Optimizing Optical Setup for Transmission Spectra Shift-Based Measurement of DNAs in hollow-core photonic crystal fibers

This is data that has been used to produce the paper "Optimizing Optical Setup for Transmission Spectra Shift-Based Measurement of DNAs in hollow-core photonic crystal fibers". 

Hollow-core photonic crystal fibers (HC-PCFs) have shown promising potential for label-free detection of DNA achieved by a functionalization of their inner surface to selectevely capture target DNA. This process forms a bio-layer that changes the thickness of PCF's cladding and consequently leads to a shift in the transmission spectrum. It is important to ensure the excitation of the fundamental mode at each functionalization step. The aim of the paper is to optimize the optical setup  by addressing two main limitations: challenging excitation of the fundamental mode and limited reliability of the mode verification technique.