Introduction to Modern
Optics By Grant R. Fowles,介绍现代
光学的经典书籍 (djvu格式), Amazon评价4星半。
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L;)v&a7[P =,:K) Publisher: Dover Publications
Bc
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{bkGYx5.C Publication Date: 1989-06-01
(!</%^ZI ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
buYDl ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
WU\m^!`w=F Binding: Paperback
#7W.s!#}Dd w}k B6o] A complete basic undergraduate-level course in modern optics for students in physics, technology and engineering. The first half deals with classical physical optics; the second, the quantum nature of light. Many applications of the laser to optics are integrated throughout the text. Problems and answers. 170 illustrations.
NMXM[Ukb vm}G[ Summary: Best in its class
yT:!%\F9 Rating: 5
^H=o3#P~L !0jq6[& his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
/hci\-8N~ 1) Title says: introduction. So don’t imagine it covers every equation there is. Get Wolf’s book if you like equations that much.
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key subjects. To do that, you have to skip a lot of intro/background or equations, that’s why there are references and citations (and better bricks/bug killers).
vttrKVA 3) This is an intro book but also serves well as a refresher. This is intermediate level to advanced level for non-physicists, as it assumes good understanding of calculus.
L82NP)St !: |nI77| To be fair, the book is not without flaws. One obvious is the name implied recent advances (although different people use modern optics differently), while the book was last revised in 1975. Nonetheless, the key component of modern optics are mostly there, unless you are into cutting edge advances. It might be more appropriate to name it as “intro to physical optics”, then again the author added a section of ray optics at the end of the book…
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f{qJ[, Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
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B l<N?' & If you’re studying optics in a college class using Hecht’s classic text, or if you are an engineer who needs an overview of the subject, this is a good practical and economical introduction to the subject. However, be aware that this book is short on two components - details of derivations of mathematical formulas and illustrations. That is not to say they do not exist, it is just to say that at several points during the book I could have been aided in my comprehension by either an illustration or derivation that simply wasn’t there.
[V5-%w^ gKQ@!UU8 There are end of chapter exercises included, and there are solutions to selected odd problems in the back of the book. However, there are no details as to how those solutions were arrived at. If you are an engineer, the only way to really be sure that you understand a subject is to solve problems. Thus I suggest Schaum’s Outline of Optics by Hecht for that task. Often the solutions to problems in that outline are the mathematical details that are missing in this book!
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uI9lK Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
<2)v9c 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
7'UWRRsxUF 1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
Ar5JP_M`E 1.3 Plane Harmonic Waves. Phase Velocity
}AAbhr9d} 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
qKs7WBRJy 1.5 Group Velocity
M6x;BjrV 1.6 The Doppler Effect
_z%\'(l+ Chapter 2 The Vectorial Nature of Light
)$F6 2.1 General Remarks
k>-'AWH^v 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
UP*yeT,P, 2.3 Linear Polarization
B>aEHb 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
6#-Z@fz% 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
.-%oDuB5zF 2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
v1K4 $&{F 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
#VR`?n?, 2.8 The Brewster Angle
9BurjG1k? 2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
d-i&k(M 2.10 Phase Changes in Total Internal Reflection
1Kc{#+a^ 2.11 Reflection Matrix
4sQ~&@[Q+ Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
i*b4uHna 3.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition
T-!|l7V~f 3.2 Young’s Experiment
NN*Sb J0 3.3 The Michelson Interferometer
'F6#l"~/ 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
dr>]+H=3E 3.5 Coherence Time and Coherence Length
<H_LFrB$W 3.6 Spectral Resolution of a Finite Wave Train. Coherence and Line Width
EKJH_!% 3.7 Spatial Coherence
C7T;;1P? 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
A1 b6Zt 3.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
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WT1q15U(= 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
N~0$x,bR 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
B~e7w 4 4.3 Resolution of Fabry-Perot Instruments
ur`}v|ZY 4.4 Theory of Multilayer Films
81cv:|" Chapter 5 Diffraction
H8x:D3C0 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
+Hi{/{k0N 5.2 Fundamental Theory
d`<#}-nh 5.3 Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
X.:_"+I; 5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
P[6dTZ!\s 5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
7dsnv)(v 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
<"{+ 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
}v,W-gA Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
5Bzuj` 6.1 General Remarks
~c9vdK 6.2 Macroscopic Fields and Maxwell’s Equations
.Wd.)^? 6.3 The General Wave Equation
Z,(%v.d 6.4 Propagation of Light in Isotropic Dielectrics. Dispersion
>^sz5d+X 6.5 Propagation of Light in Conducting Media
4bFv"b 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
R^F7a0" 6.7 Propagation of Light in Crystals
pC55Ec< 6.8 Double Refraction at a Boundary
moZ)|y 6.9 Optical Activity
Vl&+/-V 6.10 Faraday Rotation in Solids
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deHY8x5uI 6.12 Nonlinear Optics
o&*1U"6D Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
IZzhJK M1V 7.1 Thermal Radiation
(4E.Li<O 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
|~Htj4K/ 7.3 Modes of Electromagnetic Radiation in a Cavity
X*43!\ 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
R4[. n@ 7.5 Quantization of Cavity Radiation
F<H`8*q9 7.6 Photon Statistics. Planck’s Formula
bEEJV F0 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
cob9hj#&7 7.8 Momentum of a Photon. Light Pressure
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eimA *0Cq 7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
?Aj\1y4L1 7.11 Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
}6yxt9 Chapter 8 Optical Spectra
*S,v$ VX 8.1 General Remarks
'|h./.K 8.2 Elementary Theory of Atomic Spectra
(e>RNn\ 8.3 Quantum Mechanics
?tW%"S^D 8.4 The Schrödinger Equation
@#G6z`, 8.5 Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom
9Ba|J"?Y k 8.6 Radiative Transitions and Selection Rules
weTK#O0@v 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
"E4i >g 8.8 Multiplicity in the Spectra of Many-Electron Atoms. Spectroscopic Notation
9}? 5p]% 8.9 Molecular Spectra
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7 UB8N vo Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
hVTyv" 9.1 Introduction
Q#d+IIR0gK 9.2 Stimulated Emission and Thermal Radiation
~2;&pZ$ 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
ROlzs} 9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
LRfFn^FPM 9.5 Laser Oscillation
7%~VOB 9.6 Optical-Resonaor Theory
hO:)=}+H 9.7 Gas Lasers
[rD+8,zVm 9.8 Optically Pumped Solid-State Lasers
$j$\ccG 9.9 Dye Lasers
FRs|!\S= 9.10 Semiconductor Diode Lasers
"!w[U{ 9.11 Q-Switching and Mode Locking
&@`H^8 9.12 The Ring Laser
Hzk1LKsT# Chapter 10 Ray Optics
{HE.mHy 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
T-<> )N5y 10.2 Lenses
7.F& {:@_ 10.3 Ray Equations
noB}p4 10.4 Ray Matrices and Ray Vectors
~CjmYP'o 10.5 Periodic Lens Waveguides and Opical Resonators
FW6E)df Appendix I Relativistic Optics
O23]!S<; 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
PLY-,Q&' 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
:&\E\9 1.3 Relativistic Effects in Optics
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E Ni%ge'": References
eO"\UDBV Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
XO8 H] ~Krg8s!F& Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
)f_"`FH0d Rating: 5
yA`]%U(( : \ON+LQr This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
k(w9vt0? Yg:74; . It’s a beautifully concise and remarkably clear introduction to the main principles of modern optics - the ones that you are going to need over and over again as you continue into the subject.
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?\/dfK:! 3GuMiht5 Great book to revise theory on Dual nature of light. Its like a nice handbook on optics. A full blown version would be very even nicer, with a math section to remind ‘old’ engineering like myself.
S+bWD7 VN55!l'OV One word of caution, I think some graduate school background in Physics and Math is needed for engineers. I am an engineer (
Lqf#,J I have a Phd, therefore it was easy for to me follow as I was reading), so I look at things slightly differently than Physicists.
^ZViQ$a"h; nk?xNe4 Summary: Decent, economical book for optics
J{'zkR?Lr Rating: 4
l1.Aw|'D UmHJ/DI@ I bought this book while taking an optics course using Hecht’s Optics 4th ed. I found Fowler’s book to be fairly useful, especially since I got to see optics from two different perspectives. The one really good thing about this book is it’s price, and makes it a good reference book. The downside is that since it’s quite short, it doesn’t cover everything, moves fairly fast, and has no examples. For the price I paid, however, I am quite satisfied.