Collinear acoustooptic interaction of elliptical beams of light and sound

The paper derives a system of equations relating the Fourier spectra of the amplitudes of the transmitted and diffracted light beams and also the sound beam for the case of propagation in a single direction. The solution of these equations with the corresponding boundary conditions has given a picture of the longitudinal and transverse distribution of the amplitude of the diffracted beam. Some particular cases of distribution over the cross-section of the acoustic and light beams are analysed.