A phase difference compensation element comprises at least one birefringent laminate, which contains a light transmissive base material and \u201ca\u201d number, where a\u22672, of inorganic oblique incidence vacuum deposited films varying in direction of oblique evaporation and having been laminated on a surface of the light transmissive base material. The compounds are inhibitors of human neutrophil elastase. The single light beam is amplified with a multi-wavelength fiber amplifier and attenuated with a variable optical attenuator. Thereby, a phenomenon that a unit used for image processing to gain a predetermined purpose related to an image quality does not match a unit area used for a printing operation is avoided, and an image printing purpose using a binary data generation pattern can be appropriately attained. In various embodiments, enabling pulse clocks are configurably generated for a selected one of a first and a second signaling mode, employing a configurable enabling pulse clock generator configurable to so generate the enabling pulse clocks. It also includes a support built into a microcircuit card body including an open cavity in one of its faces extending at least partially under the antenna area and sized so as to completely accommodate the shielding layer.