Dataset for the article: Experimental characterization of an O-band bismuth-doped fiber amplifier

This dataset contains:

Sheet 1:
Fig. 2. (b) an example of electrical power spectra measured by the RFSA that were used to determine the electrical NF of the BDFA at the wavelength of 1350nm and the input power (Pin) = -20dBm.
col(A) = Frequnecy (HZ)
col(B) = RFSA_cal (dBm)
col(C) = RFSA_meas (dBm)
col(D) = RFSA_ther (dBm)

Sheet 2:
Fig. 3. (a) frequency dependent NF of the BDFA (Pin=-20dBm).
col(A) = Frequency (Hz)
col(B) = NF_1310nm (dB)
col(C) = NF_1330nm (dB)
col(D) = NF_1350nm (dB)
col(E) = NF_1360nm (dB)

Sheet 3:
Fig. 3. (b) averaged NF of the BDFA as it varies with wavelength (Pin=-20dBm).
(Note - this is a double y-axis plot)
col(A) = x1:Wavelength (nm)
col(B) = y1:NF (dB)
col(C) = x2:Wavelength (nm)
col(D) = y2:Gain (dB)

Sheet 4:
Fig. 3. (c) frequency dependent NF of the SOA (Pin=-20dBm).
col(A) = Frequency (Hz)
col(B) = NF_1310nm (dB)
col(C) = NF_1330nm (dB)
col(D) = NF_1350nm (dB)
col(E) = NF_1360nm (dB)

Sheet 5:
Fig. 3. (d) averaged NF of the SOA as it varies with wavelength (Pin=-20dBm).
(Note - this is a double y-axis plot)
col(A) = x1:Wavelength (nm)
col(B) = y1:NF (dB)
col(C) = x2:Wavelength (nm)
col(D) = y2:Gain (dB)

Sheet 6:
Fig. 4. Averaged NF of the BDFA at the wavelength of 1350nm as it varies with input power.
col(A) = Pin (dBm)
col(B) = Avg NF BDFA at 1350nm (dB)

Sheet 7:
Fig. 5. (b) gain tilt results.
col(A) = Wavelength (nm)
col(B) = -5dBm-Static (dB/nm)
col(C) = 0dBm-Static (dB/nm)
col(D) = 5dBm-Static (dB/nm)
col(E) = 10dBm-Static (dB/nm)
col(F) = -5dBm-Dynamic (dB/nm)
col(G) = 0dBm-Dynamic (dB/nm)
col(H) = 5dBm-Dynamic (dB/nm)
col(I) = 10dBm-Dynamic (dB/nm)

Sheet 8:
Fig. 6. (b) power excursion of the small probe signal as a function of the modulation frequency.
(Note - this is a double y-axis plot)
col(A) = x1:BDFA - Mod Freq (kHz)
col(B) = y1:BDFA - Power excursion (dB)
col(C) = x2:SOA - Mod Freq (kHz)
col(D) = y2:SOA - Power excursion (dB)

Sheet 9:
Fig. 6. (b) inset shows the optical signals modulated at 50kHz, as observed on the OSC.
(Note - this is a double y-axis plot)
col(A) = x1:Amplified saturating signal - Time (sec)
col(B) = y1:Amplified saturating signal - Normalised amplitude
col(C) = x2:Probe with x10 magnification and vertical offet - Time (sec)
col(D) = y2:Probe with x10 magnification and vertical offet - Amplitude

Sheet 10:
Fig. 7. (b)PDG results of the BDFA at 1350nm with varied input power.
col(A) = Input power (dBm)
col(B) = PDG (dB)

Sheet 11:
Fig. 7. (c) PDG results of the BDFA at 1350nm wavelength dependent PDG at -10-dBm input power.
col(A) = Wavelength (nm)
col(B) = PDG (dB)