用于光声换能器以实现动态空间声场调制的二进制幅度开关。
Binary amplitude switch for photoacoustic transducer toward dynamic spatial acoustic field modulation.
作者信息
Chen Yujie, Zhu Haobo, Wang Yan, Yu Hongbin
出版信息
Opt Lett. 2022 Feb 15;47(4):738-741. doi: 10.1364/OL.446714.
Photoacoustic (PA) transducers are an attractive method of producing high-amplitude, high-frequency, broad-bandwidth ultrasound signals with excellent immunity to electromagnetic interference, when compared with their traditional electroacoustic counterparts. However, the lack of effective control over the spatial sound field prohibits PA transducer technology from further widespread application. This paper presents the first, to the best of our knowledge, experimental study on the dynamic spatial ultrasound modulation strategy for the use of PA transducers, in which a novel PA transducer element is designed. This consists of a suspended compound PA conversion film, whose backing condition can be switched between air and glass through pneumatic actuation to create destructive and constructive acoustic wave interference, respectively. As a result, nearly an order of magnitude contrast in the output acoustic amplitude can be obtained by switching the device's backing condition given the same laser excitation, thus achieving a binary amplitude tuning. Furthermore, a linear PA transducer array consisting of three independently controllable elements is used for a proof-of-concept demonstration of the dynamic spatial sound field manipulation. To the best of the authors' knowledge, this is the first time that such a unique capability has been successfully applied to PA transducer technology.
与传统的电声换能器相比,光声(PA)换能器是一种产生高振幅、高频、宽带超声信号的有吸引力的方法,对电磁干扰具有出色的免疫力。然而,由于缺乏对空间声场的有效控制,PA换能器技术无法进一步广泛应用。据我们所知,本文首次提出了关于PA换能器动态空间超声调制策略的实验研究,其中设计了一种新型PA换能器元件。它由一个悬浮的复合PA转换膜组成,其背衬条件可通过气动驱动在空气和玻璃之间切换,分别产生相消和相长的声波干涉。因此,在相同的激光激发下,通过切换器件的背衬条件,输出声振幅可获得近一个数量级的对比度,从而实现二进制振幅调谐。此外,由三个独立可控元件组成的线性PA换能器阵列用于动态空间声场操纵的概念验证演示。据作者所知,这是这种独特能力首次成功应用于PA换能器技术。