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An easily assembled apparatus permitting the measurement of depolarization ratio higher than 10-4 is presented. The major difficulty arises from the depolarization, due to the birefringence of the windows under stress. We explain how to minimize it by mechanical means, and how to deal with the problem of residual birefringence by appropriate calculation and tests.
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