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Optical modal converters are one of the main devices used in this technique. Therefore, the characterization and improvement of these devices are of great current interest. In this work, we present a dataset of 49,736 near-field intensity images of a modal converter based on a long-period fiber grating (LPFG) written on a few-mode fiber (FMF). This characterization was performed experimentally at various wavelengths, polarizations, and temperature conditions when the device converted from LP01 mode to LP11 mode. The results show that the modal converter can be tuned by adjusting these parameters, and that its operation is optimal under specific circumstances which have a great impact on its performance. Additionally, the potential application of the database is validated in this work. A modal decomposition technique based on the particle swarm algorithm (PSO) was employed as a tool for determining the most effective combinations of modal weights and relative phases from the spatial distributions collected in the dataset. The proposed dataset can open up new opportunities for researchers working on image segmentation, detection, and classification problems related to MDM technology. In addition, we implement novel artificial intelligence techniques that can help in finding the optimal operating conditions for this type of device.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/data9010010","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,12,31]],"date-time":"2023-12-31T04:51:51Z","timestamp":1703998311000},"page":"10","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Experimental Dataset of Tunable Mode Converter Based on Long-Period Fiber Gratings Written in Few-Mode Fiber: Impacts of Thermal, Wavelength, and Polarization Variations"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"9","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9957-4156","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Juan","family":"Soto-Perdomo","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Electronics and Telecommunications, Instituto Tecnol\u00f3gico Metropolitano, Medell\u00edn 050034, Colombia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8769-0718","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Erick","family":"Reyes-Vera","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Electronics and Telecommunications, Instituto Tecnol\u00f3gico Metropolitano, Medell\u00edn 050034, Colombia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2455-9541","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jorge","family":"Montoya-Cardona","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Departamento de \u00d3ptica, Centro de Investigaci\u00f3n Cient\u00edfica y de Educaci\u00f3n Superior de Ensenada, Ensenada 22860, BC, Mexico"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0544-6223","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Pedro","family":"Torres","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Escuela de F\u00edsica, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Medell\u00edn 050034, Colombia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,12,31]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Montoya-Cardona, J., Gomez-Cardona, N., Gonzalez-Valencia, E., Torres, P., and Reyes-Vera, E. 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