Title :
Improvements in optical generation of high-frequency ultrasound
Author :
Hou, Yang ; Ashkenazi, Shai ; Huang, Sheng-Wen ; O´Donnell, M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor, MI
fDate :
3/1/2007 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The thermoelastic effect in a black poly-dimethylsiloxane (PDMS) film is used to produce high-frequency, high-intensity ultrasound for applications in water and soft tissue. We show that the optoacoustic transduction efficiency is improved by about 10 dB by decreasing the thickness of the black PDMS film from 25 mum to 11 mum. The center frequency of the generated ultrasound is 60 MHz, with a -6 dB bandwidth of 80%. When a 5 ns laser pulse with energy of 50 ns is delivered to a spot size of 25 mum, the acoustic pressure 10 mm away from the film surface is about 800 kPa. Furthermore, we demonstrate that the center frequency and bandwidth of the generated ultrasound is mainly determined by the temporal profile of the input optical pulse, and it has the potential to be easily improved to above 100 MHz
Keywords :
biological tissues; biomedical ultrasonics; laser applications in medicine; optical pulse generation; polymer films; 11 mum; 25 mum; 50 muJ; 60 MHz; acoustic pressure; black poly-dimethylsiloxane film; high-frequency high-intensity ultrasound; input optical pulse; optical generation; optoacoustic transduction efficiency; soft tissue; thermoelastic effect; water; Acoustic pulses; Bandwidth; Biological tissues; Frequency; Optical films; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Surface emitting lasers; Thermoelasticity; Ultrasonic imaging; Dimethylpolysiloxanes; Image Enhancement; Materials Testing; Membranes, Artificial; Optics; Reproducibility of Results; Sensitivity and Specificity; Silicones; Transducers; Ultrasonography;
Journal_Title :
Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TUFFC.2007.292