READ ME File For 'DATASET for O-band bismuth-doped fiber amplifier and its temperature dependent performance' Dataset DOI:https://doi.org/10.5258/SOTON/D1029 ReadMe Author: Yu Wang, Naresh K Thipparapu, Siyi Wang, Pranabesh Barua, Andrey A Umnikov, David J Richardson, Jayanta Sahu, University of Southampton This dataset supports the publication: Yu Wang, Naresh K Thipparapu, Siyi Wang, Pranabesh Barua, Andrey A Umnikov, David J Richardson, Jayanta Sahu. (2019) O-band bismuth-doped fiber amplifier and its temperature dependent performance WSOF 2019 Description: The excel file contains all experimental data used for generating Fig.2 to Fig.3 The figures are as follows: Fig. 2 (a) Gain and NF spectra at different temperatures from -60 to +80 oC of the single pass BDFA Fig. 2 (b) Gain and NF spectra at different temperatures from -60 to +80 oC of the double pass BDFA Fig. 2 (c) Temperature-dependent-gain (TDG) coefficient from 1300 to 1360 nm of the single-pass and double-pass BDFA Fig. 3 (a) Gain and NF variation with pump power of the double pass BDFA at -60, +20 and +80 oC (Inset presents the gain coefficient at -60 oC) Fig. 3 (b) Gain and NF variation with signal power of the double pass BDFA at -60, +20 and +80 oC (Inset presents the OSNR spectrum for -10 dBm signal at -60 oC) Fig. 3 (c) Gain and NF comparison of 212 m long BDFA in the single pass with bi-directional double pumps (SP-DP, total pump power = 745 mW) and 159 m long BDFA in the double pass with a single pump (DP-SP, total pump power = 370 mW) configurations Date of data collection 2018-06-01 to 2019-06-30 Related projects: UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) under the “Airguide Photonics” Programme Grant (EP/P030181/1) Dataset available under a CC BY 4.0 licence Publisher: University of Southampton, U.K. Date: July 2019