“…Since the PDMS composites are optically transparent for commonly used laser wavelengths, optical absorbing materials have to be incorporated. Several materials have been proposed in previous works, including carbon nanotubes [ 15 , 16 ], carbon black [ 17 ], organic dyes [ 18 – 20 ], metallic nanoparticles [ 21 , 22 ], quantum dots [ 23 ], graphene [ 24 ] and candle soot [ 25 , 26 ]. For ultrasound reception, resonance-based acoustic sensors on the optical fibre tips are typically used to detect ultrasound reflections [ 27 ].…”