READ ME File For Dataset for 'End-capping hollow-core fibers with suppressed coupling into higher-order modes' Dataset DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/D3029 ReadMe Author: Meng Ding, University of Southampton This dataset supports the publication: Ailing Zhong, Meng Ding, Eric Numkam Fokoua, Stanislav Zvánovec, Francesco Poletti, Matěj Komanec and Radan Slavík End-capping hollow-core fibers with suppressed coupling into higher-order modes, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, 2024 Uploaded Archive (ZIP) includes 34 data files that are purely numerical (.xlsx and .txt) The figures are as follows: Fig. 6: reference_without_mode_cleaning_endcap.txt Transmission spectra using direct free-space launch with angle offset of (a) 0◦, (b) 0.55◦, (c) 1.1◦ and transmission spectra when launching through the mode-cleaning end-cap with angle offset of (d) 0◦, (e) 0.55◦, (f) 1.1◦. The blue, red, yellow, violet, and green curves represent x-axis misalignment of 0, 2, 4, 6, and 8 µm, respectively. Free space lens-DNANF (3m)-GRIN100(464)-aligned.txt Free space lens-DNANF (3m)-GRIN100(464)-aligned+2um offset.txt Free space lens-DNANF (3m)-GRIN100(464)-aligned+4um offset.txt Free space lens-DNANF (3m)-GRIN100(464)-aligned+6um offset.txt Free space lens-DNANF (3m)-GRIN100(464)-aligned+8um offset.txt Free space lens-DNANF (3m)-GRIN100(464)-misaligned with 1 cycle.txt Free space lens-DNANF (3m)-GRIN100(464)-misaligned with 1 cycle+2um offset.txt Free space lens-DNANF (3m)-GRIN100(464)-misaligned with 1 cycle+4um offset.txt Free space lens-DNANF (3m)-GRIN100(464)-misaligned with 1 cycle+6um offset.txt Free space lens-DNANF (3m)-GRIN100(464)-misaligned with 1 cycle+8um offset.txt Free space lens-DNANF (3m)-GRIN100(464)-misaligned with 2 cycle.txt Free space lens-DNANF (3m)-GRIN100(464)-misaligned with 2 cycle+2um offset.txt Free space lens-DNANF (3m)-GRIN100(464)-misaligned with 2 cycle+4um offset.txt Free space lens-DNANF (3m)-GRIN100(464)-misaligned with 2 cycle+6um offset.txt Free space lens-DNANF (3m)-GRIN100(464)-misaligned with 2 cycle+8um offset.txt reference_with_mode_cleaning_endcap.txt Free space lens-DNANF (3m)-GRIN100(464)-aligned.txt Free space lens-DNANF (3m)-GRIN100(464)-aligned+2um offset.txt Free space lens-DNANF (3m)-GRIN100(464)-aligned+4um offset.txt Free space lens-DNANF (3m)-GRIN100(464)-aligned+6um offset.txt Free space lens-DNANF (3m)-GRIN100(464)-aligned+8um offset.txt Free space lens-DNANF (3m)-GRIN100(464)-misaligned with 1 cycle.txt Free space lens-DNANF (3m)-GRIN100(464)-misaligned with 1 cycle+2um offset.txt Free space lens-DNANF (3m)-GRIN100(464)-misaligned with 1 cycle+4um offset.txt Free space lens-DNANF (3m)-GRIN100(464)-misaligned with 1 cycle+6um offset.txt Free space lens-DNANF (3m)-GRIN100(464)-misaligned with 1 cycle+8um offset.txt Free space lens-DNANF (3m)-GRIN100(464)-misaligned with 2 cycle.txt Free space lens-DNANF (3m)-GRIN100(464)-misaligned with 2 cycle+2um offset.txt Free space lens-DNANF (3m)-GRIN100(464)-misaligned with 2 cycle+4um offset.txt Free space lens-DNANF (3m)-GRIN100(464)-misaligned with 2 cycle+6um offset.txt Free space lens-DNANF (3m)-GRIN100(464)-misaligned with 2 cycle+8um offset.txt Fig. 7: Fig7_LP11_LP02_comparison.xlsx Cross-coupling efficiency into LP11 and LP02 modes for various x-axis misalignments and angle misalignment of (a) 0◦ and (b) 1.1◦. LP11: without (blue dots) and with (orange asterisk) mode-cleaning end-cap. LP02: without (yellow pentagram) and with (violet triangle) mode-cleaning end-cap. Fig.8: Fig8_LP11_LP02_ER_comparison.xlsx Extinction ratio between the fundamental mode and the LP11 and LP02 modes as a function of x-axis misalignment under angle misalignment of (a) 0◦ and (b) 1.1◦. Date of data collection: 15/05/2023-26/05/2023 Information about geographic location of data collection: Optoelectronics Research Center, UK. Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic Licence: Open Access Publishing Agreement. Related projects: Technology Agency of the Czech Republic, grant FW03010171, EPSRC projects EP/P030181/1 and EP/W037440/1. Date that the file was created: 28 March, 2024