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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" #v%36U x*q35K^PE Publisher: Dover Publications
,H{={aln Number Of Pages: 336
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Publication Date: 1989-06-01
9.s,:?5e ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
dB7ZT0L\ ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
Ww`&i Binding: Paperback
KUKI qAA M1{(OY(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.
2(+P[( N1, GHG,!C Summary: Best in its class
:)4*^a/lC Rating: 5
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/m 4Jykos2 his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
Y.-S=Y 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).
iRve) 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.
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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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"%#cDR "dtlME{Bx Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
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ArXl=s';s4 -Qb0:]sV# 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 :U8 f: zPE$ 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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d.r Y-k Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
bVK$.*, 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
R=$Ls6z 1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
"+h/-2rA 1.3 Plane Harmonic Waves. Phase Velocity
yU_9a[$V 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
xS+rHC 1.5 Group Velocity
D^?_"wjW 1.6 The Doppler Effect
-oh7d$~ Chapter 2 The Vectorial Nature of Light
UA(;fZ@ 2.1 General Remarks
6fGK(r 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
jQ$BPEG&X 2.3 Linear Polarization
Oy$<QXj/ 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
D=&K&6rr 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
M-Sv1ZLh 2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
9XOyj5 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
Dbz]{_Y; 2.8 The Brewster Angle
7' eh)[T 2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
_yVPpA[a 2.10 Phase Changes in Total Internal Reflection
i0ybJOa4 2.11 Reflection Matrix
f#OQ (WTJE Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
^73=7PZ 3.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition
[ {cC 3.2 Young’s Experiment
N`1r;%5 3.3 The Michelson Interferometer
r/PKrw sC 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
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%),!2_ x~ 3.6 Spectral Resolution of a Finite Wave Train. Coherence and Line Width
ug&92Hdvy3 3.7 Spatial Coherence
XA3s],Rk 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
SdI1}& 3.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
it,w^VU_] Chapter 4 Multiple-Beam Interference
o0`q#>7!_b 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
/s`;9)G]9 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
@]?R2bI 4.3 Resolution of Fabry-Perot Instruments
#U@| J}a 4.4 Theory of Multilayer Films
aD|Yo Chapter 5 Diffraction
YoAg 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
|M E{gy`5 5.2 Fundamental Theory
o](.368+4 5.3 Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
*P xf#X 5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
~6d5zI4\ 5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
:hP58 }Q$ 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
} yq 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
T 2|:nC)@ Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
_}ele+ 6.1 General Remarks
,sI35I J 6.2 Macroscopic Fields and Maxwell’s Equations
|!Ists 6.3 The General Wave Equation
Z,aGtJ.a'9 6.4 Propagation of Light in Isotropic Dielectrics. Dispersion
PEzia}m 6.5 Propagation of Light in Conducting Media
sTOFw;v% 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
%nQmFIt 6.7 Propagation of Light in Crystals
7I3 :u+ 6.8 Double Refraction at a Boundary
B.K4!/cF 6.9 Optical Activity
*#h;c1aP 6.10 Faraday Rotation in Solids
2.qpt'p[ 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
voh^|(:(TH 6.12 Nonlinear Optics
zlkWU Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
uV77E*+7\ 7.1 Thermal Radiation
O`(U/? 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
5^2TfG9 7.3 Modes of Electromagnetic Radiation in a Cavity
yVYkuO 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
z!Hx @){| 7.5 Quantization of Cavity Radiation
X6kaL3L} 7.6 Photon Statistics. Planck’s Formula
s<VJ`Ur 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
\Tkp 7.8 Momentum of a Photon. Light Pressure
e &Rb 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
FmI;lVF0j 7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
:8]6#c6`74 7.11 Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
B5`;MQJ Chapter 8 Optical Spectra
4)nt$fW 8.1 General Remarks
wY`#$)O0* 8.2 Elementary Theory of Atomic Spectra
OG}KqG!n 8.3 Quantum Mechanics
f?-J#x) 8.4 The Schrödinger Equation
PbN3;c3 8.5 Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom
Yb9cW\lr 8.6 Radiative Transitions and Selection Rules
iT$d;5_pU 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
]-Lruq# 8.8 Multiplicity in the Spectra of Many-Electron Atoms. Spectroscopic Notation
24X=5Aj 8.9 Molecular Spectra
K?YEoz'y[ 8.10 Atomic-Energy Levels in Solids
8Fx]koP. Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
3?^NN|xg 9.1 Introduction
acae=c|X 9.2 Stimulated Emission and Thermal Radiation
@,Jb7V< 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
;qb Dbg 9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
5M.Red.L 9.5 Laser Oscillation
6sy,A~e 9.6 Optical-Resonaor Theory
_yJ|`g]U3 9.7 Gas Lasers
GhiHA9. 9.8 Optically Pumped Solid-State Lasers
^'YHJEK 9.9 Dye Lasers
SwJHgZ& 9.10 Semiconductor Diode Lasers
6>uQt:e 9.11 Q-Switching and Mode Locking
$eMK{:$O 9.12 The Ring Laser
zzE]M}s Chapter 10 Ray Optics
c/RT0xql* 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
c_DaNEfaY 10.2 Lenses
G<fS(q 10.3 Ray Equations
`#p< rfe 10.4 Ray Matrices and Ray Vectors
NfqJ=9 10.5 Periodic Lens Waveguides and Opical Resonators
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v^\JWPR/ 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
)r#,ML 1.3 Relativistic Effects in Optics
W1`Dx(g 1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
SctJxY(}! References
Z*Zc]hD Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
F {/>u(@3 ,z oB0([ Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
BjB&[5?z Rating: 5
Lz?*B$h 1wlVz#f. This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
y:C)%cv}* bl`D+/V It’s a beautifully concise and remarkably clear introduction to the main principles of modern optics - the ones that you are going to need over and over again as you continue into the subject.
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s4RCji This book gives you a great overview and set of basic foundations for every-day modern optics. I return to it often for little insights and reminders, even after 37 years in the business.
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@ "0uM?_)- fw:7U%MGv Great book to revise theory on Dual nature of light. Its like a nice handbook on optics. A full blown version would be very even nicer, with a math section to remind ‘old’ engineering like myself.
&M$Bt} < !. p One word of caution, I think some graduate school background in Physics and Math is needed for engineers. I am an engineer (
V&g)m.d:n 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.
%6N)G!P aU4R+.M7@ Summary: Decent, economical book for optics
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"A]?M<R }a'cm!" 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.