Babinet–Soleil compensator

The Babinet–Soleil compensator is a continuously variable, zero-order retarder. It consists of two birefringent wedges, one of which is movable, and another is fixed to a compensator plate. The orientation of the long axis of the wedges is perpendicular to the long axis of the compensator plate.

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