The folder contains the raw data collected for the experiment, some processed data and all the codes used for the data analysis and simulations. Only the data used in the final manuscript are saved, so partial or temporal data are not included.

Folder Structure: ├─────[Codes] │ > Matlab code for data acquisition, processing, analysis, simulation and visualization. Matlab version: R2022a. │ > Of course, libraries/packages may be needed, and folder paths are defined manually │ │ ├─────[AnswerToReviewers] │ > Additional simulations, codes and images generated for the answer to the reviewers │ ├─────[BasicsAndInstrumentControl] │ > Additional code used repeatedly in other codes or used to control instruments and acquisition of data │ ├─────[PhotodetectorVoltageToPowerConversion] │ > Function to convert the voltage read by the photodetectors in use to power │ ├─────[TimeTaggerMatlabScript] │ > Set of functions to control, acquire and analyze the data of the time tagger (Swabian) │ ├─────NIDaq.m │ > Function to control and acquire the data from the photodiodes (connected to a National instrument DAQ) │ ├─────sinc_mio.m │ > Custom defined sinc function to be used in other codes │ ├─────[SpontaneousFWM] │ > Codes to analyze and visualize data regarding the spontaneous FWM part of the paper (../RawData/20231303_SpontaneousFWM/data.mat). │ ├─────[StimulatedFWM] │ > Codes to analyze and visualize data regarding stimulated FWM (../RawData/20231019_StimulatedFWM) │ ├─────channelLossCharacterization.m │ > Code to analyze measurements regarding the optical losses of the idler/signal channels after the silicon core fiber (../RawData/20230928_ChannelLossCharacterization/) │ ├─────PDtoOSAandInputCharacterization.m │ > Code to analyse various optical losses: losses before the silicon core fiber and the OSA connector (../RawData/20231017_OSAandPumpBeamLossCharacterization/) │ ├─────RawDataToMatlabConversion.m │ > Code to process the raw data regarding the spontaneous FWM (in folder ../RawData/20231303_SpontaneousFWM/PumpPower and TimeTagger) experiment to a more accessible format for further analysis (data.mat in ../RawData/20231303_SpontaneousFWM/)

├─────[ManuscriptFiles] │ > Word and PDF files of manuscript. Figures and related files. ppt files for progress analysis. │ ├─────[APLPhotonicsSubmission] │ > Contains all official files presented to the APL Photonics journal during the submission process. Specifically it contains the firstly submitted and accepted versions of the manuscript and the answer to the reviewers. │ ├─────[ImagesAndTable] │ > Contains the final version of the figures used in the accepted version of the paper, the files (.pptx and .svg) to produce some of them and a folder (OldVersionsAndExtra) that contains all the older versions of the figures and the additional figures produces for the answer to the reviewers. │ ├─────[OpticaMemorandaSubmission] │ > Contains the files presented to Optica Memoranda (paper was rejected) │ ├─────Si_core_fibers1.pptx & Si_core_fibers2.pptx │ > Files with comments and partial analysis done throghout all the experiment. Some comments in these files could be false (=data acquired after the comment proved the opposite) or not relevant for the paper or etc. │ │ │ ├─────[RawData] │ > Collection of raw and processed data used in publication │ > Datatypes: matlab data (.mat), csv │ ├─────[20230928_ChannelLossCharacterization] │ > Data regarding optical losses of the idler and signal channels after the silicon core fiber (outcoupling excluded). │ > The ReadMe.txt file explains the measurments saved as .csv files. The .mat files inside each folder is just a processed version of the .csv files for futher analysis. │ ├─────[20231003_spontaneousFWM] │ > Data regarding the spontaneous FWM experiment (quantum source). │ ├─────[PumpPower] │ > Photodiode measurement, recording the input and output pump powers │ ├─────[TimeTagger] │ > Time tagger output: measurements of the single photon detectors and their coincidences │ ├─────data.mat │ > Processed raw data in the folders ./PumpPower and ./TimeTagger to have a more accessible file for further analysis │ ├─────SimExpComparison.mat │ ├─────[20231017_OSAandPumpBeamLossCharacterization] │ > Data for the estimation of the optical losses of the OSA connector and pump beam before the silicon core fiber. "ReadMe.txt" file explains the datas. │ ├─────[202313017_SeedBeamLossCharacterization] │ > Data for the estimation of the optical loss on the seed beam before coupling into the silicon core fiber │ ├─────[20231019_StimulatedFWM] │ > Data regarding the stimulated FWM experiment (for coupling loss characterization) │ ├─────[FWMstimolatoInputOutput] │ > Data of stimulated FWM in configuration 1 (see paper). ".mat" files records the input pump power, while ".csv" files are for the output powers │ ├─────[FWMstimolatoOutputInput] │ > Data of stimulated FWM in configuration 2 (see paper). ".mat" files records the input pump power, while ".csv" files are for the output powers │ ├─────dataFWMStimolata.mat │ > Processed raw data in the folders ./FWMstimolatoInputOutput and ./FWMstimolatoOutputInput to have a more accessible file for further analysis