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The frequency-dependent directivity of a planar Fabry-Perot polymer film ultrasound sensor

Cox, BT; Beard, PC; (2007) The frequency-dependent directivity of a planar Fabry-Perot polymer film ultrasound sensor. IEEE T ULTRASON FERR , 54 (2) 394 - 404. Green open access

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Abstract

A model of the frequency-dependent directivity of a planar, optically-addressed, Fabry-Perot (FP), polymer film ultrasound sensor is described and validated against experimental directivity measurements made over a frequency range of 1 to 15 MHz and angles from normal incidence to 80 degrees. The model may be used, for example, as a predictive tool to improve sensor design, or to provide a noise-free response function that could be deconvolved from sound-field measurements in order to improve accuracy in high-frequency metrology and imaging applications. The specific question of whether effective element sizes as small as the optical-diffraction limit can be achieved was investigated. For a polymer film sensor with a FP cavity of thickness d, the minimum effective element radius was found to be about 0.9d, and that an illumination spot radius of less than d/4 is required to achieve it.

Type: Article
Title: The frequency-dependent directivity of a planar Fabry-Perot polymer film ultrasound sensor
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
Keywords: FIELD CHARACTERIZATION, MULTILAYER HYDROPHONE, PRESSURE, MHZ, TRANSDUCER, RANGE, MEDIA, BEAM
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Med Phys and Biomedical Eng
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/9405
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