TY - GEN
T1 - Resonant optical ultrasound transducer (ROUT) arrays for high resolution photoacoustic imaging
AU - O'Donnell, M.
AU - Ashkenazi, S.
AU - Guo, L. J.
AU - Chao, C. Y.
AU - Fung, W. Y.
AU - Buma, T.
AU - Hou, Y.
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - Multi-dimensional, high frequency ultrasound arrays are extremely difficult to fabricate from conventional piezoelectrics. For over a decade, our lab has explored optical detection as an alternate technology for high frequency applications. We have developed several different types of acoustically coupled optical resonators to provide the sensitivity and bandwidth required for biomedical imaging. Waveguide and fiber lasers, thin Fabry-Perot etalons constructed from polymers, and thin microring resonators imprinted into polymers have all been used as ultrasound transducer arrays. Their performance rivals the theoretical conversion efficiency of piezoelectric devices but with bandwidths approaching 100 MHz, array element dimensions approaching 10 um, and no electrical interconnects. In this paper we present results on several resonant optical ultrasound transducer (ROUT) arrays, emphasizing their potential use in photoacoustic imaging. These results strongly suggest that a high resolution photoacoustic microscope can be constructed using a ROUT in a footprint appropriate for endoscopic and minimally invasive applications.
AB - Multi-dimensional, high frequency ultrasound arrays are extremely difficult to fabricate from conventional piezoelectrics. For over a decade, our lab has explored optical detection as an alternate technology for high frequency applications. We have developed several different types of acoustically coupled optical resonators to provide the sensitivity and bandwidth required for biomedical imaging. Waveguide and fiber lasers, thin Fabry-Perot etalons constructed from polymers, and thin microring resonators imprinted into polymers have all been used as ultrasound transducer arrays. Their performance rivals the theoretical conversion efficiency of piezoelectric devices but with bandwidths approaching 100 MHz, array element dimensions approaching 10 um, and no electrical interconnects. In this paper we present results on several resonant optical ultrasound transducer (ROUT) arrays, emphasizing their potential use in photoacoustic imaging. These results strongly suggest that a high resolution photoacoustic microscope can be constructed using a ROUT in a footprint appropriate for endoscopic and minimally invasive applications.
KW - High-Frequency Ultrasound
KW - Optical Detection of Ultrasound
KW - Optoacoustic Etalons
KW - Optoacoustic Microring Resonators
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U2 - 10.1117/12.657981
DO - 10.1117/12.657981
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:33646201720
SN - 0819461288
SN - 9780819461285
T3 - Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
BT - Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
T2 - 7th Conference on Biomedical Thermoacoustics, Optoacoustics, and Acousto-optics - Photons Plus Ultrasound: Imaging and Sensing 2006
Y2 - 22 January 2006 through 26 January 2006
ER -