1 From Photoacoustic Effect to Laser-Generated Ultrasound Technology 1 1.1 Discovery of the Photoacoustic Effect 2 1.2 The Emergence of Photoacoustic Technology 3 1.3 Photoacoustic Technology in Biomedical Applications 5 1.3.1 Photoacoustic Imaging Technology 5 1.3.2 Laser-Generated Ultrasound Technology 7 References 8 2 Laser-Generated Ultrasound Theory 13 2.
1 Photo-thermal-acoustic Conversion Model 13 2.2 Laser Damage Threshold Theory 16 2.3 Frequency Characteristic of Laser-Generated Ultrasound 20 References 23 3 Laser-Generated Ultrasound Device 25 3.1 Light-Absorbing Material 27 3.1.1 Metal-PDMS Devices 29 3.1.2 Carbon Nanomaterials-PDMS Devices 30 3.
1.2.1 Carbon Black 33 3.1.2.2 Carbon Nanofiber 34 3.1.2.
3 Candle-Soot Nanoparticles 35 3.1.2.4 Carbon Nanotubes 36 3.1.2.5 Graphite, Graphene, and Reduced Graphene Oxide 40 3.1.
3 Other Composite Material Devices 43 3.1.3.1 Ink 43 3.1.3.2 Quantum Dot Material CuInS2 (CIS) 43 3.1.
3.3 Photostable Dyes 45 3.1.3.4 Perovskite (MAPbI3) 45 3.1.3.5 2D Transition Metal Carbide/Nitride (MXene) 46 3.
2 Thermal Expansion Material 46 3.2.1 Polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) 48 3.2.2 Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) 48 3.2.2.1 Composite Methods of PDMS 49 3.
2.2.2 Optimization of PDMS--Self-Healing PDMS 50 3.2.2.3 Preparation Process and Structural Characteristics of Self-Healing PDMS 50 3.2.2.
4 Realization Mechanism of PDMS Self-Healing 50 3.2.3 Hydrogels 52 3.3 Summary 53 References 54 4 All-Optical Ultrasound Imaging 59 4.1 Optical Ultrasound Generation 60 4.1.1 Free-Space Excitation 61 4.1.
2 Optical Fiber Excitation 62 4.2 Optical Ultrasound Reception Technology 62 4.2.1 Microring Resonator (MRR) 63 4.2.2 Fabry-Pérot Resonator 64 4.2.3 Fiber-Optic Bragg Grating (FBG) 65 4.
3 All-Optical Ultrasound Imaging Systems 66 4.3.1 Single-Element-Based Systems 67 4.3.2 Array-Based Systems 86 4.4 Summary 91 References 91 5 Laser-Generated Ultrasound Therapy 95 5.1 Neuromodulation 96 5.2 Drug Delivery 109 5.
3 Tissue Cutting and Ablation 112 5.4 Summary 117 References 117 Index 120.