About the Authors

Hui-Wen Lu-Walther

Affiliation Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, Jena, Germany

Wenya Hou

Affiliation Institute of Biochemistry I, Jena University Hospital/Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany

Martin Kielhorn

Current address: eZono AG, Jena, Germany

Affiliation Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, Jena, Germany

Yoshiyuki Arai

Affiliation The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

Takeharu Nagai

Affiliation The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

Michael M. Kessels

Affiliation Institute of Biochemistry I, Jena University Hospital/Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany

Britta Qualmann

Affiliation Institute of Biochemistry I, Jena University Hospital/Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany

Rainer Heintzmann

heintzmann@gmail.com

Affiliations Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, Jena, Germany, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Abbe Center of Photonics, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Jena, Germany

Competing Interests

RH serves as academic editor for PLOS ONE. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE editorial policies and criteria. The author RH holds patents relating to the content of this article: R. Heintzmann and C. Cremer, Verfahren zur Erhöhung der Auflösung optischer Abbildung; German Patent Nr. 199 08 883 A1, September7, 2000, priority Mar. 2nd, 1999; R. Heintzmann and C. Cremer, Method and Device for Representing an Object, WO 0052512, Patent Applicant: Max-Planck Society, priority (see above), 1999. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE editorial policies and criteria.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: HWLW MK RH. Data curation: HWLW. Formal analysis: HWLW MK RH. Funding acquisition: RH BQ YA TN. Investigation: HWLW MK RH. Methodology: HWLW MK RH. Project administration: RH MK BQ. Resources: HWLW RH WH BQ YA TN MMK. Software: HWLW MK RH. Supervision: RH MK BQ. Validation: HWLW RH. Visualization: HWLW RH MK. Writing – original draft: HWLW RH. Writing – review & editing: HWLW RH MK WH BQ YA TN MMK.