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Diffraction of light by ultrasound in an anisotropic medium

V. N. Parygin, L. E. Chirkov


Abstract: It is shown that the cause of the anisotropic diffraction of light is the rotation of the polarization eigenvectors under the influence of an elastic wave propagating in an anisotropic medium. A system of equations describing such anisotropic diffraction is formulated. The solutions of this system are obtained in the approximations of the Raman–Nath and Bragg diffraction cases.

UDC: 538.56

PACS: 42.25.Fx, 43.35.Sx, 02.10.Ud

Received: 06.02.1974
Revised: 08.07.1974

 English version: Soviet Journal of Quantum Electronics, 1975, 5:2, 180–184