READ ME File For 'Broadband Mode Scramblers for Few-Mode Fibers based on 3D Printed Mechanically Induced Long-Period Fiber Gratings'

Dataset DOI:  https://doi.org/10.5258/SOTON/D2091 

ReadMe Author: Xin Huang, University of Southampton [OPTIONAL add ORCID ID]

This dataset supports the publication:Broadband Mode Scramblers for Few-Mode Fibers based on 3D Printed Mechanically Induced Long-Period Fiber Gratings
AUTHORS: Xin Huang, Yongmin Jung, Yaping Liu, Kerrianne Harrington, and David J. Richardson
TITLE: Broadband Mode Scramblers for Few-Mode Fibers based on 3D Printed Mechanically Induced Long-Period Fiber Gratings
JOURNAL: IEEE Photonics Technology Letters 
PAPER DOI IF KNOWN: 10.1109/LPT.2022.3144370


This dataset contains experimental and simulated data for the paper:


The figures are as follows:

Fig. 1. (b) calculated transmission spectra and (c) 3 dB-bandwidths of the LPFGs with different grating lengths (for a fixed coupling strength of 60% at 1550 nm).
Fig.3. (a) Measured LPFG transmission spectra with different grating lengths and (b) the impulse response of 1.25 cm-long LPFG.
Fig. 4. Mode coupling properties of the mode scrambler under pure (a) LP01, (b) LP11a and (c) LP11b mode excitation at different loads.


Date of data collection: 01/03/2021 - 20/11/2021

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

Licence:CCBY

Related projects:
Engineering and Physical Science Research Council through grants EP/N00762X/1 and EP/P030181/1


Date that the file was created: January, 2022