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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TQ/EH~Sz ","O8'$OC Publisher: Dover Publications
m ll-cp Number Of Pages: 336
?YeUA =[MC Publication Date: 1989-06-01
p-6Y5$Y ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
&y7<h>z ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
al<;*n{/ Binding: Paperback
_6tir'z {CO]wqEj 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.
n0ZrgTVJ R;G"LT Summary: Best in its class
#{m~=1%;Ya Rating: 5
Mx7 hyHeyDO2 his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
zeHf(N 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).
<r@w`G 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.
sRMz[n5k +;T `uOF} 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…
[1LlzCAFBw @26gP:Um Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
T4M"s;::1 Rating: 4
ZM6`:/lc =T?:b8yV 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.
\Nvu[P 5~pQ$- There are end of chapter exercises included, and there are solutions to selected odd problems in the back of the book. However, there are no details as to how those solutions were arrived at. If you are an engineer, the only way to really be sure that you understand a subject is to solve problems. Thus I suggest Schaum’s Outline of Optics by Hecht for that task. Often the solutions to problems in that outline are the mathematical details that are missing in this book!
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HGwSsoS Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
JNJ96wnX1 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
UdiogXZ 1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
8JFns-5 1.3 Plane Harmonic Waves. Phase Velocity
b-`=^ny)K 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
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x$:P;# 1.6 The Doppler Effect
\[>Ob Chapter 2 The Vectorial Nature of Light
wm'a)B? 2.1 General Remarks
-lb,0 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
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kL7n`o 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
6dNW2_ 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
:pp@x*uNP 2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
F=B[%4q`% 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
Fad.!%[ 2.8 The Brewster Angle
~fht [S?@M 2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
Hdn%r<+c 2.10 Phase Changes in Total Internal Reflection
P,eP>55'K 2.11 Reflection Matrix
z>6hK:27 Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
j6JK4{ 3.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition
pef)c,U$ 3.2 Young’s Experiment
pkKcTY1Fx 3.3 The Michelson Interferometer
<TDp8t9bU 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
e2dg{n$6" 3.5 Coherence Time and Coherence Length
~~B`\!n7 3.6 Spectral Resolution of a Finite Wave Train. Coherence and Line Width
Z)7|m 3.7 Spatial Coherence
!bq3c(d 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
&>xd6- 3.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
G2[?b2)8 Chapter 4 Multiple-Beam Interference
Zw`9B 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
m-v0=+~& 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
Gkr]8J 4.3 Resolution of Fabry-Perot Instruments
!1b4q/ 4.4 Theory of Multilayer Films
Bn<1zg5 Chapter 5 Diffraction
9'5`0$,|^ 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
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QyEGK 5.3 Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
'Zket=Sm; 5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
0^-1/Ec 5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
}<9IH%sgF 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
6 6%_p]U 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
z|k0${iu# Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
E5+-N 6.1 General Remarks
TpH-_ft 6.2 Macroscopic Fields and Maxwell’s Equations
TSEv^u)3 6.3 The General Wave Equation
Gpb<,v_3 6.4 Propagation of Light in Isotropic Dielectrics. Dispersion
9 \lSN5W 6.5 Propagation of Light in Conducting Media
|nMg.t`8 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
Tp[-,3L 6.7 Propagation of Light in Crystals
i>aIuQ`pe 6.8 Double Refraction at a Boundary
`mE>h4 6.9 Optical Activity
EW~M,+? 6.10 Faraday Rotation in Solids
+I>V9%%vW_ 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
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A0l-H/l7 Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
QUO'{;, 7.1 Thermal Radiation
Q&@e,7]V+ 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
S11ME 7.3 Modes of Electromagnetic Radiation in a Cavity
{u(( y D 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
Pea2ENe3 7.5 Quantization of Cavity Radiation
1va~.;/rG 7.6 Photon Statistics. Planck’s Formula
m 5_ 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
#7r13$>! 7.8 Momentum of a Photon. Light Pressure
%Ek!3t 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
X? l5} 7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
Rh,a4n?W 7.11 Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
RA$%3L[A! Chapter 8 Optical Spectra
8n"L4jb(: 8.1 General Remarks
U0ZPY )7k 8.2 Elementary Theory of Atomic Spectra
L&,&SDr 8.3 Quantum Mechanics
mFgrT 8.4 The Schrödinger Equation
@QO^3%b8 8.5 Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom
+/n<]?(T 8.6 Radiative Transitions and Selection Rules
EGysA{o"X 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
xS+!/pBf"Y 8.8 Multiplicity in the Spectra of Many-Electron Atoms. Spectroscopic Notation
;@FCaj& 8.9 Molecular Spectra
V)Sw\tS6g 8.10 Atomic-Energy Levels in Solids
x+8%4]u` Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
I&wJK'GM` 9.1 Introduction
&Sdf0" 9.2 Stimulated Emission and Thermal Radiation
NA!?.zn 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
c\le8C3 9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
!!+LFe4su 9.5 Laser Oscillation
zhgvqg- 9.6 Optical-Resonaor Theory
~$jRn(2 9.7 Gas Lasers
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\#!B*:u 9.9 Dye Lasers
mfx-Ja_a 9.10 Semiconductor Diode Lasers
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`rest_vu 9.12 The Ring Laser
_A~>?gJ;, Chapter 10 Ray Optics
2(2UAB"u 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
1$)}EL 10.2 Lenses
"SA* 10.3 Ray Equations
T"/dn%21 10.4 Ray Matrices and Ray Vectors
G Ml JM 10.5 Periodic Lens Waveguides and Opical Resonators
iyv5\ Appendix I Relativistic Optics
Ei4Iv#Oi` 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
%z6_ ,|% 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
gE9x+g 1.3 Relativistic Effects in Optics
J-z<&9 1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
3Dx@rW\ References
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&EhOSu {8"Uxj_6V Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
"$.B@[iY@ Rating: 5
ny}_^3 jbe_r<{ This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
+GEdVB '?Xf(6o1 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.
~t<uX "K #sE:xIR 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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Md&K#)9,( Rating: 5
b%].D(qBy Z>[n~{-,p 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.
'=(D7F; 0j2mTF(C One word of caution, I think some graduate school background in Physics and Math is needed for engineers. I am an engineer (
L]q%;u]8! 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.
%<|cWYM="z ?DE{4Ti/[ Summary: Decent, economical book for optics
]:}7-;$V Rating: 4
|-TxX:O- IEe;ygL# 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.