Abstract
Ultrasound is widely used in medical imaging, and photo-acoustics is an upcoming imaging modality for the diagnosis of diseases. Future applications require a large matrix of small, sensitive, and broadband ultrasound sensors. However, current high-end systems still use piezo-electric material to detect ultrasound, with limited sensitivity and bandwidth. Silicon photonic circuits can meet the requirements of size, bandwidth, and scalability when designed as ultrasound sensors. Namely, a silicon photonic waveguide deforms when the ultrasound pressure waves impinge on it, leading to a change in effective refractive index, ne, due to geometrical and photo-elastic effects [1]. However, these effects are weak, which limits the intrinsic sensitivity of silicon photonic ultrasound sensors [2]. To significantly enhance sensitivity, silicon waveguides have been combined with acousto-mechanical structures, which achieved acoustomechanical-noise-limited sensing [3], but this is not compatible with standard photonic platforms.
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