READ ME File For 'Dataset for article: Fundamental thermal noise in antiresonant hollow-core fibers'

Dataset DOI: https://doi.org/10.5258/SOTON/D2301

ReadMe Author: Vincent Michaud-Belleau, Universite Laval, Quebec City, and Radan Slavik, University of Southampton 

This dataset supports the publication:

V. MICHAUD-BELLEAU, E.R. NUMKAM FOKOUA, P. HORAK, N.V. WHEELER, S. RIKIMI, T.D. BRADLEY, D.J. RICHARDSON, F. POLETTI, J. GENEST, and R. SLAVIK,  
Fundamental thermal noise in antiresonant hollow-core fibers, Physcial Review A 2022 


Uploaded Archive (ZIP) includes 21 data files that are purely numerical (.txt)


The figures are as follows:

Fig1.txt

Columns (%.5e\t): 
1) Abscissa, frequency [Hz]
2) fc = 20 kHz, solid blue curve, model [1/Hz]
3) fc = 120 kHz, solid orange curve, model [1/Hz]
4) low-frequency asymptote, dotted orange curve, model [1/Hz]
5) high-frequency asymptote, dotted orange curve, model [1/Hz]

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Fig2.txt

Columns (%.5e\t): 
1) Abscissa, frequency [Hz]
2) SMF, solid blue curve, model [rad^2/Hz/m]
3) HCF at 1 atm, solid orange curve, model [rad^2/Hz/m]
4) HCF at 0.3 atm, dashed orange curve, model [rad^2/Hz/m]
5) HCF at 0.1 atm, dash-dotted orange curve, model [rad^2/Hz/m]

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Fig4.txt

Columns (%.5e\t): 
1) Abscissa, optical length [m]
2) Laser noise, solid blue curve, model [rad^2/Hz]
3) Fundamental thermal noise, solid orange curve, model [rad^2/Hz]
4) Shot noise, solid yellow curve, model [rad^2/Hz]
5) Environmental noise, purple curve, model [rad^2/Hz]

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Fig5a.txt

Columns (%.5e\t): 
1) Abscissa, frequency [Hz]
2) PD+, solid blue curve, measurement [V/mW]
3) PD-, solid orange curve, measurement [V/mW]
4) Δ, solid yellow curve, measurement [V/mW]

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Fig5b.txt

Columns (%.5e\t): 
1) Abscissa, frequency [Hz]
2) H, solid blue curve, measurement [V/V]
3) A, solid orange curve, measurement [V/V]

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Fig5c.txt

Columns (%.5e\t): 
1) SMF-x, yellow markers, measurement [μW]
2) SMF-y, yellow markers, measurement [μW]
3) HCF-x, purple markers, measurement [μW]
4) HCF-y, purple markers, measurement [μW]

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Fig5d_1.txt

Columns (%.5e\t): 
1) SMF-x, solid blue curve, measurement [μW]
2) SMF-y, solid blue curve, measurement [μW]
3) HCF-x, solid orange curve, measurement [μW]
4) HCF-y, solid orange curve, measurement [μW]

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Fig5d_2.txt

Columns (%.5e\t): 
1) SMF-x no FM, yellow markers, measurement [μW]
2) SMF-y no FM, yellow markers, measurement [μW]
3) HCF-x no FM, purple markers, measurement [μW]
4) HCF-y no FM, purple markers, measurement [μW]

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Fig6a.txt

Columns (%.5e\t): 
1) Abscissa, frequency [Hz]
2) Interferometer A, solid blue curve, measurement [rad^2/Hz]
3) Interferometer B, solid orange curve, measurement [rad^2/Hz]
4) A-B difference, solid yellow curve, measurement [rad^2/Hz]
5) Corrected A-B difference, solid purple curve, measurement [rad^2/Hz]

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Fig6b.txt

Columns (%.5e\t): 
1) Abscissa, frequency [Hz]
2) Sampled correction function, orange markers, measurement [rad/rad]

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Fig6c.txt

Columns (%.5e\t): 
1) Abscissa, frequency [Hz]
2) Interferometer A, solid blue curve, measurement [rad^2/Hz]
3) Interferometer B, solid orange curve, measurement [rad^2/Hz]
4) A-B difference, solid yellow curve, measurement [rad^2/Hz]
5) Corrected A-B difference, solid purple curve, measurement [rad^2/Hz]

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Fig6d.txt

Columns (%.5e\t): 
1) Abscissa, frequency [Hz]
2) Sampled correction function, orange markers, measurement [rad/rad]

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Fig7.txt

Columns (%.5e\t): 
1) Abscissa, frequency [Hz]
2) Measurement SMF vs SMF, solid blue curve, measurement [rad^2/Hz]
3) Total measurement noise, solid orange curve, measurement [rad^2/Hz]
4) Model, 2x105-m SMF, solid red curve, model [rad^2/Hz]
5) Model + measurement noise, dash-dotted red curve, model+fit [rad^2/Hz]
6) Shot noise, dash-dotted black curve, predicted from power [rad^2/Hz]

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Fig8.txt

Columns (%.5e\t): 
1) Abscissa, frequency [Hz]
2) Measurement HCF vs HCF, solid blue curve, measurement [rad^2/Hz]
3) Model, 2x105-m SMF, solid red curve, model [rad^2/Hz]
4) Model, 2x219-m HCF (1.00 atm), solid yellow curve, model [rad^2/Hz]
5) Model, 2x219-m HCF (0.70 atm), solid purple curve, model [rad^2/Hz]
6) Shot noise, dash-dotted black curve, predicted from power [rad^2/Hz]

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Fig9.txt

Columns (%.5e\t): 
1) Abscissa, frequency [Hz]
2) Measurement SMF vs HCF #1, solid blue curve, measurement [rad^2/Hz]
3) Measurement, SMF vs HCF #2, solid orange curve, measurement [rad^2/Hz]
4) Model 105-m SMF, solid red curve, model [rad^2/Hz]
5) Model*, 219-m HCF (0.70 atm), solid yellow curve, model [rad^2/Hz]
6) Sum (includes measurement noise), solid purple curve, model+fit [rad^2/Hz]
7) Shot noise, dash-dotted black curve, predicted from power [rad^2/Hz]

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Fig10.txt

Columns (%.5e\t): 
1) Abscissa, frequency [Hz]
2) Measurement, SMF vs HCF #1, solid blue curve, measurement [rad^2/Hz]
3) Measurement, SMF vs HCF #2, solid orange curve, measurement [rad^2/Hz]
4) Model, 105-m SMF, solid red curve, [rad^2/Hz]
5) Model*, 219-m HCF (0.30 atm), solid yellow curve, model [rad^2/Hz]
6) Model*, 219-m HCF (0.15 atm), dash-dotted yellow curve, model [rad^2/Hz]
7) Sum (0.30 atm) (includes measurement noise), solid purple curve, model [rad^2/Hz]
8) Sum (0.15 atm) (includes measurement noise), dash-dotted purple curve, model [rad^2/Hz]
9) Shot noise, dash-dotted black curve, predicted from power [rad^2/Hz]

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Fig11.txt

Columns (%.5e\t): 
1) Abscissa, frequency [Hz]
2) Measurement, HCF vs HCF (before evac.), solid blue curve, measurement [rad^2/Hz]
3) Measurement, HCF vs HCF (after evac.), solid orange curve, measurement [rad^2/Hz]
4) Model, 219-m HCF (0.30 atm), solid yellow curve, model [rad^2/Hz]
5) Model, 219-m HCF (0.15 atm), solid green curve, model [rad^2/Hz]
6) Sum (includes measurement noise), solid purple curve, model+fit [rad^2/Hz]
7) Shot noise, dash-dotted black curve, predicted from power [rad^2/Hz]

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Fig12.txt

Columns (%.5e\t): 
1) Abscissa, elapsed time [s]
2) Venting, solid blue curve, model [atm]
3) Filling, solid orange curve, model [atm]

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Fig13.txt

Columns (%.5e\t): 
1) Abscissa, elapsed time [s]
2) Measurement SMF, solid blue curve, measurement [rad^2/Hz/m]
3) Measurement HCF (before evacuation), solid orange curve, measurement [rad^2/Hz/m]
4) Measurement HCF (after evacuation), solid yellow curve, measurement [rad^2/Hz/m]
5) Model SMF, solid red curve, model [rad^2/Hz/m]
6) Model HCF (0.70 atm), solid purple curve, model [rad^2/Hz/m]
7) Model HCF (0.23 atm), solid green curve, model [rad^2/Hz/m]
8) Model HCF (0.15 atm), solid teal curve, model [rad^2/Hz/m]

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Fig14.txt

Columns (%.5e\t): 
1) Abscissa, frequency [Hz]
2) SMF, solid blue curve, model [rad^2/Hz] 
3) Cranch et al., dash-dotted orange curve, fit from plot [rad^2/Hz]
4) p = 1.00 atm, dashed yellow curve, model [rad^2/Hz]
5) p = 0.70 atm, dashed purple curve, model [rad^2/Hz]
6) p = 0.23 atm, dashed green curve, model [rad^2/Hz]
7) p = 0.15 atm, dashed teal curve, model [rad^2/Hz]

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Fig15.txt

Columns (%.5e\t): 
1) Abscissa, frequency [Hz]
2) SMF, solid blue curve, model [rad^2/Hz/m] 
3) HCF-N2, solid orange curve, model [rad^2/Hz/m] 
4) HCF-Ne, solid yellow curve, model [rad^2/Hz/m] 
5) HCF-He, solid purple curve, model [rad^2/Hz/m] 


Date of data collection: 7/2020-12/2021

Information about geographic location of data collection: Univesite Laval, Quebec City, Canada and University of Southampton, U.K. 

Licence: reative Commons Attribution.

Related projects:
Airguide (EPSRC), RAEng Senior Research Fellowship, Lightpipe (EU H2020)


Date that the file was created: 15 July, 2022