  We investigate the electronic Raman scattering in pure, quasi-one dimensional
conductors with density wave ground state. In particular, we develop the theory
of light-scattering on spin and charge density waves, both conventional and
unconventional. We calculate the electronic Raman response of the interacting
electron system with a single, highly anisotropic conduction band. The
calculation is carried out in the mean field approximation. Beside the
quasiparticle contribution, the electron-electron interaction is also included
on RPA level. The contribution of collective modes and the effect of Coulomb
screening are investigated. In analogy with unconventional superconductivity,
the obtained Raman spectra - which are finite in the low temperature phase
possessing a gap, and vanish identically in the normal state - show unique and
strong dependence on the polarization of the incoming and scattered light. We
have found distinct, characteristic lineshapes, especially in the
unconventional situation, depending on the various scattering geometries and
the particular momentum dependence of the density wave order parameter.
