READ ME File For 'Development of Wideband Optical Amplifiers and Associated Technology'

Dataset DOI:   https://doi.org/10.5258/SOTON/D3502

ReadMe Author: Xin Huang, University of Southampton
This dataset supports the publication: Development of Wideband Optical Amplifiers and Associated Technology
AUTHOR: Xin Huang
TITLE: Development of Wideband Optical Amplifiers and Associated Technology
PhD thesis


This dataset contains experimental and simulated data for the paper:


The figures are as follows:

Fig.1.4 Correlation between frequency bandwidth and operating wavelength (per 1nm spectral bandwidth)
Fig.3.19 (a) Calculated transmission spectra and (b) 3 dB-bandwidths of the LPFGs with
different grating lengths (for a fixed coupling strength of 60% at 1550 nm).
Fig.3.20 (a) Measured LPFG transmission spectra with different grating lengths and (b) the
impulse response of 1.25 cm-long LPFG.
Fig.3.21 Experimental mode coupling properties of the mode scrambler under pure (a) LP01,
(b) LP11a and (c) LP11b mode excitation at different loads.
Fig.5.3 The (a) gain and (b) NF spectra of the SS-YDFA.
Fig.5.4 The (a) gain and (b) NF spectra of the DS-YDFA without a GFF
Fig.5.6 (b) ASE spectra of the SS-YDFA with different fibre lengths.
Fig.5.21 (a) Simulated gain and NF spectra of the DS-YDFA without (blue line) and with a
GFF (red line); (b) the GFF spectrum used in our DS-YDFA.
Fig.5.24 (a) Measured gain and NF spectra of DS-YDFA with and without a GFF (inset:
applied GFF profile) and (b) amplified output spectra of the gain-flattened DSYDFA
under -20 dBm/ch input signal.

Date of data collection: 01/10/2020 - 01/09/2024

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

Licence:CCBY

Related projects:
EPSRC funded “Airguide Photonics” Programme Grant (EP/P030181/1) and “National Hub in High Value Photonics Manufacturing” (EP/N00762X/1).

Date that the file was created: May, 2025