READ ME File For 'Dataset for article: 'Low loss, high-performance interconnection between standard single-mode fiber and antiresonant hollow-core fiber'

Dataset DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/xxxx

ReadMe Author: Radan Slavik, University of Southampton 

This dataset supports the publication:

D. SUSLOV, M. KOMANEC, E.R. NUMKAM FOKOUA, D. DOUSEK, A. ZHONG, S. ZVANOVEC, T..D. BRADLEY, F. POLETTI, D.J. RICHARDSON, AND R. SLAVIK,
Low loss, high-performance interconnection between standard single-mode ifber and antiresonant hollow-core fiber, SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 2021 


Uploaded Archive (ZIP) includes 20 data files that are purely numerical (.txt)


The figures are as follows:

Fig1c (Calculated filed profile along two axis)						Position [micro-m]		Field amplitude along Axis 1 (normalized)	Position [micro-m]		Field amplitude along Axis 2 (normalized)

Fig1d_simulations (Calculated filed profile along axis 2)				Position [micro-m]		Field amplitude along Axis 2 (normalized)

Fig1d_measurement (Measured filed profile along axis 2)					Position [micro-m]		Field amplitude (normalized)

Fig1e ( Gaussian fit)									Fitting formula (Position [micro-m] vs Field amplitude  (normalized)) 

Fig2a_OM1 (Calculated MFD of OM1)							GRIN length [micro-m]		MFD [micro-m]

Fig2a_OM2 (Calculated MFD of OM2)							GRIN length [micro-m]		MFD [micro-m]

Fig2b_OM1 (Coupling loss using OM1)							GRIN length [micro-m]		Loss [dB]

Fig2b_OM2 (Coupling loss using OM2)							GRIN length [micro-m]		Loss [dB]

Fig2c_OM1 (NANF-GRIN loss using OM1)							GRIN length [micro-m]		Loss [dB]

Fig2c_OM1 (NANF-GRIN loss using OM2)							GRIN length [micro-m]		Loss [dB]

Fig3_OM2 (Back-scattering loss with OM1 GRIN over wavelength)				Wavelength [nm]			Reflection loss [dB]
	
Fig3_TEC_24um (Back-scattering loss with 24-um long TEC adapter over wavelength)	Wavelength [nm]			Reflection loss [dB]	

Fig5_OM1_ARC (Loss with OM1 GRIN and ARC coating)					GRIN length [micro-m]		Loss per interconnection [dB]   + formula and parameters of the fit

Fig5_OM2_ARC (Loss with OM2 GRIN and ARC coating)					GRIN length [micro-m]		Loss per interconnection [dB]

Fig5_OM2_no ARC (Loss with OM1 GRIN and no ARC coating)					GRIN length [micro-m]		Loss per interconnection [dB]
 
Fig6_TEC (Transmission with TEC adapters of various MFD)				TEC MFD [micro-m]		Loss per intercoonection [dB]   + formula and parameters of the fit

Fig7_GRIN (Transmission spectral characteristics with GRIN adapters)			Wavelength [nm]			Transmission [dB]

Fig7_TEC (Transmission spectral characteristics with TEC adapters)			Wavelength [nm]			Transmission [dB]

Fig8a_GRIN (FFT of transmission spectra through sample with GRIN adapters)		Differential mode delay [ps/m]	Normalized Amplitude [dB]

Fig8b_TEC (FFT of transmission spectra through sample with TEC adapters)		Differential mode delay [ps/m]	Normalized Amplitude [dB]


Date of data collection: 1/2/2020-1/11/2020

Information about geographic location of data collection: University of Southampton, U.K. and Czech Technical University, Prague, CZ

Licence: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY).

Related projects:
This work was supported by EPSRC project “Airguide Photonics”,  under grant EP/P030181/1 and the Czech TechnicalUniversity in Prague project through SGS20/166/OHK3/3T/13.
F. Poletti gratefully acknowledges EU ERC (grant 682724); R.Slavík and E. Numkam Fokoua were supported by RAEng Fellowships.


Date that the file was created: 10 March, 2021