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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I`>%2mP[C B>21A9& Publisher: Dover Publications
hds4_ Number Of Pages: 336
#u(,#(P'# Publication Date: 1989-06-01
JNCtsfd ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
epyYo&x} ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
eV}Tx;1|} Binding: Paperback
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g 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.
t O;W?g !9OgA Summary: Best in its class
5!p'n#_ Rating: 5
HaUo+,= !Hj)S](F his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
,1+_k ="Z 1) Title says: introduction. So don’t imagine it covers every equation there is. Get Wolf’s book if you like equations that much.
;itg>\p3 2) Short but concise on
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).
^PpFI 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.
SXF_)1QO\W ,6pH *b$ 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…
'mR+W{r ?"u-@E[m Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
1yc@q8 Rating: 4
&$im^0`r_ _@76eZd 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.
EOC"a}Cq- ZM!~M>B9R 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!
W<l(C!{ T6#GlO)8) The table of contents are not included in the product description, so I add that here:
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Vq Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
NDGBvb 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
E+ 20-> 1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
v21? 1.3 Plane Harmonic Waves. Phase Velocity
,BAF?}04= 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
lNAHn<ht 1.5 Group Velocity
ij5YV3 1.6 The Doppler Effect
T667&@ Chapter 2 The Vectorial Nature of Light
gp2)35 2.1 General Remarks
m,O!Mt 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
OK(d& 2.3 Linear Polarization
z& jDO ex 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
xM\ApN~W 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
V;(LeuDH| 2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
{ VO4""m 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
nrBitu, 2.8 The Brewster Angle
?C3cPt" 2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
3s2M$3r)6 2.10 Phase Changes in Total Internal Reflection
v(~m!8!TI 2.11 Reflection Matrix
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"#Fz Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
:~Y$\Ww(~ 3.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition
ow"Xv 3.2 Young’s Experiment
7/L7L5h< 3.3 The Michelson Interferometer
T:$_1I $ 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
+_Z/VQv 3.5 Coherence Time and Coherence Length
`m^OnH 3.6 Spectral Resolution of a Finite Wave Train. Coherence and Line Width
qzz'v 3.7 Spatial Coherence
RSC-+c6 1 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
.<dmdqk] 3.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
~JpUO~i/ Chapter 4 Multiple-Beam Interference
KG$2u:n 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
3I+pe; 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
.>n|#XK 4.3 Resolution of Fabry-Perot Instruments
6*7&X#gG 4.4 Theory of Multilayer Films
':3KZ4/C Chapter 5 Diffraction
oV`sCr5% 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
c^y 1s* 5.2 Fundamental Theory
E3!twR*Aw 5.3 Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
<h({+N 5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
xFZq6si? 5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
intf%T5# 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
Hik[pVK@ 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
s9iM hCu| Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
iq$/6!t 6.1 General Remarks
e^ yB9b 6.2 Macroscopic Fields and Maxwell’s Equations
VzesqVx 6.3 The General Wave Equation
"dOzQz*E 6.4 Propagation of Light in Isotropic Dielectrics. Dispersion
n9fk{"y'G 6.5 Propagation of Light in Conducting Media
D3PF(Wx 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
)T?ryp3ev 6.7 Propagation of Light in Crystals
/V&Y@j 6.8 Double Refraction at a Boundary
H;2pk 6.9 Optical Activity
AM>:AtY 6.10 Faraday Rotation in Solids
g5)VV" 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
PBmt.yF 6.12 Nonlinear Optics
mX89^ Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
~"k'T9QBY 7.1 Thermal Radiation
c+JlM1p@ 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
!T*izMX} 7.3 Modes of Electromagnetic Radiation in a Cavity
KVuv%? 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
Z>l>@wN m 7.5 Quantization of Cavity Radiation
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J}JnJV8|G 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
E_K7.c4M 7.8 Momentum of a Photon. Light Pressure
VZ8L9h<{" 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
jKzjTn9{E 7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
W4<}w-AoEp 7.11 Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
+-hmITJv Chapter 8 Optical Spectra
Ero3A'f 8.1 General Remarks
G;e}z&6<k 8.2 Elementary Theory of Atomic Spectra
Y*Pr 8.3 Quantum Mechanics
>KE(%9y~ 8.4 The Schrödinger Equation
5 F-Q& 8.5 Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom
{-xnBx 8.6 Radiative Transitions and Selection Rules
GOt@x9% 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
uyj5}F+O 8.8 Multiplicity in the Spectra of Many-Electron Atoms. Spectroscopic Notation
i+;EuHf 8.9 Molecular Spectra
gP3[=a"\ 8.10 Atomic-Energy Levels in Solids
157X0&EX Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
hXCDlCO 9.1 Introduction
+"!IVHY 9.2 Stimulated Emission and Thermal Radiation
;>~iCFk]? 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
mWh:,[o 9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
oW6.c]Vo 9.5 Laser Oscillation
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9.6 Optical-Resonaor Theory
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zSu2B6YU} 9.8 Optically Pumped Solid-State Lasers
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5J,vH[E 9.10 Semiconductor Diode Lasers
n3(HA 9.11 Q-Switching and Mode Locking
2h=RNU| 9.12 The Ring Laser
L,i-T:Z~= Chapter 10 Ray Optics
0^+W"O 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
Jps!,Mflc 10.2 Lenses
FQ5# v{ 10.3 Ray Equations
M<SZ7^9< 10.4 Ray Matrices and Ray Vectors
344- ~i* 10.5 Periodic Lens Waveguides and Opical Resonators
m*1=-"P Appendix I Relativistic Optics
}{$@|6)R 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
e.N#+ 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
^#nAS2w7U 1.3 Relativistic Effects in Optics
0:XmReO+k 1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
||hd(_W8 References
#r\uh\Cy Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
8W{R&Z7aL E:2Or~ Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
PH6uP] Rating: 5
dQ<EDtap 8qT/1b This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
HxjhP( qg_=5s It’s a beautifully concise and remarkably clear introduction to the main principles of modern optics - the ones that you are going to need over and over again as you continue into the subject.
k]Yd4CC2 [|vdr. This book gives you a great overview and set of basic foundations for every-day modern optics. I return to it often for little insights and reminders, even after 37 years in the business.
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)/UkJ/}j Rating: 5
d4lEd>Ni bS*9eX=K Great book to revise theory on Dual nature of light. Its like a nice handbook on optics. A full blown version would be very even nicer, with a math section to remind ‘old’ engineering like myself.
s\@!J.Da xT%CY(:9X One word of caution, I think some graduate school background in Physics and Math is needed for engineers. I am an engineer (
+BESO I have a Phd, therefore it was easy for to me follow as I was reading), so I look at things slightly differently than Physicists.
G=DRz F KyjN' F$ Summary: Decent, economical book for optics
'2eggX% Rating: 4
I'JFt>] 4v;/"4)' 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.