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Two-photon 3D printed spring-based Fabry–Pérot cavity resonator for acoustic wave detection and imaging

Authors :
Heming Wei
Zhangli Wu
Kexuan Sun
Haiyan Zhang
Chen Wang
Kemin Wang
Tian Yang
Fufei Pang
Xiaobei Zhang
Tingyun Wang
Sridhar Krishnaswamy
Source :
Photonics Research. 11:780
Publication Year :
2023
Publisher :
Optica Publishing Group, 2023.

Abstract

Optical fiber microresonators have attracted considerable interest for acoustic detection because of their compact size and high optical quality. Here, we have proposed, designed, and fabricated a spring-based Fabry–Pérot cavity microresonator for highly sensitive acoustic detection. We observed two resonator vibration modes: one relating to the spring vibration state and the other determined by the point-clamped circular plate vibration mode. We found that the vibration modes can be coupled and optimized by changing the structure size. The proposed resonator is directly 3D printed on an optical fiber tip through two-photon polymerization and is used for acoustic detection and imaging. The experiments show that the device exhibits a high sensitivity and low noise equivalent acoustic signal level of 2.39 mPa/Hz1/2 at 75 kHz that can detect weak acoustic waves, which can be used for underwater object imaging. The results demonstrate that the proposed work has great potential in acoustic detection and biomedical imaging applications.

Details

ISSN :
23279125
Volume :
11
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Photonics Research
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........b5ed6c14eab9e56b13dccf9d123d7714
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1364/prj.481858