READ ME File For '32-Core Erbium/Ytterbium-Doped Multicore Fiber Amplifier for Next Generation Space-Division Multiplexed Transmission System' Dataset DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/D0246 ReadMe Author: Jain, Saurabh, University of Southampton This dataset supports the publication: Authors:Saurabh Jain, Carlos Castro, Yongmin Jung, John Hayes, Reza Sandoghchi, Takayuki Mizuno, Yusuke Sasaki, Yoshimichi Amma, Yutaka Miyamoto, Marc Bohn, Klaus Pulverer, Md. Nooruzzaman, Toshio Morioka, Shaiful Alam, and David J. Richardson Year: 2017 Title: 32-core erbium/ytterbium-doped multicore fiber amplifier for next generation space-division multiplexed transmission system Journal: Optics Express 25(26):32887 DOI https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.25.032887 This dataset contains: Data supporting etc etc The figures are as follows: Fig. 3 (a) Gain, and (b) NF performance of the 32c-MC-EYDA for an input signal power of −4dBm. Figure3 tab corresponds to data for Fig. 3 in paper Fig. 4 Gain vs pump power for core 32. Figure4 tab corresponds to data for Fig. 4 in paper Fig. 6 Output for core 32 (green), and input signal to the reamining cores. Figure6 tab corresponds to data for Fig. 6 in paper Fig. 8 BER vs distance for different m-QAM modulation formats. Figure8 tab corresponds to data for Fig. 8 in paper Date of data collection: January 2017 to June 2017 Related projects: This project was supported by the EU-Japan coordinated R&D project on “Scalable And Flexible optical Architecture for Reconfigurable Infrastructure (SAFARI)” commissioned by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) of Japan and EC Horizon 2020 and in part by the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council Hollow Core Fibre Photonics Programme Grant (EP/P030181/1). DJR gratefully acknowledges the Royal Society for the provision of a Wolfson Research Merit Award. Date that the file was created: February 2017