Abstract
This paper reports a new optically-transparent focused P(VDF-TrFE) (poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-trifluoroethylene)) transducer for photoacoustic microscopy (PAM), which is fabricated by a new process based on pre-cutting and direct-lamination. Compared with the previous fabrication process, it is simpler, and makes it possible to achieve a high numerical aperture (NA) without stretching the (brittle) piezoelectric film. For demonstration, a prototype transducer has been fabricated with a 10-μm-thick 70/30 P(VDF-TrFE) film laminated onto a plano-concave glass lens with an acoustic NA of 0.64. Experimental characterizations show that the transducer has an optical transmittance of 88.6% (@ 532 nm), an acoustic center frequency and -3 dB bandwidth of 24 MHz and 29 MHz, respectively. Using the new optically-transparent focused P(VDF-TrFE) transducer, a PAM setup has been built to carry imaging experiments on different targets. Based on the experimental results, it can be concluded that the optically-transparent focused P(VDF-TrFE) transducer could be useful for the development of new PAM systems for different imaging applications.
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