INTERNAL AND SURFACE CONTRIBUTION TO LIGHT DIFFRACTION BY SURFACE-ACOUSTIC WAVES

Abstract

An analysis is done of depth interaction between polarized light and acoustic‐surface waves, which gives account for the actual dependence of the scattered‐light intensity vs the angle of incidence, in transmission experiments. Measurements were performed at 11.8 and 18.8 MHz for surface waves propagating in Y direction on X‐cut, α‐quartz, and Z‐polarized light.