READ ME File For Dataset780Vecsel

Dataset DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/D1584

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

This dataset supports the publication:
AUTHORS: ALAN C. GRAY, SAM A. BERRY, LEWIS G. CARPENTER, JAMES C. GATES, CORIN B. E. GAWITH, AND PETER G. R. SMITH
TITLE: Upconversion detection of 1.25 Gb/s mid-infrared telecommunications using a silicon avalanche photodiode

JOURNAL: OSA Optics Express
PAPER DOI IF KNOWN: 10.1364/OE.404855

This dataset contains: 

DatasetUpConTelecoms.xlsx contains data associated with the paper of the given title
The spreadsheet contains the data for figures 2,3, 4, and 5, as described below.

The figures are as follows:
Fig. 1 Schematic of Optical setup
Fig. 2a Phasematching spectra of the DFG process
Fig. 2b Converted power of the DFG process
Fig. 3a Phasematching spectra of the SFG process
Fig. 3b Converted power of the SFG process
Fig. 4a and b  Power stability of the MIR and Vis generation process
Fig. 4c and d Zoom in of the above data
Fig. 5a BER with respect to detected vis power
Fig. 5b 1064 pump power required for the data presented in fig 5a 
Fig. 6 Eye diagrams of data transfer 
Fig. 7 RIN of lasers used


Date of data collection: 2020

Related projects: Air Force Office of Scientific Research (FA9550-16-1-0531), Innovate UK (102805, 104000, 104613); Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/M013243/1, EP/M013294/1, EP/M024539/1, EP/T00097X/1)).

Licence: CC BY

Date that the file was created: December, 2020