Ultrasonic Sensitivity-Improved Fabry–Perot Interferometer Using Acoustic Focusing and Its Application for Noncontact Imaging

An easily multiplexed fiber-optic Fabry–Perot interferometer (FPI)-based ultrasonic wave (UW) sensor has been proposed and used to experimentally demonstrate ultrasound wave imaging of seismic-physical models. The sensor probe comprises an interferometer formed by a free-standing gold foi...

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Main Authors: Qiangzhou Rong, Ruixiang Zhou, Yongxin Hao, Xunli Yin, Zhihua Shao, Tingting Gang, Xueguang Qiao
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Published: IEEE 2017-01-01
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Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7922524/
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Ruixiang Zhou
Yongxin Hao
Xunli Yin
Zhihua Shao
Tingting Gang
Xueguang Qiao
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Ruixiang Zhou
Yongxin Hao
Xunli Yin
Zhihua Shao
Tingting Gang
Xueguang Qiao
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description An easily multiplexed fiber-optic Fabry–Perot interferometer (FPI)-based ultrasonic wave (UW) sensor has been proposed and used to experimentally demonstrate ultrasound wave imaging of seismic-physical models. The sensor probe comprises an interferometer formed by a free-standing gold foil and a cleaved optic-fiber tip. An acoustic focusing lens enhances the sensor's ultrasound sensitivity and assists with capability to multiplex multiple probes. Theoretical modeling of the focusing effect of the acoustic lenses and the ultrasonic responses of the probes are presented and analyzed. We present an experimental demonstration of time-division multiplexing of three fiber-optic Fabry–Perot sensors operating in air to reconstruct the shapes of physical models. The compact sensor has a symmetrical structure so that it presents a good directionality of ultrasound detection, making it valuable as an effective sensor for ultrasound scanning of physical models in air.
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spelling doaj-art-459a09babc064fcaa4a9c79d4f3559172025-08-20T03:32:46ZengIEEEIEEE Photonics Journal1943-06552017-01-019311110.1109/JPHOT.2017.27027197922524Ultrasonic Sensitivity-Improved Fabry–Perot Interferometer Using Acoustic Focusing and Its Application for Noncontact ImagingQiangzhou Rong0Ruixiang Zhou1Yongxin Hao2Xunli Yin3Zhihua Shao4Tingting Gang5Xueguang Qiao6Department of Physics, Northwest University, Xi'an, ChinaDepartment of Physics, Northwest University, Xi'an, ChinaDepartment of Physics, Northwest University, Xi'an, ChinaDepartment of Physics, Northwest University, Xi'an, ChinaDepartment of Physics, Northwest University, Xi'an, ChinaDepartment of Physics, Northwest University, Xi'an, ChinaDepartment of Physics, Northwest University, Xi'an, ChinaAn easily multiplexed fiber-optic Fabry–Perot interferometer (FPI)-based ultrasonic wave (UW) sensor has been proposed and used to experimentally demonstrate ultrasound wave imaging of seismic-physical models. The sensor probe comprises an interferometer formed by a free-standing gold foil and a cleaved optic-fiber tip. An acoustic focusing lens enhances the sensor's ultrasound sensitivity and assists with capability to multiplex multiple probes. Theoretical modeling of the focusing effect of the acoustic lenses and the ultrasonic responses of the probes are presented and analyzed. We present an experimental demonstration of time-division multiplexing of three fiber-optic Fabry–Perot sensors operating in air to reconstruct the shapes of physical models. The compact sensor has a symmetrical structure so that it presents a good directionality of ultrasound detection, making it valuable as an effective sensor for ultrasound scanning of physical models in air.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7922524/Fabry-Perot interferometer (FPI)ultrasonic imagingacoustics focusing.
spellingShingle Qiangzhou Rong
Ruixiang Zhou
Yongxin Hao
Xunli Yin
Zhihua Shao
Tingting Gang
Xueguang Qiao
Ultrasonic Sensitivity-Improved Fabry–Perot Interferometer Using Acoustic Focusing and Its Application for Noncontact Imaging
IEEE Photonics Journal
Fabry-Perot interferometer (FPI)
ultrasonic imaging
acoustics focusing.
title Ultrasonic Sensitivity-Improved Fabry–Perot Interferometer Using Acoustic Focusing and Its Application for Noncontact Imaging
title_full Ultrasonic Sensitivity-Improved Fabry–Perot Interferometer Using Acoustic Focusing and Its Application for Noncontact Imaging
title_fullStr Ultrasonic Sensitivity-Improved Fabry–Perot Interferometer Using Acoustic Focusing and Its Application for Noncontact Imaging
title_full_unstemmed Ultrasonic Sensitivity-Improved Fabry–Perot Interferometer Using Acoustic Focusing and Its Application for Noncontact Imaging
title_short Ultrasonic Sensitivity-Improved Fabry–Perot Interferometer Using Acoustic Focusing and Its Application for Noncontact Imaging
title_sort ultrasonic sensitivity improved fabry perot interferometer using acoustic focusing and its application for noncontact imaging
topic Fabry-Perot interferometer (FPI)
ultrasonic imaging
acoustics focusing.
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7922524/
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