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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4_Qa=T8 0" U5oP[ Publisher: Dover Publications
"x#]i aDjf Number Of Pages: 336
a^*cZ?Ta Publication Date: 1989-06-01
xFBh? ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
=vqsd4 ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
});cX$ Binding: Paperback
u}K5/hC wr$cK'5ZL A complete basic undergraduate-level course in modern optics for students in physics, technology and engineering. The first half deals with classical physical optics; the second, the quantum nature of light. Many applications of the laser to optics are integrated throughout the text. Problems and answers. 170 illustrations.
y|q@;*rGNa zwM"`z Summary: Best in its class
r{t.c?/ Rating: 5
,|T*|2Gm xwTijSj his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
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key subjects. To do that, you have to skip a lot of intro/background or equations, that’s why there are references and citations (and better bricks/bug killers).
Nb~,`bu,2 3) This is an intro book but also serves well as a refresher. This is intermediate level to advanced level for non-physicists, as it assumes good understanding of calculus.
K #qoR /: FU_fCL8yA To be fair, the book is not without flaws. One obvious is the name implied recent advances (although different people use modern optics differently), while the book was last revised in 1975. Nonetheless, the key component of modern optics are mostly there, unless you are into cutting edge advances. It might be more appropriate to name it as “intro to physical optics”, then again the author added a section of ray optics at the end of the book…
m b%C}8D ]b4pI*:$I Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
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|-~b$nUe R%>jJ[4\[ 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.
+7| [b ^cYStMjpy 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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8)L'rW{q# Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
y,MPGW_ 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
H_VEPp,T 1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
kUNj4xp) 1.3 Plane Harmonic Waves. Phase Velocity
B4`2.yRis 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
/8f>':zUb 1.5 Group Velocity
8';m)Jc 1.6 The Doppler Effect
iaY5JEV:CA Chapter 2 The Vectorial Nature of Light
60xa?8<cg 2.1 General Remarks
T>d\%*Q+B 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
:W~6F*A 2.3 Linear Polarization
V?OuIg%=: 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
T!MZ+Ph`F 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
%dEB /[ 2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
~j=xi P 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
ARP KzF`Wq 2.8 The Brewster Angle
/+>)"D6' 2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
j:7*3@f 2.10 Phase Changes in Total Internal Reflection
}VF#\q 2.11 Reflection Matrix
OkLz^R?d Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
r]v&t 3.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition
9/#0?(K8 3.2 Young’s Experiment
b)N[[sOt 3.3 The Michelson Interferometer
G 0hYFc u 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
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NwguP 3.6 Spectral Resolution of a Finite Wave Train. Coherence and Line Width
}i(qt&U; 3.7 Spatial Coherence
djWcbC=g_ 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
1j11|~ 3.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
^V[/(Lq Chapter 4 Multiple-Beam Interference
.Y;b)]@f 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
1@xP(XS 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
2d-{Q8Pi 4.3 Resolution of Fabry-Perot Instruments
m+?N7 4.4 Theory of Multilayer Films
R,%_deV\( Chapter 5 Diffraction
C\7u<2c 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
9z:K1 5.2 Fundamental Theory
%dc3z"u 5.3 Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
nP<S6:s: 5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
wzd`l?o, 5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
{;*}WPYb 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
^K+:C;Q| 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
wq UQ"d Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
6Opa{] 6.1 General Remarks
TXjloGv^ 6.2 Macroscopic Fields and Maxwell’s Equations
Mi]I:ka 6.3 The General Wave Equation
Jy]Id*u9 6.4 Propagation of Light in Isotropic Dielectrics. Dispersion
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>L gVj$Z 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
/Y,r@D 6.7 Propagation of Light in Crystals
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6.8 Double Refraction at a Boundary
A^ViDP 6.9 Optical Activity
,9d9_c.T 6.10 Faraday Rotation in Solids
+c--&tBo 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
:$?Q D 6.12 Nonlinear Optics
1_uvoFLk Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
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k^%2_H 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
{pWBwf>R C 7.3 Modes of Electromagnetic Radiation in a Cavity
}x:0os 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
dy2rkV.z 7.5 Quantization of Cavity Radiation
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7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
C`QzT{6! 7.8 Momentum of a Photon. Light Pressure
/_)l|<k+V 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
pISp*& 7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
6V1:qp/6 7.11 Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
)u*^@Wo Chapter 8 Optical Spectra
}^Gd4[(,g 8.1 General Remarks
Lg4YED9# 8.2 Elementary Theory of Atomic Spectra
=xL )$DTg) 8.3 Quantum Mechanics
jZd}OC< 8.4 The Schrödinger Equation
'H|~u&? 8.5 Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom
w^HjZV 8.6 Radiative Transitions and Selection Rules
CE ~@}` 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
[ ny6W9 8.8 Multiplicity in the Spectra of Many-Electron Atoms. Spectroscopic Notation
Z(e^ iH 8.9 Molecular Spectra
M&KyA 8.10 Atomic-Energy Levels in Solids
c7K!cfO:{N Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
dz-y}J11 9.1 Introduction
)*|(i] 9.2 Stimulated Emission and Thermal Radiation
E7nFb:zlV 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
8]bz(P# 9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
w<NyV8-hL 9.5 Laser Oscillation
xq[Yg15d% 9.6 Optical-Resonaor Theory
gmP9j)V6 9.7 Gas Lasers
[/|zH'j: 9.8 Optically Pumped Solid-State Lasers
G-u]L7t&1 9.9 Dye Lasers
F}Srn;V 9.10 Semiconductor Diode Lasers
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;b0NGa(k 9.12 The Ring Laser
uwmQ?LS]V Chapter 10 Ray Optics
X%}nFgqQ 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
O=}g4c 10.2 Lenses
jVWK0Zba 10.3 Ray Equations
"35A/V 10.4 Ray Matrices and Ray Vectors
iPj~I 10.5 Periodic Lens Waveguides and Opical Resonators
RLVATM5 Appendix I Relativistic Optics
pHC/(6? 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
I:l01W; 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
DHw<%Z-J 1.3 Relativistic Effects in Optics
Q@S-f:! 1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
KpHw-6" References
$_Nf-:D* Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
xZ .!d.rn wTc)S6%7 Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
' cIEc1y Rating: 5
$B (kZ F<|t\KOW This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
5,)vJ,fs "_1)CDqP 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 N7Bd} %*}Y6tl '| 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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uLR<FpM Rating: 5
B?bW1 aZS7sV28 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.
g>JLDQdc u<xo/=Z One word of caution, I think some graduate school background in Physics and Math is needed for engineers. I am an engineer (
E_T2z4lw 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.
V3Z]DA $IQw=w7p Summary: Decent, economical book for optics
UL$}{2N,_ Rating: 4
#xh_ }UwO<# 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.