Dynamic reflectivity of an opto-acoustic three-layer transducer for picosecond ultrasonic measurements

Autor: Louise Le Ridant, Marie-Fraise Ponge, Bertrand Audoin
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: AIP Advances, Vol 14, Iss 8, Pp 085321-085321-11 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2158-3226
DOI: 10.1063/5.0184672
Popis: We present an analysis of a three-layered structure used for both launching and detecting picosecond acoustic waves. To enhance the optical sensitivity to the acoustic disturbances, a cavity is designed, which acts as a Fabry–Perot interferometer. We use analytic modeling based on dual optical and acoustic transfer matrix formalism to analyze the coupled optical and acoustic wave propagation. Assuming a three-layer transducer made of an optical cavity sandwiched between two thin metallic layers, the model allows for mastering of the coupled optical and acoustic responses, which leads to an optimum design of the structure, and it highlights the various acoustic contributions to the reflectivity changes. The sensitivity of this three-layered structure to acoustic disturbances is compared to the numerical predictions we performed for the standard opto-acoustic transducer made of a single metallic layer.
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