh, Carter, Axelrod, Jeremy J., Campbell, Sara L., Dioquino, Jeske Y., Petrov, Petar N., Remis, Jonathan, Schwartz, Osip, Yu, Zanlin, Cheng, Yifan, Glaeser, Robert M., Mueller, Holger

论文摘要

玻璃化生物大分子(Cryo-EM)的透射电子显微镜(TEM)受这些样品可用的弱相对比信号的限制。因此,使用相板将基本上改善信噪比。我们以前已经证明了将大功率Fabry-Perrot腔用作TEM的相板。现在,我们报告对激光腔的改进,使我们能够实现超过450 gw/cm $^{2} $的记录连续波强度,足以生成300 keV电子的最佳90°相移。此外,我们使用激光相板进行了第一个冷冻EM重建,这表明该激光相板的稳定性足以在标准的低温EM数据收集中使用。

Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) of vitrified biological macromolecules (cryo-EM) is limited by the weak phase contrast signal that is available from such samples. Using a phase plate would thus substantially improve the signal-to-noise ratio. We have previously demonstrated the use of a high-power Fabry-Perot cavity as a phase plate for TEM. We now report improvements to our laser cavity that allow us to achieve record continuous-wave intensities of over 450 GW/cm$^{2}$, sufficient to produce the optimal 90° phase shift for 300 keV electrons. In addition, we have performed the first cryo-EM reconstruction using a laser phase plate, demonstrating that the stability of this laser phase plate is sufficient for use during standard cryo-EM data collection.

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