READ ME File For 'Dataset for article: Optical Time Domain Backscatttering of Antiresonant Hollow Core Fibers'

Dataset DOI: https://doi.org/10.5258/SOTON/D2290 

ReadMe Author: Radan Slavik, University of Southampton 

This dataset supports the publication:

R. SLAVIK, E.R. NUMKAM FOKOUA, T.D. BRADLEY, AUSTIN A. TARANTA, M. KOMANEC, S. ZVANOVEC, V. MICHAUD-BELLEAU, F. POLETTI, and D.J. RICHARDSON,  
Optical Time Domain Backscatttering of Antiresonant Hollow Core Fibers, Optics Express 2022 


Uploaded Archive (ZIP) includes 14 data files that are purely numerical (.txt)


The figures are as follows:

Fig1a (black solid), Rayleigh from air 								Wavelength [nm] 	Backscattering coefficient [dB/m]

Fig1b (red dashed), Surface scattering								Wavelength [nm] 	Backscattering coefficient [dB/m]

Fig2 Rayleigh from air (black solid) and from surface (red dashed)				Core size [um]		Backscattering coefficient from surface [dB/m]	Rayleight backscattering coefficient [dB/m]

Fig4 Relative backscattered power over disntace, 1000 ns pulses					Distance [km]		Relative backscattered power [dB]	

Fig5a_100 ns Relative backscattered power over disntace, 100 ns pulses				Distance [km]		Relative backscattered power [dB]

Fig5b_300 ns Relative backscattered power over disntace, 300 ns pulses				Distance [km]		Relative backscattered power [dB]

Fig6 Backscattered power over disntace, normalized to 1 m pulsess				Distance [km]		Backscattered power normalized to 1 m [dB/m]

Fig7 Backscattered power over disntace, normalized to 1 m pulsess, Sample 2			Distance [km]		Backscattered power normalized to 1 m [dB/m]

Fig8a_1000 ns Relative backscattered power over disntace, 1000 ns pulses, Sample 2		Distance [km]		Relative backscattered power [dB]

Fig8b_300 ns Relative backscattered power over disntace, 300 ns pulses, Sample 2		Distance [km]		Relative backscattered power [dB]

Fig8c_100 ns Relative backscattered power over disntace, 100 ns pulses, Sample 2		Distance [km]		Relative backscattered power [dB]

Fig8d_30 ns Relative backscattered power over disntace, 30 ns pulses, Sample 2			Distance [km]		Relative backscattered power [dB]

Fig9a_forward Relative backscattered power over disntace, 300 ns pulses, Sample 2, forward	Distance [km]		Relative backscattered power [dB]

Fig9b_backward Relative backscattered power over disntace, 300 ns pulses, Sample 2, backward	Distance [km]		Relative backscattered power [dB]


Date of data collection: 7/2021-8/2021

Information about geographic location of data collection: University of Southampton, U.K. a

Licence: reative Commons Attribution.

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


Date that the file was created: 1 June, 2022