A novel optical multilayer hydrophone with a triangular pyramid substrate

A novel concept for an optical multilayer ultrasonic hydrophone with the sensing film deposited on a triangular pyramid glass substrate is proposed.Using the calculation model for the spectral coefficients’ derivatives of a dielectric multilayer optical coating,the acousto-optic sensitivity characteristic of the hydrophone is analyzed with different measurement laser polarizations and incident angles.We present a reasonable method and adjusting strategy for the optimum working point selection of the ultrasound measurement.Analytic results show that the novel hydrophone possesses all the other merits of a plate glass substrate optical multilayer hydrophone but with improved detection sensitivity.A longer measurement time without distortion decreases the difficulty of high frequency signal circuits.Spatial split of the ultrasound signal caused by the substrate’s triangular pyramid roof simplifies the spatial spot area correction,which contributes to the accurate calibration of the hydrophone’s wideband frequency response.     

Research of the planar optical fiber Bragg grating hydrophone probe

This paper presents the planar Fiber Bragg Grating （FBG） hydrophone probe sensing principle, and theoretically and experimentally researches the probe structure sensitivity, the receiving sensitivity frequency response characteristic and the acceleration response property. Planar sheet is made of stainless steel, its thickness is 0.15 mm, its diameter is 15mm, and the length of hollow circular shell is 20 mm. For this size of the structure, the probe structure sensitivity is up to 23 fm/Pa, which is about 7300 times of the value of the bare fiber. The resonance frequency is 6.5 kHz, and the amplitude-frequency curve of the receiving sensitivity response is relatively flat within the frequency range of 100 Hz to 5.5 kHz. The output yielded by one unit acceleration （1m/s2） is equivalent to （2.52 to 3.26 Pa） acoustic pressure acting output. This probe structure is easy to form FBG hydrophone array by multiplexing technique. The research shows that this planar structure not only can form FBG hydrophone probe, but also can constitute optical FBG laser hydrophone probe. The structure can realize different bandwidth, different range acoustic pressure measurement by adjusting the geometrical size of the sheet.     

一种平面型光纤光栅水听器探头技术的研究

阐述了一种平面薄板结构的平面型光纤Bragg光栅(Fiber Bragg Grating,缩写为FBG)水听器探头的工作原理,从理论和实验上分析研究了该探头的结构灵敏度、频率响应特性以及加速度响应特性。平面圆形薄板采用不锈钢,尺寸为:直径15 mm、厚度0.15 mm,探头为圆柱型,尺寸为:直径17 mm、长20 mm。对于该尺寸结构的FBG水听器,探头静态灵敏度可达23 fm/Pa,比裸光栅增敏7300倍;谐振频率为6.5 kHz,而且幅频特性在100 Hz~5.5 kHz频率范围内较为平坦;低频段加速度响应灵敏度为:58~75(fm·s^2/m),在1 m/s^2加速度作用下其输出等效(2.52~3.26 Pa)压力作用下的输出。该结构的探头也便于多路复用组成水听器阵列。该平面结构不仅可以组成光纤FBG水听器探头,同样可以组成光纤光栅激光水听器探头。对薄板的几何尺寸进行适当的调整,可实现不同量程、不同带宽的水声压力测量。     

Reduction of the error of hydrophone calibration with respect to the field in a hydroacoustic tank by the reciprocity method

A hydrophone calibration procedure that considerably reduces the error caused by the acoustic field distortions in a hydroacoustic tank is proposed. The procedure is based on the definition of the reduced electric transfer impedances of transducers (i.e., the electric transfer impedances reduced to the spherical wave propagation law) and consists in measuring the electric transfer impedances for different distances between hydroacoustic transducers. The sensitivity of the hydrophone under calibration is calculated from the far-field values of the reduced electric transfer impedances. The latter are determined using a mathematical model of the hydrophone in the form of a system that contains a point sensing element and a finite number of point sources of acoustic signals (point reflectors). A method of determining the number and coordinates of the point reflectors from the analysis of the acoustic “images” of the hydrophone’s reflecting surface is proposed. The measuring technique, the algorithms of mathematical processing, and the results of experimental studies are considered. A comparative analysis of the results of the hydrophone calibration with respect to the field by the reciprocity method is performed for the cases of using the conventional technique and the proposed method.     

Fiber-optic dielectric multilayer temperature sensor: in situ measurement in vitreous during Er:YAG laser irradiation

A fiber-optic instrument for temperature measurement is presented. The sensing element consists of an optical dielectric multilayer system acting as a micro-interferometer which is deposited on a single-mode fiber tip. The sensitivity of the implemented system is theoretically derived and experimentally determined by a calibration measurement. The small size of the probe makes the system well-suited, for instance, for endoscopic in vitro and in vivo measurements in medical applications, especially in small samples. The sensor is used for the investigation of the transient thermal behavior of vitreous during Er:YAG laser irradiation in order to study the local thermal effects that are important to minimize the potential for unintentional injury in laser vitrectomy and laser vitreoretinal surgery.     

20 Hz~10 kHz光纤水听器相移灵敏度校准

利用相位生成载波解调技术精确测量光纤水听器的光相移量,在20 Hz~10 kHz频率范围实现了光纤水听器探头相移灵敏度的校准.20 Hz~1.25 kHz频段采用驻波管比较法进行校准,1.25 kHz~10 kHz频段采用自由场脉冲比较法进行校准.利用本文建立的校准系统,对TMD 35#光纤水听器的相移灵敏度进行校准,校准结果表明,两种方法测得的相移灵敏度具有很好的一致性,在1.25 kHz频率点的相移灵敏度值偏差为0.8 dB.不确定度分析表明,该校准系统的扩展不确定度(k=2)为0.9 dB.     

Optical multilayer detection array for fast ultrasonic field mapping

An optical multilayer detection array for ultrasonic measurements is presented. The probe comprises a dielectric interference filter structure that is evaporated onto a glass plate. An incident acoustic pressure signal deforms the layer system, and the induced modulation of the optical reflectance is determined by a simple optical detection scheme. The principle of measurement is demonstrated by a line scan through the focus of a broadband transducer and can be applied to rapid two-dimensional characterization of ultrasonic fields. The high temporal and spatial resolution of the measurements is combined with high sensitivity and durability of the probe, and, in contrast with fiber-tip multilayer hydrophones, the multilayer detection array provides signals that are not influenced by acoustic resonances and diffraction phenomena.     

Calibration of high-frequency hydrophone up to 40 MHz by heterodyne interferometer

A calibration technique for high-frequency hydrophone utilizing a heterodyne interferometer is presented in this article. The calibration system is mainly composed of optical and signal processing modules. In the displacement measurement, a pellicle is mounted at the surface of water to avoid acousto-optical interaction. The phase modulated carrier signal is digitized and transferred to the computer, then processed by digital phase demodulation. A phase unwrapping algorithm is employed to remove ambiguity of the arctangent function and has proven effective in large displacement measurements. Pellicle displacement and voltage output of the hydrophone in focused ultrasonic field are processed by DFT to determine the amplitudes of the fundamental and harmonic components. Experiments show that the heterodyne technique can provide hydrophone calibration up to 40 MHz, with a slightly smaller sensitivity compared with the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) calibration results for most frequency ranges. Since the heterodyne technique is independent on assumptions about the geometry of the ultrasonic field and the performance of the transducer, it can be easily extended to high frequency and high power ultrasound measurement applications.     

Cost-effective assembly of a basic fiber-optic hydrophone for measurement of high-amplitude therapeutic ultrasound fields

Design considerations, assembly details, and operating procedures of one version of a cost-effective basic fiber-optic probe hydrophone (FOPH) are described in order to convey practical information to groups interested in constructing a similar device. The use of fiber optic hydrophones can overcome some of the limitations associated with traditional polyvinylidene difluoride (PVDF) hydrophones for calibration of acoustic fields. Compared to standard PVDF hydrophones, FOPH systems generally have larger bandwidths, enhanced spatial resolution, reduced directionality, and greater immunity to electromagnetic interference, though they can be limited by significantly lower sensitivities. The FOPH system presently described employs a 100-microm multimode optical fiber as the sensing element and incorporates a 1-W laser diode module, 2 x 2 optical coupler, and general-purpose 50-MHz silicon p-i-n photodetector. Wave forms generated using the FOPH system and a reference PVDF hydrophone are compared, and intrinsic and substitution methods for calibrating the FOPH system are discussed. The voltage-to-pressure transfer factor is approximately 0.8 mV/MPa (-302 dB re 1 V/microPa), though straightforward modifications to the optical components in the FOPH system are discussed that can significantly increase this value. Recommendations are presented to guide the choice of optical components and to provide practical insight into the routine usage of the FOPH device.     

新型光纤光栅水声传感器的研究

提出了一种新型的光纤布拉格光栅(FBG)水声传感探头结构以及光纤光栅传感信号的自解调方法。利用一对匹配光栅构成推挽结构,实现了传感-解调的合二为一,大大地减小了系统的复杂度;并通过筒状弹性体结构,解决了裸光纤光栅测量水声信号的灵敏度过小的问题,并具有温度补偿作用。仿真与初步实验结果表明,该水听器探头的测量动态范围超过100 dB,在100~200 dB re 1μPa的水声压范围内,测量灵敏度为0.36 nm/Mpa。     

Optical cavitation probe using light scattering from bubble clouds

To understand the behaviour of systems containing clouds of bubbles (multibubble system) in real sonochemical reactors, a new diagnosis method, i.e., optical cavitation probe (OCP), has been proposed. When a laser beam is introduced into the cavitation bubble cloud, the scattered light intensity changes by the collective oscillation of cavitation bubbles. The frequency domain spectrum of the scattered light contains rich information on the cavitation bubble clouds, comparable with the acoustic emission spectra detected by a hydrophone. The significant merits of OCP, such as capability for spatially resolved, non-invasive measurement of the cavitation bubble clouds, robustness even in a violent cavitation field have been experimentally demonstrated.     

Calibration of ultrasonic hydrophone probes up to 100 MHz using time gating frequency analysis and finite amplitude waves

A number of ultrasound imaging systems employs harmonic imaging to optimize the trade off between resolution and penetration depth and center frequencies as high as 15 MHz are now used in clinical practice. However, currently available measurement tools are not fully adequate to characterize the acoustic output of such nonlinear systems primarily due to the limited knowledge of the frequency responses beyond 20 MHz of the available piezoelectric hydrophone probes. In addition, ultrasound hydrophone probes need to be calibrated to eight times the center frequency of the imaging transducer. Time delay spectrometry (TDS) is capable of providing transduction factor of the probes beyond 20 MHz, however its use is in practice limited to 40 MHz. This paper describes a novel approach termed time gating frequency analysis (TGFA) that provides the transduction factor of the hydrophone probes in the frequency domain and significantly extends the quasi-continuous calibration of the probes up to 60 MHz. The verification of the TGFA data was performed using TDS calibration technique (up to 40 MHz) and a nonlinear calibration method (up to 100 MHz). The nonlinear technique was based on a novel wave propagation model capable of predicting the true pressure-time waveforms at virtually any point in the field. The spatial averaging effects introduced by the finite aperture hydrophones were also accounted for. TGFA calibration results were obtained for different PVDF probes, including needle and membrane designs with nominal diameters from 50 to 500 micro m. The results were compared with discrete calibration data obtained from an independent national laboratory and the overall uncertainty was determined to be +/-1.5 dB in the frequency range 40-60 MHz and less than +/-1 dB below 40 MHz.     

聚焦区域高声强声场分布的测量方法研究

常用的声场分布测量是采用水听器扫描声场的方法,该方法对于声能量密度较大的声场难以测量,因为在这种情况下声振幅比较大,水听器在这种声场中呈现非线性或遭到破坏。设计了一种用辐射压力测量高声强声场分布的方法,该方法利用一根微细管,直接测量声场的冲流压力,通过对声场进行扫描测量可以得到高声强声场压力分布。从理论上分析了这种测量方法的可行性,对测量基本要求及实验装置做了阐述。实验结果证实:该方法可以用来测量高声能密度声场压力分布;测量结果与水听器测量结果基本吻合;测量方法存在测量盲区。     

Imager that combines near-infrared diffusive light and ultrasound

We introduce an imaging technique that combines complementary features of ultrasound and near-infrared diffusive light imaging. We achieve the combined technology experimentally by mounting an ultrasound array together with multiple laser source and optical detector fibers upon a hand-held probe. The technique is demonstrated with tissue phantoms wherein both acoustic and optical sensors image the volume underneath the probe. Coregistration of acoustic and optical images is achieved with an accuracy of 0.27+/-0.20cm, approximately half of the image pixel size of our prototype. Accurate determination of target optical absorption is also achieved by use of image segmentation on the ultrasound reconstruction. The combined technique may provide improved breast-cancer detection sensitivity and specificity.     

Study of the planar optical fiber Bragg grating hydrophone probe with acceleration compensation

Since the probe acceleration response of a planar optical FBG hydrophone is very obvious and has an adverse influence on normal underwater acoustic pressure detection,an acceleration desensitization method employing an acceleration compensation measure is presented here.Results indicate that by utilizing this method,the equivalent pressure output applied by one unit of acceleration(1m·s^-2) is reduced from a range of 2.52-3.26 Pa to 0.0758-0.217 Pa, while the structural sensitivity decreases from 28 fm/Pa to 20 fm/Pa,however,the resonance frequency increases slightly from 6.2 kHz to 6.5 kHz.The increased resonance frequency helps to improve the dynamic frequency characteristics,and while the structural sensitivity is reduced, it can be compensated for by improving the optical FBG dynamic wavelength interrogation sensitivity.The system sensitivity of the optical FBG hydrophone is mainly determined by its wavelength interrogation sensitivity and not the probe structure sensitivity.Therefore,the acceleration compensation method would have broad practical applications.     

一种光纤光栅水听器灵敏度校准技术研究

为了校准光纤光栅水听器的灵敏度,开展了光纤光栅水听器灵敏度校准技术研究.本文首先介绍了光纤光栅水听器的工作原理;其次,采用可调谐激光器和带工作点控制的强度调制法,实现了光纤光栅水听器的信号解调和稳态测量;在此基础上,利用比较法建立了一种光纤光栅水听器校准系统,校准频率范围为20 Hz～10 kHz;最后,在该频率范围内对采用等效相移布喇格光栅研制的一只光纤光栅水听器的灵敏度进行了校准,对系统的测量不确定度进行了估算.结果表明,该系统可准确校准光纤光栅水听器的灵敏度,扩展不确定度为0.9 dB(k＝2).     

Development of an optical fiber hydrophone with fiber Bragg grating

A new type of optical fiber hydrophone is constructed with a fiber Bragg grating (FBG) based on the intensity modulation of laser light in an FBG under the influence of sound pressure. The FBG hydrophone shows linearity, with dynamic range about 70 dB. It can measure amplitude and phase of an acoustic field in real time, and operates in a wide range of acoustic frequency, at least from 1 kHz to 3 MHz. No signal distortion is observed in the detected signal. Because of the simplicity in its operating principle and geometry, an FBG hydrophone is expected to be an acoustic sensor of high practicality compared to a conventional optical fiber hydrophone.     

使用激光测振技术校准水听器灵敏度

介绍了我们利用激光测振技术在 10~ 200 kHz频段建立的一套校准水听器灵敏度的测试装置。在该套装置中,通过激光测振仪直接测量声波作用下水介质的质点振速并导出相应的声压量值,然后利用该声压量进行待测水听器灵敏度的校准。由于不存在换能器非线性和非互易性等因素的影响,整套装置的测量不确定度减小到 0.5 dB左右,同时该方法还具有操作方便的特点。     

一种光纤光栅水听器灵敏度校准技术研究

为了校准光纤光栅水听器的灵敏度,开展了光纤光栅水听器灵敏度校准技术研究.本文首先介绍了光纤光栅水听器的工作原理;其次,采用可调谐激光器和带工作点控制的强度调制法,实现了光纤光栅水听器的信号解调和稳态测量;在此基础上,利用比较法建立了一种光纤光栅水听器校准系统,校准频率范围为20 Hz~10 kHz;最后,在该频率范围内对采用等效相移布喇格光栅研制的一只光纤光栅水听器的灵敏度进行了校准,对系统的测量不确定度进行了估算.结果表明,该系统可准确校准光纤光栅水听器的灵敏度,扩展不确定度为0.9 dB(k=2).     

海底薄地层和硬地层声速测量方法的研究(射线参数法和折射法分析)

应用T²-X²法测量海底薄地层和硬地层的声速常常不能得到满意的结果。为此,有必要在一个由声源和拖曳水听器阵组成的声速测量系统中设置接射线参数法和折射法测量海底地层声速的处理功能。本文从这两种方法的测量原理出发,着重研究了地层回波时距数据的处理方法,以及由各种因素(如回波时间随机抖动和地层界面倾斜角不确定性等)所引起的声速测量误差等问题。射线参数法和折射法测量声速的数据处理和运算过程已经用TURBO-PASCAL语言编程,并通过对典型实例的模拟计算作了验证。