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