| Dye
name (Manufacturer / Distributor) |
Exc. Wavelength | Exc. Pulse Length | STED Wavelength | STED Pulse Length | Repetition Rate | Avg. STED Power | Peak Irradiance | Pulse Energy | Spatial Resolution (Direction) | Reference(s) |
| ATTO 425 (ATTO-TEC GmbH) | 440 nm | 130 ps | 532 nm | 1 ns | 60 kHz | 24 162 ΅W | 0.4 2.7 nJ | 500 MW/cm2 | 70 80 nm (xy) | B. Rankin et al., Opt. Lett. 33, 2491 (2008) |
| Mn doped ZnSe Qdots (Nanomaterials & Nanofabrication Laboratories) |
440 nm | < 90 ps | 676 nm | cw | cw | 9 MW/cm2 | 45 nm (xy) | S.Irvine et al., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 47, 2685 (2008) | ||
| ATTO 532 (ATTO-TEC GmbH) | 470 nm | 100 ps | 615 nm | 200 ps | 80 MHz | 14 18 mW | 66 72 nm (xy) | K. Willig et al., Nature 440, 935 (2006) J. Sieber et al., Biophys. J. 90, 2843 (2006) K. Willig et al., New J. Phys. 8, 106 (2006) |
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| ATTO 532 (ATTO-TEC GmbH) | 470 nm | 80 ps | 603 nm | 280 ps | 250 kHz | 0.5 mW | 2 nJ | <25 nm (xy) | G. Donnert et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 103, 11440 (2006) | |
| ATTO 532 (ATTO-TEC GmbH) | 488 nm | 100 ps | 615 nm | 200 ps | 80 MHz | 16 mW | 60 70 nm (xy) | D. Fitzner et al., EMBO J. 25, 5037 (2006) R. Kellner, Neurosci. 144, 135 (2007) |
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| ATTO 532 (ATTO-TEC GmbH) | 488 nm | 120 ps | 600 nm | 200 ps | 250 kHz | 1.1 GW/cm2 | <40 nm (xy) | L. Meyer et al., Small 4, 1095 (2008) | ||
| DY-485XL (Dyomics GmbH) | 488 nm | < 100 ps | 647 nm | ~ 200 ps | 72 MHz | (20 + 3) mW | 40 45 nm (xyz) | R. Schmidt et al., Nat. Meth. 5, 539 (2008) | ||
| Alexa Fluor 488 (Invitrogen GmbH) | 488 nm | cw | 592 nm | cw | cw | < 600 mW | < 60 nm (xy) | G. Moneron et al., Opt. Expr. 18, 1302 (2010) | ||
| Chromeo 488 (Actif Motif) | 488 nm | 140 ps | 602 nm | 200 ps | 250 kHz | 0.6 mW | ~ 30 nm (xy) | L. Meyer et al., Small 4, 1095 (2008) (Supporting Material) | ||
| Chromeo 488 (Actif Motif) | 488 nm | cw | 592 nm | cw | cw | < 600 mW | < 60 nm (xy) | G. Moneron et al., Opt. Expr. 18, 1302 (2010) | ||
| Oregon Green 488 (Invitrogen GmbH) | 488 nm | cw | 592 nm | cw | cw | < 600 mW | < 60 nm (xy) | G. Moneron et al., Opt. Expr. 18, 1302 (2010) | ||
| FITC | 488 nm | cw | 592 nm | cw | cw | < 600 mW | < 60 nm (xy) | G. Moneron et al., Opt. Expr. 18, 1302 (2010) | ||
| DY-495 (Dyomics GmbH) | 488 nm | cw | 592 nm | cw | cw | < 600 mW | < 60 nm (xy) | G. Moneron et al., Opt. Expr. 18, 1302 (2010) | ||
| GFP | 490 nm | 100 ps | 575 nm | 200 ps | 80 MHz | 7.2 mW | ~ 70 nm (xy) | K. Willig et al., Nat. Meth. 3, 721 (2006) | ||
| Citrine | 490 nm | 100 ps | 598 nm | 300 ps | 80 MHz | 36 mW | 807 MW/cm2 | 0.45 nJ | 48 nm (xy) | B. Hein et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 105, 14271 (2008) |
| Citrine | 488 nm | cw | 592 nm | cw | cw | 112 mW | 62 MW/cm2 | ~ 60 nm (xy) | B. Hein et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 105, 14271 (2008) | |
| YFP | 490 nm | 100 ps | 598 nm | 300 ps | 80 MHz | 18 mW | 400 MW/cm2 | 0.23 nJ | ~ 70 nm (xy) | U. V. Nδgerl et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 105, 18982 (2008) |
| ATTO 565 (ATTO-TEC GmbH) | 532 nm | ~ 90 ps | 640 660 nm | ~ 90 ps | 1 2 MHz | 30 40 nm (xy) | D. Wildanger et al., Opt. Expr. 16, 9614 (2008) | |||
| ATTO 565 (ATTO-TEC GmbH) | 532 nm | cw | 647 nm | cw | cw | 114 mW | ~ 60 nm (xy) | K. Willig et al., Nat. Meth. 4, 915 (2007) | ||
| ATTO 565 (ATTO-TEC GmbH) | 1060 nm | 300 fs @ 117 MHz, 10 mW |
676 nm | cw | cw | 200 mW | ~ 70 nm (xy) | G. Moneron, S.W. Hell, Opt. Expr. 17, 14567 (2009) | ||
| MR 121 SE (Roche Diagnostics) | 532 nm | 10 ps | 793 nm | 107 ps | 76 MHz | 10.4 mW | ~ 50 nm (z) | M. Dyba et al., Nat. Biotech. 21, 1303 (2003) | ||
| NK51 (ATTO-TEC GmbH) | 532 nm | < 100 ps | 647 nm | ~ 200 ps | 72 MHz | (20 + 3) mW | 40 45 nm (xyz) | R. Schmidt et al., Nat. Meth. 5, 539 (2008) | ||
| Sulfonated & rigidized rhodamine
derivatives (V. Boyarskiy, Dep.
NanoBiophotonics, MPI Gφttingen) |
532 nm | 100 ps | 640 nm | ~ 300 ps | 80 MHz | 40 MW/cm2 | < 90 nm (xy) | V. Boyarskiy et al., Chem. Eur. J. 14, 1784 (2008) | ||
| Nitrogen vacancies in diamond | 532 nm | 60 ps | 775 nm | 3.2 ns | 8 MHz | 850 mW | 8.6 GW/cm2 | 106 nJ | 6 nm (xy) | Rittweger et al., Nat. Photon. 3, 144 (2009) |
| Pyridine 2 / LDS 722 (Exciton, Radiant Dyes GmbH) |
554 nm | 250 fs | 760 nm | 13 ps | 76 MHz | 33 nm (z) | M. Dyba, S.W. Hell, Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 163901 (2002) | |||
| Pyridine 2 / LDS 722 (Exciton, Radiant Dyes GmbH) |
554 nm | 250 fs | 745 nm | 50 200 ps | 76 MHz | 12.2 mW | 44 nm (z) | M. Dyba et al., New. J. Phys. 7, 134 (2005) | ||
| RH 414 (Biotium, Inc.) | 554 nm | 250 fs | 745 nm | 13 ps | 76 MHz | 8.78 mW | 30 nm (z) | M. Dyba, S.W. Hell, Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 163901 (2002) | ||
| ATTO 590 (ATTO-TEC GmbH) | 570 nm | ~ 90 ps | 690 710 nm | ~ 90 ps | 1 MHz | 1.4 2.4 mW | 1.4 2.4 nJ | 30 40 nm (xy) | D. Wildanger et al., Opt. Expr. 16, 9614 (2008) | |
| ATTO 590 (ATTO-TEC GmbH) | 570 nm | ~ 90 ps | 690 710 nm | ~ 90 ps | 1 MHz | 3.8 mW | 3.8 nJ | 20 nm (xy) 45 nm (xy), 108 nm (z) |
D. Wildanger et al., J. Microsc. 236, 35 (2009) | |
| Alexa 594 (Invitrogen Corp.) | 570 nm | ~ 90 ps | 690 710 nm | ~ 90 ps | 1 MHz | 3.8 mW | 3.8 nJ | D. Wildanger et al., J. Microsc. 236, 35 (2009) | ||
| ATTO 594 (ATTO-TEC GmbH) | 570 nm | ~ 90 ps | 690 710 nm | ~ 90 ps | 1 MHz | 3.8 mW | 3.8 nJ | D. Wildanger et al., J. Microsc. 236, 35 (2009) | ||
| DyLight 594 (Thermo Scientific) | 570 nm | ~ 90 ps | 690 710 nm | ~ 90 ps | 1 MHz | 3.8 mW | 3.8 nJ | D. Wildanger et al., J. Microsc. 236, 35 (2009) | ||
| ATTO 633 (ATTO-TEC GmbH) | 630 nm | ~ 90 ps | 735 755 nm | ~ 90 ps | 1 2 MHz | 1.4 2.4 mW | 1.4 2.4 nJ | 30 40 nm (xy) | D. Wildanger et al., Opt. Expr. 16, 9614 (2008) | |
| ATTO 633 (ATTO-TEC GmbH) | 635 nm | 100 ps | 750 nm | ~ 200 ps | 76 MHz | ~ 1.5 nJ | 40 nm (xy) | A. Punge et al., Micr. Res. Techn. 71, 644 (2008) | ||
| ATTO 647N (ATTO-TEC GmbH) | 635 nm | cw | 750 nm | cw | cw | 423 mW | ~ 50 nm (xy) | K. Willig et al., Nat. Meth. 4, 915 (2007) | ||
| ATTO 647N (ATTO-TEC GmbH) | 635 nm | 100 ps | 780 nm | 300 ps | 250 kHz | 700 MW/cm2 | ~ 65 nm (xy) | G. Donnert et al., Biophys. J.:
Biophys. Lett., L67 (2007) V. Westphal et al., Science 320, 247 (2008) |
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| ATTO 647N (ATTO-TEC GmbH) | 635 nm | 120 ps | 750 nm | 200 ps | 76 MHz | 1.2 GW/cm2 | <40 nm (xy) | L. Meyer et al., Small 4, 1095 (2008) | ||
| JA 26 (K.H. Drexhage, Siegen University) | 635 nm | 68 ps | 781 nm | 303 ps | 40 MHz | 10.1 mW | 0.25 nJ | 40 nm (x) | V. Westphal et al., Appl. Phys. B. 77, 377 (2003) | |
| JA 26 (K.H. Drexhage, Siegen University) | 635 nm | 68 ps | 775 nm | 300 ps | 76 MHz | 800 MW/cm2 | 16 nm (x) | V. Westphal, S.W. Hell, Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 143903 (2005) | ||
| JA 26 (K.H. Drexhage, Siegen University) | 635 nm | 68 ps | 780 nm | 300 ps | 80 MHz | 90 100 mW | 1.13 1.25 nJ | 47 nm (xy) | V. Westphal et al., J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 38, S695 (2005) | |
| JA 26 (K.H. Drexhage, Siegen University) | 637 nm | 54 ps | 778 785 nm | 303 ps | 40 MHz | 120 140 nm (xy) | V. Westphal et al., Appl. Phys. Lett. 82, 3125 (2003) | |||
| Compilation: | Lars Kastrup <lkastru@gwdg.de> |
| Last change: | 13-Jan-2010 |