READ ME File For 'DATASET for Low-temperature polycrystalline silicon waveguides for low loss transmission in the near-to-mid-infrared region' Dataset DOI:https://doi.org/10.5258/SOTON/D2332 ReadMe Author: Amar N. Ghosh, Stuart J. MacFarquhar, Ozan Aktas, Than S. Saini, Swe Z. Oo, Harold M. H. Chong, and Anna C. Peacoc, University of Southampton This dataset supports the publication: Amar N. Ghosh, Stuart J. MacFarquhar, Ozan Aktas, Than S. Saini, Swe Z. Oo, Harold M. H. Chong, and Anna C. Peacock (2022) Low-temperature polycrystalline silicon waveguides for low loss transmission in the near-to-mid-infrared region Optics Express Description: The excel file contains all experimental data used for generating Fig.3 and Fig.6. The figures are as follows: Fig. 3 Material characterization of a-Si and poly-Si waveguides using Raman spectroscopy. Fig. 6 Linear loss measurement of a poly-Si waveguide with a width of 3 μm. Geographic location of data collection: University of Southampton, U.K. Date of data collection 09/07/2021 to 06/04/2022 Related projects: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) (EP/M022757/1, EP/P000940/1, and EP/N013247/1) Dataset available under a CC BY 4.0 licence Publisher: University of Southampton, U.K. Date: August 2022