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Photoacoustic and ultrasound signal generation. (a) The laser pulse is scattered and absorbed by the sample. (b) Absorption which leads to heating generates a transient pressure wave which is received by the transducer. (c) After a delay, τPA, ultrasound is transmitted and received over the time period 2· τPA.
