Micropascal-sensitivity ultrasound sensors based on optical microcavities

Hao Yang; Xuening Cao; Zhi-Gang Hu; Yimeng Gao; Yuechen Lei; Min Wang; Zhanchun Zuo; Xiulai Xu; Bei-Bei Li

doi:10.1364/PRJ.486849

Photonics Research, Volume. 11, Issue 7, 1139(2023)

Micropascal-sensitivity ultrasound sensors based on optical microcavities

Hao Yang^1,2、†, Xuening Cao^1,2、†, Zhi-Gang Hu^1,2, Yimeng Gao^1,2, Yuechen Lei^1,2, Min Wang^1,2, Zhanchun Zuo^1,3, Xiulai Xu⁴, and Bei-Bei Li^1,3、*

Author Affiliations

¹Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China

²University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

³Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, Dongguan 523808, China

⁴State Key Laboratory for Mesoscopic Physics and Frontiers Science Center for Nano-optoelectronics, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China

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Paper Information

Category: Optical Devices

Received: Feb. 1, 2023

Accepted: Apr. 19, 2023

Published Online: Jun. 9, 2023

The Author Email: Bei-Bei Li (libeibei@iphy.ac.cn)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.486849

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