Dataset for L. K. Piper et al., Mechanically Tunable Terahertz Metamaterial Perfect Absorber Advanced Photonics Research 2021, DOI: 10.1002/adpr.202100136 Dataset DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/D1888 Dataset consists of raw data for figures with following formats Figure 1: no associated data Figure 2: figure2a_exp1reflectivity.txt : columns of ascii data with frequency (1st column), reflectivity in dB for different cavity thickness (2+ column) figure2b_exp2reflectivity.txt : columns of ascii data with frequency (1st column), reflectivity in dB for different cavity thickness (2+ column) figure2c_simreflectivity.xlsx : excel sheet with columns of ascii data with different sets of frequency (columns A, D, K, M, O) and reflectivity in dB for different cavity thickness figure2d_exp1.dat : comma-separated ascii data with cavity thickness in micrometer (1st column), resonance frequency (GHz), normalized f/f0 figure2d_exp2.dat : comma-separated ascii data with cavity thickness in micrometer (1st column), resonance frequency (GHz), normalized f/f0 figure2d_sim.dat : comma-separated ascii data with cavity thickness in micrometer (1st column), resonance frequency (THz), normalized f/f0 figure2ef_exp1.dat : comma-separated ascii data with cavity thickness in micrometer (1st column), reflectivity at minimum (dB), reflectivity at minimum (linear) figure2ef_exp2.dat : comma-separated ascii data with cavity thickness in micrometer (1st column), reflectivity at minimum (dB), reflectivity at minimum (linear) figure2ef_sim.dat : comma-separated ascii data with cavity thickness in micrometer (1st column), reflectivity at minimum (dB), reflectivity at minimum (linear) Figure 3: figure3a_exp1refldB.txt : ascii data for 2D maps with cavity thickness in micrometer (1st row), frequency (GHz) first column, 2D matrix of reflectivities (dB) figure3b_exp2refldB.txt : ascii data for 2D maps with cavity thickness in micrometer (1st row), frequency (GHz) first column, 2D matrix of reflectivities (dB) figure3c_range1.xlsx : excel sheet with data for 2D maps with cavity thickness in micrometer (1st row), frequency (GHz) first column, 2D matrix of reflectivities (linear) figure3c_range2.xlsx : excel sheet with data for 2D maps with cavity thickness in micrometer (1st row), frequency (GHz) first column, 2D matrix of reflectivities (linear) figure3c_range3.xlsx : excel sheet with data for 2D maps with cavity thickness in micrometer (1st row), frequency (GHz) first column, 2D matrix of reflectivities (linear) Figure 4: figure4a_exp1phase.txt : columns of ascii data with frequency (1st column), phase for different cavity thickness (2+ column) figure4b_exp2phase.txt : columns of ascii data with frequency (1st column), phase for different cavity thickness (2+ column) figure4c_simphase.txt : columns of ascii data with frequency (1st column), phase for different cavity thickness (2+ column) Figure 5: figure5a_exp1phase.txt : ascii data for 2D maps with cavity thickness in micrometer (1st row), frequency (GHz) first column, 2D matrix of phases figure5b_exp2phase.txt : ascii data for 2D maps with cavity thickness in micrometer (1st row), frequency (GHz) first column, 2D matrix of phases figure5c_simphase.txt : ascii data for 2D maps with cavity thickness in micrometer (1st row), frequency (GHz) first column, 2D matrix of phases