Huang Sheng-Wen, Chen Sung-Liang, Ling Tao, Maxwell Adam, O'Donnell Matthew, Guo L Jay, Ashkenazi Shai
Appl Phys Lett. 2008 May 12;92(19):193509-1935093. doi: 10.1063/1.2929379. Epub 2008 May 15.
Polymer microring resonators for low-noise, wideband ultrasound detection are presented. Using a nanoimprinting technique, we fabricated polymer microring resonators with a quality factor of 6000 resulting in high sensitivity to ultrasound. A noise-equivalent pressure of 0.23 kPa over 1-75 MHz and a detection bandwidth of over 90 MHz at -3 dB were measured. These results demonstrate the potential of polymer microring resonators for high-frequency ultrasound and photoacoustic imaging. For a typical photoacoustic imaging test case, the high sensitivity demonstrated in these devices would increase imaging depth by a factor of 3 compared to state-of-the-art polyvinylidene fluoride detectors.
本文介绍了用于低噪声、宽带超声检测的聚合物微环谐振器。通过纳米压印技术,我们制造出品质因数为6000的聚合物微环谐振器,从而实现了对超声的高灵敏度。在1-75MHz范围内测得的等效噪声压力为0.23kPa,在-3dB时的检测带宽超过90MHz。这些结果证明了聚合物微环谐振器在高频超声和光声成像方面的潜力。对于一个典型的光声成像测试案例,与最先进的聚偏二氟乙烯探测器相比,这些器件所展示的高灵敏度将使成像深度增加两倍。