READ ME File For 'PPLNNonuniformDataset '

Dataset DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/D1102

ReadMe Author: Alan Gray, University of Southampton [ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2316-8821]

This dataset supports the publication:
AUTHORS: Alan C. Gray, Lewis g. Carpenter, Sam A. Berry, James C. Gates, Peter G. R. Smith, Corin B. E. Gawith
TITLE: Investigation of PPLN Waveguide Uniformity via Second Harmonic Generation Spectra
JOURNAL: IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
PAPER DOI IF KNOWN: 10.1109/LPT.2019.2957199

This dataset contains: 

PPLNNonuniformDataset.xlsx contains data associated with the paper of the given title
The spreadsheet contains the data for figures 3, 5, 6 and 7, as described below.

The figures are as follows:
Fig. 1 Schematic of fabrication process
Fig. 2 Schematic of optical testing procedure
Fig. 3 Data for optical charcterisation from second harmonic generation from the PPLN waveguide presented in paper. 
This contains the wavelength and normalised SHG power
Fig. 4  Photograph and image recognition example of the PPLN waveguide
Fig. 5  Resulting waveguide width data
Fig. 6  (a) Propagation constant as a function of waveguide length (b) numerical SHG spectrum utilising the presented method
Fig. 7  (a) Propgation constant and waveguide width for a 1560-780 nm SHG 
(b) Data for optical charcterisation for second harmonic generation for 1560-780nm SHG. This contains the wavelength and normalised SHG power


Date of data collection: Dec 2018 - April 2019

Licence: CC BY

Date that the file was created: January, 2020