Detection of transient events in the presence of background noise
W. Grange, P. Haas, A. Wild, M.A. Wild, M. Calame, M. Hegner, B. Hecht
J. Phys. Chem. B 112(23), 7140 -7144 (2008)

A simple method for producing flattened atomic force microscopy tips
P. Biagioni, J.N. Farahani, P. Mühlschlegel, H.-J. Eisler, D.W. Pohl, and B. Hecht
Rev. Sci. Instrum. 79, 016103 (2008)
selected for the Virtual Journal of Ultrafast Science
see also news item http://nanotechweb.org

Bow-tie optical antenna probes for single-emitter scanning near-field optical microscopy
J.N. Farahani, H.-J. Eisler, D.W. Pohl, M. Pavius, Ph. Flückiger, Ph. Gasser, and B. Hecht
Nanotechnology 18, 125506 (2007)

Absorption and fluorescence of single molecules
J. Y. P. Butter, B. Hecht, B. R. Crenshaw, and C. Weder
J. Chem. Phys. 125, 154710 (2006)
selected for the Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research

Fast determination of saturation intensity and maximum emission rate by single-emitter imaging
J. Y. P. Butter and B. Hecht
Optics Express 14 , 9350-9357 (2006).

Single Hepatitis-B Virus Core Capsid Binding to Individual Nuclear Pore Complexes in HeLa Cells
Y. Lill, M.A. Lill, B. Fahrenkrog, K. Schwarz-Herion, S. Paulillo, U. Aebi, and B. Hecht
Biophys. J. 91, 3123-3130 (2006).

Stark-shift microscopy of single emitters
S. Karotke, A. Lieb, B. Hecht
Appl. Phys. Lett. 89, 023106 (2006).
selected for the Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology.

Aperture scanning near-field optical microscopy and spectroscopy of single terrylene
molecules at 1.8 K
J. Y. P. Butter and B. Hecht
Nanotechnology 17 1547-1550 (2006).

Single-molecule spectroscopy of uniaxially oriented terrylene in polyethylene
J.Y.P. Butter, B.R. Crenshaw, C. Weder, B. Hecht
Chem. Phys. Chem. 7, 261-265 (2006).

Kinetics of the initial steps of G protein-coupled receptor-mediated cellular signaling
revealed by single-molecule imaging
Y. Lill, K.L. Martinez, M.A. Lill, B.H. Meyer, H. Vogel, B. Hecht
Chem. Phys. Chem. 6, 1633-1640 (2005).

Single quantum dot coupled to a scanning optical antenna: A tunable super emitter
J.N. Farahani, D.W. Pohl, H.-J. Eisler, B. Hecht
Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 017402 (2005).
selected for the Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology.

Resonant Optical Antennas
P. Mühlschlegel, H.-J. Eisler, O.J.F. Martin, B. Hecht* & D.W. Pohl
Science 308, 1607-1609 (2005).
see also Science Perspectives by J.J. Greffet
selected for the Virtual Journal of Quantum Information
and the Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology.
see also the press echo.

Excitation and superfocusing of surface plasmon polaritons
on a silver-coated optical fiber tip
N.A. Janunts, K.S. Baghdasaryan, Kh.V. Nerkararyan and B. Hecht
Optics Commun. 253, 118-124 (2005).

Course: "Modern Optics", WS 2004/2005

Nano-optics with single quantum systems: One contribution of 13 to a Theme 'Nano-optics and near-field microscopy
B. Hecht
Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. A 362 (2004) 881-899.
see the cover!

Single dye molecules in an oxygen-depleted environment as photostable organic triggered single-photon sources
Y. Lill and B. H echt
Appl. Phys. Lett. 84 (2004) 1665-1667.

SYMPOSIUM
20 years of nano-optics
Basel, April 6th, 2004
Thanks to all participants!!!

Synthesis and conformational switching of partially and differentially bridged resorcin[4]a
renes bearing fluorescent dye labels
V.A. Azov, F. Diederich, Y. Lill, B. Hecht
Helv. Chim. Acta 86 (6) (2003) 2149-2155.

"Three-dimensional optical polarization tomography of single molecules", published in
J. Chem. Phys. 118, 9824 (2003), has been selected for the May 15, 2003 issue of the Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research.

Course on single-molecule spectroscopy, SS2003

Fabricating Arrays of Single Protein Molecules on Glass Using Microcontact Printing
made the cover of J. Phys. Chem. B 107, 703 (2003)

"Orientation dependence of fluorescence lifetimes near an interface", published in the Journal of Chemical Physics 117, 9430 (2002), has been selected for the November 15, 2002 issue of the Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research.

"Single-molecule near-field optical energy transfer microscopy", published in Applied Physics Letters 81, 2118 (2002), has been selected for the September 16, 2002 issue of the Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology and for the September 15, 2002 issue of the Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research.
See also: News & Analysis in Photonics Spectra, October 2002