READ ME File For Dataset 'Novel ultra-fast pulsed laser sources for bio-imaging applications' Dataset DOI: https://doi.org/10.5258/SOTON/D2783 ReadMe Author: Duanyang Xu This dataset supports the thesis: AUTHOR: Duangyang Xu TITLE: Novel ultra-fast pulsed laser sources for bio-imaging applications This dataset contains: originally measured and calcuated data for plotting figures within the thesis The figures are as follows: Figure 5.3: Spectrum of conventional soliton mode locking output: experimental result (solid red line) and numerical simulation result (dashed black line). Water absorption lines (solid blue line) Figure 5.4: Auto-correlation of the pulse: red points: experimental auto-correlation traces; dashed black line: Sech2 fitting of the auto-correlation Figure 5.10: Tunable coupler coupling ratio Figure 5.11: Tunable coupler wavelength dependence (Scale setting on the ro-tary knob 27 :blue, 28: green, 29 red.) Figure 5.12: Spectrum of conventional soliton mode locking output: experimen-tal result (solid red line) and numerical simulation result (dashed black line). Figure 5.13: Auto-correlation of the pulse: red points: experimental auto-correlation traces; dashed black line: Sech2 fitting of the auto-correlation. Figure 5.14: Mode-locked oscilloscope traces (single-pulse) Figure 5.19: Spectrum of the stretched pulse mode locking output: experimentalresult (solid red line) and numerical simulation result (dashed black line) Figure 5.24: Spectrum of dissipative soliton mode locking output: experimentalresult (solid red line) and numerical simulation result (dashed black line) Figure 5.25: Auto-correlation of direct output pulse Figure 5.27: Auto-correlation of compressed pulse by 6.5 m long SMF. Figure 5.28: Cavity output power curve (Decrease the pump power). Figure 5.29: Cavity output power stability test over 100mins. Inset: Pulsestability in the oscilloscope over 100 mins. Figure 5.30: Spectral stability over 100mins Licence: CC-BY Date of data collection: 2019-2023 Information about geographic location of data collection: University of Southampton, U.K. Related projects: AirGuide Photonics, EPSRC(EP/P030181/1) Date that the file was created: September 2023 --------------