READ ME File For Dataset for 'Towards Low-Frequency Acoustic sensing using Antiresonant Hollow-Core Fibers' under review on Photonics Research.

Dataset DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/D3825

ReadMe Author: Meng Ding, University of Southampton 

This dataset supports the manuscript under review on Photonics Research:

Meng Ding, William Luocheng Wu, Thomas William Kelly, Gregory T. Jasion, Ian A. Davidson, Ali Masoudi, Paul White, Francesco Poletti and Radan Slavik,  "Towards Low-Frequency Acoustic sensing using Antiresonant Hollow-Core Fibers," in Photonics Research.


Uploaded Archive (RAR) includes 4 data files that are Excel format (.xlsx)


The figures are as follows:

 
Fig. 2:	Numerical analysis of the acoustic and thermal sensitivities of HCFs as a function of the cladding diameter (a), and corresponding FoM (b).   Column A:Cladding diameter (um); column B: Acoustic sensitivity (dB re uPa^-1); column C: Thermal sensitivity (ppm/oC);column D: Relative acoustic sensitivity;column E: Relative thermal sensitivity;column F: Figure of Merit.

Fig. 3:Numerical analysis of the acoustic and thermal sensitivities of HCFs as a function of the air hole radius a (a), and corresponding FoM (b).   Column A:Air hole radius (um); column B: Acoustic sensitivity (dB re uPa^-1); column C: Thermal sensitivity (ppm/oC);column D: Relative acoustic sensitivity;column E: Relative thermal sensitivity;column F: Figure of Merit.

Fig. 4:Numerical analysis of the acoustic and thermal sensitivities of HCFs as a function of coating thickness (a), and corresponding FoM (b).   Column A:Coating thickness (um); column B: Acoustic sensitivity (dB re uPa^-1); column C: Thermal sensitivity (ppm/oC);column D: Relative acoustic sensitivity;column E: Relative thermal sensitivity;column F: Figure of Merit.

Fig. 5:Numerical analysis of the acoustic and thermal sensitivities of HCFs as a function of Young's modulus (a), and corresponding FoM (b).   Column A:Coating Young's modulus(um); column B: Acoustic sensitivity (dB re uPa^-1); column C: Thermal sensitivity (ppm/oC);column D: Relative acoustic sensitivity;column E: Relative thermal sensitivity;column F: Figure of Merit.

Fig. 6:Numerical analysis of the acoustic and thermal sensitivities of HCFs as a function of coating's Poisson ratio (a), and corresponding FoM (b).   Column A:Poisson ratio (um); column B: Acoustic sensitivity (dB re uPa^-1); column C: Thermal sensitivity (ppm/oC);column D: Relative acoustic sensitivity;column E: Relative thermal sensitivity;column F: Figure of Merit.

Fig. 7:Numerical analysis of the acoustic and thermal sensitivities of HCFs as a function of coating thickness (a), and corresponding FoM (b).   Sheet Silica-HCF: Column A:Coating thickness (um); column B: Acoustic sensitivity (dB re uPa^-1); column C: Thermal sensitivity (ppm/oC);column D: Relative acoustic sensitivity;column E: Relative thermal sensitivity;column F: Figure of Merit. Sheet ULE-HCF: Column A:Coating thickness (um); column B: Acoustic sensitivity (dB re uPa^-1); column C: Thermal sensitivity (ppm/oC);column D: Figure of Merit.
		
Fig. 10:An example of the hydrophone extracted acoustic pressure when the shaker was set to frequency of 100 Hz (a) and extracted phase change from the interferometer (b). Column A&B: hydrophone; Column C&D: interferometer.

Fig. 11: Measured acoustic sensitivity of the tested HCFs when referenced with the hydrophone (a) and SMF-28e coil (b). Sheet measured acoustic sensitivity & Sheet relative acoustic sensitivity.

Fig. 12: Comparison of relative acoustic and thermal sensitivities of measured HCFs with respect to SMF28e (a) and their FoM (b). Column B: thermal sensitivity; Column C: Relative acoustic sensitivity; Column D: Figure of Merit. 

Fig. 13: Comparison of relative acoustic and thermal sensitivities of measured HCFs with respect to SMF28e (a) and their FoM (b). Column B: thermal sensitivity; Column C: Relative acoustic sensitivity; Column D: Figure of Merit. 

Date of data collection: 1/8/2023-1/10/2024

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

Licence: Creative Commons Attribution.

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This work was supported by the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) under project VACUUM (EP/W037440/1).

Date that the file was created: 15 Jan, 2026.