CPC G01H 9/004 (2013.01) [A61B 5/0097 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A system for detecting acoustic waves, said system comprising:
an optical resonator configured to be impinged by acoustic waves;
a continuous-wave source laser beam directed to said optical resonator, wherein said source laser beam is propagated through said optical resonator, thereby generating a propagated laser beam; and
an interferometer configured for detecting said acoustic waves by monitoring transients in an optical phase in said propagated laser beam, wherein said transients are indicative of a waveform of said acoustic waves, wherein said reference beam comprises a replica of said source laser beam, and wherein said monitoring comprises interfering said propagated laser beam with a reference beam.
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