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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Sh8"F@P8 Publisher: Dover Publications
d$Pab* Number Of Pages: 336
YS%h^>I^ Publication Date: 1989-06-01
+qwjbA+ ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
5)MS~ii ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
i0$kit Binding: Paperback
cu/5$m?xx H?X|(r|+ 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.
g #6E|n 7F{3*`/6 Summary: Best in its class
/Bm( `T Rating: 5
*N<&GH(j jyZWVL:_ his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
]&pds\ 1) Title says: introduction. So don’t imagine it covers every equation there is. Get Wolf’s book if you like equations that much.
p ObX42 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).
O6G0 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.
sH[ROm eF3,2DDC 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…
-u8NF_{c ssN6M./6 Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
@0u~?!g@ Rating: 4
x-?Sn' m [6XF=L,! 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.
fV'ZsJ N csW43& 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!
u2?|Ue@[ _zwG\I|Q The table of contents are not included in the product description, so I add that here:
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LE{ Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
+y3%3EKs1~ 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
d5gR"ja 1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
k+ty>bP= 1.3 Plane Harmonic Waves. Phase Velocity
uW}s)j. 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
7M<'/s 1.5 Group Velocity
T"DlT/\ 1.6 The Doppler Effect
-K3^BZHI Chapter 2 The Vectorial Nature of Light
*=I}Qh(1 2.1 General Remarks
|='z{WS 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
c5D) 2.3 Linear Polarization
@8ppEFw 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
W)f/0QX}W 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
\S!e![L/ 2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
]X ?7ZI^ 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
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2vWx)Drb6 2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
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N%*5 T[. 2.11 Reflection Matrix
;CPr]avY Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
)6D,d5< 3.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition
Ke2ccN 3.2 Young’s Experiment
^Uf]Q$uCjE 3.3 The Michelson Interferometer
t? yz 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
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L"4mL, 3.6 Spectral Resolution of a Finite Wave Train. Coherence and Line Width
[k;\S XDZo 3.7 Spatial Coherence
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Ne[7gxpu 3.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
G(G{RAk> Chapter 4 Multiple-Beam Interference
UVd 7 JGR 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
Z:sg} 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
4hTMbS_; 4.3 Resolution of Fabry-Perot Instruments
Kk-S}.E 4.4 Theory of Multilayer Films
x"gd8j]s Chapter 5 Diffraction
JSCZ{vJ$ 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
?7.7`1m!v 5.2 Fundamental Theory
IpcNuZo9& 5.3 Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
YSTv\y 5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
0c<.iM 5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
3@M|m<_R$ 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
5#+^E{ 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
~&7MkkftM Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
ZK@N5/H( 6.1 General Remarks
0;AA/ 6.2 Macroscopic Fields and Maxwell’s Equations
6i.-6></ 6.3 The General Wave Equation
Rld!,t 6.4 Propagation of Light in Isotropic Dielectrics. Dispersion
XF;ES3 d 6.5 Propagation of Light in Conducting Media
34%RZG_o' 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
5ft`zf 6.7 Propagation of Light in Crystals
o:3dfO%nuM 6.8 Double Refraction at a Boundary
z8SmkL 6.9 Optical Activity
S~;4*7+?: 6.10 Faraday Rotation in Solids
->y J5smtY 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
,D]QxbwZ 6.12 Nonlinear Optics
~M7y*'oY Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
XBb~\p3y 7.1 Thermal Radiation
Q;43[1&3w 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
GzI yP(U 7.3 Modes of Electromagnetic Radiation in a Cavity
M42Ssn) 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
Rn9m]x 7.5 Quantization of Cavity Radiation
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JGsx_V1t 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
D(AXk8Vub 7.8 Momentum of a Photon. Light Pressure
^=RffrlZU 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
O4cr*MCb5 7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
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{=!b/l;@ 8.1 General Remarks
@|63K)Xy 8.2 Elementary Theory of Atomic Spectra
$JJrSwR<h 8.3 Quantum Mechanics
f78An 8 8.4 The Schrödinger Equation
jr /pj? 8.5 Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom
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Y2ZT.l 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
TarIPp 8.8 Multiplicity in the Spectra of Many-Electron Atoms. Spectroscopic Notation
}L+L"l& 8.9 Molecular Spectra
w$z}r 8.10 Atomic-Energy Levels in Solids
UEM(@zD] Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
#LL?IRH9^ 9.1 Introduction
A: 5x| 9.2 Stimulated Emission and Thermal Radiation
H%UL%l$ 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
/%}*Xh 9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
JEahGzO 9.5 Laser Oscillation
{mZC$U' 9.6 Optical-Resonaor Theory
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9.7 Gas Lasers
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<acUKfpY 9.9 Dye Lasers
\?0&0;5 9.10 Semiconductor Diode Lasers
/ ';0H_ 9.11 Q-Switching and Mode Locking
yp KUkH/ 9.12 The Ring Laser
w+#C-&z Chapter 10 Ray Optics
;V*R*R 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
j9?}j#@ 10.2 Lenses
]iN'x?Fo 10.3 Ray Equations
ysxb?6 10.4 Ray Matrices and Ray Vectors
e vrXo"3 10.5 Periodic Lens Waveguides and Opical Resonators
%k-3?%&8 Appendix I Relativistic Optics
B_nVP 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
6*B1 9+- 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
&]e'KdXF 1.3 Relativistic Effects in Optics
cZB7fmq% 1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
"HElB9 References
iYORu3 Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
5R@ - }7e:!. Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
iop2L51eJ Rating: 5
%{AO+u2i qq) rd This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
*.sVr7=j A+SE91m It’s a beautifully concise and remarkably clear introduction to the main principles of modern optics - the ones that you are going to need over and over again as you continue into the subject.
'Jt]7;04p W-x?:X<} This book gives you a great overview and set of basic foundations for every-day modern optics. I return to it often for little insights and reminders, even after 37 years in the business.
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$@^pAP Hyb3 ;yQ 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.
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_$` One word of caution, I think some graduate school background in Physics and Math is needed for engineers. I am an engineer (
OMWbZ>jB 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.
*5vV6][ [Sr,h0h6 Summary: Decent, economical book for optics
0fb`08,^ Rating: 4
& -{DfNK c GN ]cDik 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.