An alternative way to determine the birefringence for uniaxial crystals with Brillouin scattering experiments equipped with a Fabry-Perot interferometer is presented. The value of the minimum cavity spacing of the interferometer to observe the birefringence was found, and it is shown that the experimental error of the birefringence could be reduced by increasing the cavity spacing. For a single crystal of <TEX>$\alpha$</TEX>-LiIO<TEX>$_3$</TEX>, the birefringence was found to be 0.14814<TEX>$\pm$</TEX>0.0007 at 514.5 nm.

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1. M. Born and E. Wolf, Principles of Optics, 6th ed. (Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1980) 177
2. D. W. Fischer, M. C. Ohmer, P. G. Schunemann, and T. M. Pollak, J. Appl. Phys. 77, 5942 (1995) [CrossRef]
3. T. C. Chey and S. Lee, J. Opt. Soc. Korea 2, 45 (1998) [CrossRef]
4. J. R. Sandercock, Light Scattering in Solids III, (Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1982) 173
5. B. A. Auld, Acoustic Fields and Waves in Solids, Vol. 2 (Wiley-Interscience, New York, 1973) 394
6. M. Born and E. Wolf, Principles of Optics, 6th ed. (Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1980) 335

J. Appl. Phys.

• D. W. Fischer, M. C. Ohmer, P. G. Schunemann, and T. M. Pollak, J. Appl. Phys. 77, 5942 (1995) [CrossRef]

Journal of the Optical Society of Korea

• T. C. Chey and S. Lee, J. Opt. Soc. Korea 2, 45 (1998) [CrossRef]

Other

• J. R. Sandercock, Light Scattering in Solids III, (Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1982) 173
• B. A. Auld, Acoustic Fields and Waves in Solids, Vol. 2 (Wiley-Interscience, New York, 1973) 394
• M. Born and E. Wolf, Principles of Optics, 6th ed. (Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1980) 335
• M. Born and E. Wolf, Principles of Optics, 6th ed. (Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1980) 177

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