NDLI: Fiber optic sagnac interferometer for characterizing ultrasound biomicroscopy transducers

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Churgin, M.A. Mengyang Liu Buma, T.
Copyright Year	2009
Description	Author affiliation: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, 19716, USA (Churgin, M.A.; Mengyang Liu; Buma, T.)
Abstract	There is a lack of hydrophones with sufficient spatial resolution and bandwidth for accurate measurements of ultrasound biomicroscopy transducers. Optical techniques achieve extremely fine spatial resolution and broad detection bandwidth. Furthermore, fiber optic technology can significantly improve portability and ease of use. We demonstrate a fiber optic Sagnac interferometer with an immersible probe head for characterizing high frequency ultrasound transducers. The fiber-coupled probe head contains optical components as well as the acoustic sensing surface, which is made from polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS). The entire probe head is encapsulated with PDMS for immersion applications. The fiber optic hydrophone is used to characterize a 100 MHz f/1 zinc oxide transducer (2 mm focal length). The Sagnac measurements show the transducer transmits a peak frequency of 105 MHz and a −6 dB bandwidth of 55 MHz. The detection bandwidth of the hydrophone is 350 MHz, limited by the photodetector bandwidth. The focal pattern is mapped by laterally scanning the transducer over a 50 × 50 pixel grid in 2 µm increments. The −3 dB transmit beam width is 14 µm along both x and y axes. These results demonstrate that a fiber optic Sagnac interferometer with an immersible probe head is well suited for characterizing ultrasound biomicroscopy transducers.
Starting Page	952
Ending Page	955
File Size	836551
Page Count	4
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781424443895
ISSN	19485727
DOI	10.1109/ULTSYM.2009.5441431
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2009-09-20
Publisher Place	Italy
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Optical fibers Sagnac interferometers Ultrasonic imaging Ultrasonic transducers Bandwidth Probes Sonar equipment Acoustic transducers Spatial resolution Frequency hydrophone Sagnac interferometer polydimethylsiloxane zinc oxide ultrasound biomicroscopy
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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