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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b)5uf'?- oC: {aK6\ Publisher: Dover Publications
g-</ua(j Number Of Pages: 336
g<;q.ZylT Publication Date: 1989-06-01
7<#U(,YEA ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
6"5A%{J ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
{{D)YldtA Binding: Paperback
"W7K"=X S\YTX%Xm} 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.
U}e!Wjrc mCsMqDH Summary: Best in its class
+-U- D?- Rating: 5
RYQR(v M2>Vj/ his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
=9boya,> 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%:wAYz1^O 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).
6azGhxh 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.
i$:*Pb3mV 'qb E= 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…
nn:.nU|I L~rBAIdD Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
%Ycy{` Rating: 4
gx8ouOh t?x<g <PJ4 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.
^T;*M_ iohop(LZ 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!
kHghPn?8] 0w\zLU The table of contents are not included in the product description, so I add that here:
~ Ei $nV Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
o WrKM 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
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h-#6av: 1.3 Plane Harmonic Waves. Phase Velocity
qo90t{|c 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
mPtZO*Fc 1.5 Group Velocity
,.83m%i 1.6 The Doppler Effect
X<` Chapter 2 The Vectorial Nature of Light
Pmr5S4Ka 2.1 General Remarks
@uqd.Q 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
nzuX&bSw 2.3 Linear Polarization
3LJ+v5T~ 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
j^j1 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
hYT0l$Ng 2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
nA-.mWD_C 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
H1pO!>M 2.8 The Brewster Angle
QuF:p 2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
Xtq_y'I 2.10 Phase Changes in Total Internal Reflection
c)TPM/>(p 2.11 Reflection Matrix
dUeN*Nq&(, Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
<ktrPlNuM 3.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition
B4c]}r+ 3.2 Young’s Experiment
q1$N>;& 3.3 The Michelson Interferometer
c?f4Q,%| 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
=r?hgGWe 3.5 Coherence Time and Coherence Length
??-[eB. 3.6 Spectral Resolution of a Finite Wave Train. Coherence and Line Width
ld|5TN1 3.7 Spatial Coherence
(Du@ S 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
~ drS} V 3.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
F'={q{2wH Chapter 4 Multiple-Beam Interference
V%7WUq 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
Gv!2f 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
9-VNp;V 4.3 Resolution of Fabry-Perot Instruments
qOIyub 4.4 Theory of Multilayer Films
j\[dx^\= Chapter 5 Diffraction
7Utn\l 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
UAkT*'cB 5.2 Fundamental Theory
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[i21FX 5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
MnsJEvn/ 5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
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{k>&?Vd! 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
I*:%ni2 Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
aD<A.Lhy 6.1 General Remarks
|sJ[0z 6.2 Macroscopic Fields and Maxwell’s Equations
VZp5)-!\ 6.3 The General Wave Equation
,uSMQS-O'4 6.4 Propagation of Light in Isotropic Dielectrics. Dispersion
tVYF{3BhA 6.5 Propagation of Light in Conducting Media
e&|'I" 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
lK?uXr7^ 6.7 Propagation of Light in Crystals
:T^a&)aL% 6.8 Double Refraction at a Boundary
!fV+z%: 6.9 Optical Activity
7X`g,b! 6.10 Faraday Rotation in Solids
<prk8jSWV 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
1*P~!2h 6.12 Nonlinear Optics
/QK6Rac- Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
jnkR}wAA 7.1 Thermal Radiation
aq>kTaz 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
bQzZy5, 7.3 Modes of Electromagnetic Radiation in a Cavity
f&NgS+<K$ 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
B+|Kjlt 7.5 Quantization of Cavity Radiation
7cuE7" 7.6 Photon Statistics. Planck’s Formula
m<<+ 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
QGMV}y 7.8 Momentum of a Photon. Light Pressure
euK5pA>L 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
bbDZ#DK" 7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
fF!Yp iI" 7.11 Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
sf:,qD=z Chapter 8 Optical Spectra
^rB8? kt 8.1 General Remarks
_>o:R$ %} 8.2 Elementary Theory of Atomic Spectra
-vAC"8)S 8.3 Quantum Mechanics
aG-vtld 8.4 The Schrödinger Equation
3<e=g)F 8.5 Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom
lB8-Z ow 8.6 Radiative Transitions and Selection Rules
%e8@*~h@ 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
[7:,?$tC 8.8 Multiplicity in the Spectra of Many-Electron Atoms. Spectroscopic Notation
o@_q]/Mh 8.9 Molecular Spectra
^)470K`%) 8.10 Atomic-Energy Levels in Solids
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v8w q,CYV 9.1 Introduction
+WZX.D 9.2 Stimulated Emission and Thermal Radiation
` _6C{<O 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
[@_Jj3`4 9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
]"pVj6O 9.5 Laser Oscillation
v1#otrf 9.6 Optical-Resonaor Theory
VnSCz" ?3 9.7 Gas Lasers
"syI#U{ 9.8 Optically Pumped Solid-State Lasers
j}#w)M 9.9 Dye Lasers
,=uD^n: 9.10 Semiconductor Diode Lasers
&.F4b~A7 9.11 Q-Switching and Mode Locking
i9:C4',sw0 9.12 The Ring Laser
8:q1~`?5"b Chapter 10 Ray Optics
B5`EoZ 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
xEa\f[.An 10.2 Lenses
;'gWu 10.3 Ray Equations
\Zb;'eDv 10.4 Ray Matrices and Ray Vectors
nF}vw |r>x 10.5 Periodic Lens Waveguides and Opical Resonators
QDZWX`qw{ Appendix I Relativistic Optics
b;L\EB 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
i}(LqcYU 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
b8H{8{wi| 1.3 Relativistic Effects in Optics
\wmN 1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
g%aYDl References
~\r* Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
,S\CC{! &L3M] Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
O4 w(T Rating: 5
AI2~Jp IM*y|UHt This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
D=TvYe 2bz2KB5> 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.
V( }:=eK PhLn8jNti 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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/>C^WQI^ P|`8}|}a 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.
vo?9(+:|e cUk7i`M;6 One word of caution, I think some graduate school background in Physics and Math is needed for engineers. I am an engineer (
@b\$ yB@z 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.
MyOd,vU ~ZaY!(R< Summary: Decent, economical book for optics
VCYwzB Rating: 4
:x3QRF KA5v +~ 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.