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MINFLUX microscopy allows for localization of fluorophores with nanometer precision using targeted scanning with an illumination profile with a minimum. However, current scanning patterns and the overall procedure are based on heuristics,…
[Abridged] We have developed an end-to-end simulation to specify the science requirements of a MOAO-fed integral field spectrograph on either an 8m or 42m telescope. Our simulations re-scales observations of local galaxies or results from…