Publication Date:
2016-08-27
Description:
The frequency domain analysis of stimulated Raman Photoacoustic (PA) induced by laser pulses with Gaussian and rectangular temporal profiles is presented. Utilizing the pulsed laser with nanosecond and microsecond pulse width with Gaussian temporal profile, the frequency component of the PA signals cannot be differentiated between the stimulated Raman PA and the linear optical absorption PA, which is limited by the response bandwidth of biological tissue. When the laser pulses with rectangular temporal profile are used, we deduced the PA expression and numerically derived its frequency spectrum. The frequency components of PA signal induced by the stimulated Raman phonons is more than that induced by optical absorption in some low frequency ranges, which is inside the bandwidth of tissue system. Therefore, stimulated Raman PA signal can be distinguished from the linear optical absorption PA signal in frequency domain. Numerical simulations were conducted in this paper to demonstrate the proposition and feasibility of stimulated Raman PA in frequency domain, which will be experimentally validated in future work.
Print ISSN:
0021-8979
Electronic ISSN:
1089-7550
Topics:
Physics
