title: Generation of laser-induced cavitation bubbles with a digital hologram.
abstract: We demonstrate a method using a spatial light modulator (SLM) to generate arbitrary 2-D spatial configurations of laser induced cavitation bubbles. The SLM acts as a phase hologram that controls the light distribution in the focal plane of a microscope objective. We generate cavitation bubbles over an area of 380 x 380 microm(2) with a 20x microscope objective through absorption of the pulsed laser light in a liquid ink solution. We demonstrate the ability to accurately position up to 34 micrometer sized bubbles using laser energies of 56 microJ.
authors: Nanyang Technological University, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Department of Physics and Applied Physics, Singapore.
authors: P A
authors: PA
authors: Quinto-Su
authors: V
authors: V
authors: Venugopalan
authors: C-D
authors: CD
authors: Ohl
mesh_terms: D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D006696:Holography / Q000295:instrumentation*; D007834:Lasers; D045423:Microbubbles; D008853:Microscopy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014159:Transducers