Opto-acoustic methods and apparatus for performing high resolution acoustic imaging and other sample probing and modification operations

HJ Maris, AV Nurmikko - US Patent 7,624,640, 2009 - Google Patents
Patent Application is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety as if fully restated
herein. This patent application is a continuation-in-part of US patent application Ser. No. 1 …

Opto-acoustic methods and apparatus for performing high resolution acoustic imaging and other sample probing and modification operations

H Maris, A Nurmikko - US Patent App. 11/324,866, 2006 - Google Patents
One aspect of the present invention concerns scanning acoustic microscopes in which
sound waves used for imag ing purposes are generated by an opto-acoustical process. A …

Opto-acoustic methods and apparatus for performing high resolution acoustic imaging and other sample probing and modification operations

HJ Maris, AV Nurmikko - US Patent 7,624,640, 2009 - freepatentsonline.com
An opto-acoustic transducer assembly includes a substrate; at least one layer of opto-
acoustic material coupled to a surface of the substrate, where the at least one layer of opto …

Opto-acoustic methods and apparatus for performing high resolution acoustic imaging and other sample probing and modification operations

HJ Maris, AV Nurmikko - US Patent App. 11/324,866, 2006 - freepatentsonline.com
One aspect of the present invention concerns scanning acoustic microscopes in which
sound waves used for imaging purposes are generated by an opto-acoustical process. A …