Laser-generated Ultrasound Technology

Benpeng Zhu is a Professor at the School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China. Professor Zhu is also a member of the IEEE. Di Ke is a PhD student at the Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China. Tao Zhang is an Assistant Professor in Control Engineering at the Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China.

• 1 From Photoacoustic Effect to Laser-Generated Ultrasound Technology 11.1 Discovery of the Photoacoustic Effect 21.2 The Emergence of Photoacoustic Technology 31.3 Photoacoustic Technology in Biomedical Applications 51.3.1 Photoacoustic Imaging Technology 51.3.2 Laser-Generated Ultrasound Technology 7References 82 Laser-Generated Ultrasound Theory 132.1 Photo-thermal-acoustic Conversion Model 132.2 Laser Damage Threshold Theory 162.3 Frequency Characteristic of Laser-Generated Ultrasound 20References 233 Laser-Generated Ultrasound Device 253.1 Light-Absorbing Material 273.1.1 Metal-PDMS Devices 293.1.2 Carbon Nanomaterials-PDMS Devices 303.1.2.1 Carbon Black 333.1.2.2 Carbon Nanofiber 343.1.2.3 Candle-Soot Nanoparticles 353.1.2.4 Carbon Nanotubes 363.1.2.5 Graphite, Graphene, and Reduced Graphene Oxide 403.1.3 Other Composite Material Devices 433.1.3.1 Ink 433.1.3.2 Quantum Dot Material CuInS2 (CIS) 433.1.3.3 Photostable Dyes 453.1.3.4 Perovskite (MAPbI3) 453.1.3.5 2D Transition Metal Carbide/Nitride (MXene) 463.2 Thermal Expansion Material 463.2.1 Polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) 483.2.2 Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) 483.2.2.1 Composite Methods of PDMS 493.2.2.2 Optimization of PDMS—Self-Healing PDMS 503.2.2.3 Preparation Process and Structural Characteristics of Self-Healing PDMS 503.2.2.4 Realization Mechanism of PDMS Self-Healing 503.2.3 Hydrogels 523.3 Summary 53References 544 All-Optical Ultrasound Imaging 594.1 Optical Ultrasound Generation 604.1.1 Free-Space Excitation 614.1.2 Optical Fiber Excitation 624.2 Optical Ultrasound Reception Technology 624.2.1 Microring Resonator (MRR) 634.2.2 Fabry–Pérot Resonator 644.2.3 Fiber-Optic Bragg Grating (FBG) 654.3 All-Optical Ultrasound Imaging Systems 664.3.1 Single-Element-Based Systems 674.3.2 Array-Based Systems 864.4 Summary 91References 915 Laser-Generated Ultrasound Therapy 955.1 Neuromodulation 965.2 Drug Delivery 1095.3 Tissue Cutting and Ablation 1125.4 Summary 117References 117Index 120