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Astolfi, Lorenzo, Hutchins, David A., Watson, Richard L., Thomas, Peter J., Ricci, Marco, Nie, Luzhen, Freear, Steven, Cooper, Timothy P., Clare, Adam T. and Laureti, Stefano (2022) Optimised polymer trapped-air lenses for ultrasound focusing in water exploiting Fabry-Pérot resonance. Ultrasonics, 125 . 106781. doi:10.1016/j.ultras.2022.106781 ISSN 0041-624X.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultras.2022.106781
Abstract
The concept of employing air volumes trapped inside polymer shells to make a lens for ultrasound focusing in water is investigated. The proposed lenses use evenly-spaced concentric rings, each having an air-filled polymer shell construction, defining concentric water-filled channels. Numerical simulations and experiments have shown that a plane wave can be focused, and that the amplification can be boosted by Fabry-Pérot resonances within the water channels with an appropriate choice of the lens thickness. The effect of the polymer shell thickness and the depth of the channels is discussed, as these factors can affect the geometry and hence the frequency of operation. The result was a lens with a Full Width at Half Maximum value of 0.65 of a wavelength at the focus. Results obtained on a metal-based counterpart are also shown for comparison. An advantage of this polymeric design is that it is easily constructed via additive manufacturing. This study shows that trapped-air lenses made of polymer are suitable for ultrasound focusing in water near 500 kHz. [Abstract copyright: Copyright © 2022. Published by Elsevier B.V.]
| Item Type: | Journal Article | |||||||||||||||
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| Subjects: | Q Science > QC Physics T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) T Technology > TS Manufactures |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Engineering > Engineering | |||||||||||||||
| SWORD Depositor: | Library Publications Router | |||||||||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Ultrasonics, Additive manufacturing, Polymers, Lenses | |||||||||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Ultrasonics | |||||||||||||||
| Publisher: | Elsevier Science BV | |||||||||||||||
| ISSN: | 0041-624X | |||||||||||||||
| Official Date: | September 2022 | |||||||||||||||
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| Volume: | 125 | |||||||||||||||
| Article Number: | 106781 | |||||||||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ultras.2022.106781 | |||||||||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | |||||||||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | |||||||||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | |||||||||||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 17 August 2022 | |||||||||||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 17 August 2022 | |||||||||||||||
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