READ ME File For Dataset in support of the thesis 'Low-loss birefringent modification of transparent materials for 5D data storage' Dataset DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/D3123  ReadMe Author: Huijun Wang, University of Southampton ORCID ID 0000-0002-2368-7699 This dataset supports the thesis entitled 'Low-loss birefringent modification of transparent materials for 5D data storage' AWARDED BY: Univeristy of Southampton DATE OF AWARD: 2024 DESCRIPTION OF THE DATA The images were taken with a birefringence measurement system (CRi Abrio imaging system). They can be viewed with any image viewing software, and the brightness and RGB color information from these images can be extracted using various software programs, such as MATLAB and Python. This dataset contains: This dataset contains the data used in the generation of Figures 3.13, 4.2, 4.10a,c,d, 7.3, 7.4, 8.7, 8.8 in the thesis. Date of data collection: 2019-2024 Information about geographic location of data collection: University of Southampton, UK Licence: CC-BY Related projects/Funders: Microsoft (Project Silica) Related publication: https://doi.org/10.1002/lpor.202100563 Date that the file was created: 06, 2024