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Theorems for senarmont compensation

Two theorems and one corollary are presented in order to explain the use of suitably oriented quarter-wave plates and plane polarizers in the various methods for senarmont compensation

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Flynn, P.D. Theorems for senarmont compensation. Experimental Mechanics 10, 343–345 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02320814

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