Low-cost parallelization of optical fiber based detectors for photoacoustic imaging

Johannes Bauer-Marschallinger; Karoline Felbermayer; Armin Hochreiner; Hubert Grün; Günther Paltauf; Peter Burgholzer; Thomas Berer

doi:10.1117/12.2002034

4 March 2013 Low-cost parallelization of optical fiber based detectors for photoacoustic imaging

Johannes Bauer-Marschallinger, Karoline Felbermayer, Armin Hochreiner, Hubert Grün, Günther Paltauf, Peter Burgholzer, Thomas Berer

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Proceedings Volume 8581, Photons Plus Ultrasound: Imaging and Sensing 2013; 85812M (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2002034
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2013, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

We introduce a multichannel optical fiber based detector for photoacoustic imaging. By using in-house produced photodetectors and relative low-cost components from telecommunication industries we were able to reduce the costs for one channel significantly compared to previous setups. The estimated cost for one channel (without sampling device) is below 800 €. The self-made balanced photodetector for 1550 nm achieves a gain of 100 dB, a -3dB bandwidth of 45 MHz and a maximum signal-to-noise-ratio of 48 dB. We present a four channel annular detector array based on optical fiber Mach-Zehnder interferometers. Photoacoustic imaging is demonstrated by measuring photoacoustic signals of a black polyethylene microsphere.

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Johannes Bauer-Marschallinger, Karoline Felbermayer, Armin Hochreiner, Hubert Grün, Günther Paltauf, Peter Burgholzer, and Thomas Berer "Low-cost parallelization of optical fiber based detectors for photoacoustic imaging", Proc. SPIE 8581, Photons Plus Ultrasound: Imaging and Sensing 2013, 85812M (4 March 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2002034

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