READ ME File For 'Data for Simple Method for Determining Quantum Efficiency and Background Propagation Loss in Thulium-doped Fibres'

Dataset DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/D2748

Date that the file was created: August 2023

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GENERAL INFORMATION
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ReadMe Author: Martin P Buckthorpe, University of Southampton 

Date of data collection: November 2022

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SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION
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Licenses/restrictions placed on the data, or limitations of reuse: None

Recommended citation for the data: None

This dataset supports the publication:
AUTHORS: Martin P Buckthorpe and W Andrew Clarkson
TITLE: Simple Method for Determining Quantum Efficiency and Background Propagation Loss in Thulium-doped Fibres
JOURNAL: Applied Physics B
PAPER DOI IF KNOWN:

Links to other publicly accessible locations of the data: None

Links/relationships to ancillary or related data sets: None


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DATA & FILE OVERVIEW
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This dataset contains:

A Microsoft Excel document that includes the data used for Figure 2 of "Simple Method for Determining Quantum Efficiency and Background Propagation Loss in Thulium-doped Fibres"


Relationship between files, if important for context: None

Additional related data collected that was not included in the current data package: None

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METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION
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Description of methods used for collection/generation of data: Measurement of slope efficiencies are from measurements of laser power from power meters. Measurements of laser spectrum from optical spectrum analyser.

Methods for processing the data: Basic mathematical functions on Microsoft Excel

Software- or Instrument-specific information needed to interpret the data, including software and hardware version numbers: Microsoft Excel

Standards and calibration information, if appropriate: N/A

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People involved with sample collection, processing, analysis and/or submission: Martin P Buckthorpe


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DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION <Create sections for each datafile or set, as appropriate>
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Number of variables: 3

Number of cases/rows: 6

Variable list, defining any abbreviations, units of measure, codes or symbols used: Absorbed slope efficiency, emission wavelength (nm), Fibre length (m)
   
Missing data codes: N/A

Specialized formats or other abbreviations used: N/A