Monte Carlo simulations of acousto-optics with microbubbles

Jack Honeysett; Eleanor Stride; Terence Leung

doi:10.1117/12.842030

23 February 2010 Monte Carlo simulations of acousto-optics with microbubbles

Jack Honeysett, Eleanor Stride, Terence Leung

Proceedings Volume 7564, Photons Plus Ultrasound: Imaging and Sensing 2010; 75640K (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.842030
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2010, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Acousto-optic (AO) signals can be very weak and the aim of this work was to investigate their amplification using microbubbles. The acoustic pressure radiated by the microbubbles produces refractive index changes in the surrounding medium, and this is proposed as an additional mechanism which modulates the phase of photons. The analytical form of this additional modulation is derived based on the Rayleigh-Plesset equation, which describes microbubble oscillations, in the case where the microbubble oscillations are linear under low applied ultrasound pressure. We show that microbubbles can increase the modulation depth of the AO signal using Monte Carlo simulations. The increase in modulation depth is dependent on the applied ultrasound frequency and the resonance frequency of the microbubbles.

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Jack Honeysett, Eleanor Stride, and Terence Leung "Monte Carlo simulations of acousto-optics with microbubbles", Proc. SPIE 7564, Photons Plus Ultrasound: Imaging and Sensing 2010, 75640K (23 February 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.842030

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