Signal mechanisms in photoacoustic remote sensing microscopy
(Conference Presentation)

Roger J. Zemp; W. Shi; Parsin Haji Reza

doi:10.1117/12.2211472

27 April 2016 Signal mechanisms in photoacoustic remote sensing microscopy (Conference Presentation)

Roger J. Zemp, W. Shi, Parsin Haji Reza

Proceedings Volume 9708, Photons Plus Ultrasound: Imaging and Sensing 2016; 97082I (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2211472
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2016, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

We recently introduced photoacoustic remote sensing (PARS) microscopy as an all-optical non-contact optical-resolution modality with absorption-based photoacoustic contrast. A pulsed excitation beam is optically focused into a sample then the resulting photoacoustic signal is sensed using a confocal long-coherence probe beam right at the source of the large pressures generated. Several mechanisms are proposed to explain the source of these large signals, including surface-displacements, local refractive-index step-modulation, scatterer displacements, and photothermal mechanisms. We carefully model each of these mechanisms and predict the fraction of modulated light from each. Experimental measurements detect ~0.1% of the incident interrogation light is modulated and this is confirmed with theoretical modulation calculations. We provide experimental evidence that pressure-induced refractive-index step modulation and scatter position modulation may be highly significant modulation mechanisms. We also model theoretical limitations of signal-to-noise and discuss future system optimization opportunities.

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Roger J. Zemp, W. Shi, and Parsin Haji Reza "Signal mechanisms in photoacoustic remote sensing microscopy (Conference Presentation)", Proc. SPIE 9708, Photons Plus Ultrasound: Imaging and Sensing 2016, 97082I (27 April 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2211472

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