{HEAD ~ An LC based optical device} compensates for differences in {TAIL ~ optical path lengths} of polarization components of input beam 
{ HEAD ~ An LC based optical device } compensates for differences in { TAIL ~ optical path lengths } of polarization components of input beam
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