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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[Wn6d: <RCeY(1 Publisher: Dover Publications
bltZQI| Number Of Pages: 336
=;{8)m Publication Date: 1989-06-01
M,sZ8eeq ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
r1a/'+ ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
vRMGNz_P7[ Binding: Paperback
Jix;!(" m2v'zJd}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.
U-pBat.$'C @r]1;KG Summary: Best in its class
d~;U- Rating: 5
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e 9t+:L(*pK his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
U"OA m} 1) Title says: introduction. So don’t imagine it covers every equation there is. Get Wolf’s book if you like equations that much.
[/Xc},HbMe 2) Short but concise on
key subjects. To do that, you have to skip a lot of intro/background or equations, that’s why there are references and citations (and better bricks/bug killers).
!~`aEF3 3) This is an intro book but also serves well as a refresher. This is intermediate level to advanced level for non-physicists, as it assumes good understanding of calculus.
GzjC;+W %ZTI ?a To be fair, the book is not without flaws. One obvious is the name implied recent advances (although different people use modern optics differently), while the book was last revised in 1975. Nonetheless, the key component of modern optics are mostly there, unless you are into cutting edge advances. It might be more appropriate to name it as “intro to physical optics”, then again the author added a section of ray optics at the end of the book…
n0b{Jg * :LLz$[c8 Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
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xcX^L84\ DAQozhP8 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.
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%A2wV J5SOPG 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!
5@EX,$h Fiaeo0 The table of contents are not included in the product description, so I add that here:
)NnkoCNeE Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
x }i'2 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
%B(E;t63W 1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
]~7xq)28 1.3 Plane Harmonic Waves. Phase Velocity
#K\;)z(? 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
/_i]bM7W 1.5 Group Velocity
-5Aqf\ 1.6 The Doppler Effect
i+~H~k}"X Chapter 2 The Vectorial Nature of Light
`3L?x8g 2.1 General Remarks
!Q{~f;L 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
LsaRw-4.c 2.3 Linear Polarization
E[M.q;rM 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
r?}L^bK 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
wj9Hh 2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
UQ~gjnb[c 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
$O, IXA 2.8 The Brewster Angle
Gl3bkQ 2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
2o1 RJk9 2.10 Phase Changes in Total Internal Reflection
w%eEj.MI|i 2.11 Reflection Matrix
4_w{~ Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
PjkjUP 3.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition
e89IT* 3.2 Young’s Experiment
NLZUAtx( 3.3 The Michelson Interferometer
L87=*_!B; 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
!L@^Zgs|@? 3.5 Coherence Time and Coherence Length
&NK6U 3.6 Spectral Resolution of a Finite Wave Train. Coherence and Line Width
Jqqt@5Ni 3.7 Spatial Coherence
zqm/<]A*l 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
c{!XDiT]P 3.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
#$v,. Yk Chapter 4 Multiple-Beam Interference
p/Ri|FD6 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
I=|}%WO# 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
V?4G~~F 4.3 Resolution of Fabry-Perot Instruments
A#CG D0T 4.4 Theory of Multilayer Films
=:Lc-y > Chapter 5 Diffraction
\g:Bg%43h 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
y])z,#%ED 5.2 Fundamental Theory
kx07Ium 5.3 Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
E7j9A` 5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
no8FSqLUS~ 5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
hA387? 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
bf$4Z: Y 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
jT:kk Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
v Yw$m#@ 6.1 General Remarks
.h\[7r 6.2 Macroscopic Fields and Maxwell’s Equations
ux1SQ8C * 6.3 The General Wave Equation
rM)-$dZ 6.4 Propagation of Light in Isotropic Dielectrics. Dispersion
ItwJL` 6.5 Propagation of Light in Conducting Media
*"sDsXo- I 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
|oTA$bln 6.7 Propagation of Light in Crystals
' O d_:] 6.8 Double Refraction at a Boundary
AHdh]pfH 6.9 Optical Activity
nHIW_+<Mf 6.10 Faraday Rotation in Solids
ui1h M 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
pR7 D3Q:^7 6.12 Nonlinear Optics
{WN??eys, Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
|v= */e 7.1 Thermal Radiation
q|kkdK|N/Y 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
3<ry/{#% 7.3 Modes of Electromagnetic Radiation in a Cavity
I2*\J)|f 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
9Xeg&Z|! 7.5 Quantization of Cavity Radiation
o|c%uw 7.6 Photon Statistics. Planck’s Formula
Ugv"A;l 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
L=<{tzTc 7.8 Momentum of a Photon. Light Pressure
XV:icY 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
@M8vPH 7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
dS~#Lzm 7.11 Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
v>p}f"$` Chapter 8 Optical Spectra
U$AV"F&!&} 8.1 General Remarks
Z)RV6@( 8.2 Elementary Theory of Atomic Spectra
k+y>xI, 8.3 Quantum Mechanics
d(;Qe}ok> 8.4 The Schrödinger Equation
o :_'R5 8.5 Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom
KU)~p"0[6] 8.6 Radiative Transitions and Selection Rules
VT5o#NR{R 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
cA25FD 8.8 Multiplicity in the Spectra of Many-Electron Atoms. Spectroscopic Notation
+4m~D`fqt[ 8.9 Molecular Spectra
}?=4pGsI 8.10 Atomic-Energy Levels in Solids
KPB^>,T2{ Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
UN7J6$!Cx7 9.1 Introduction
Afo qCF 9.2 Stimulated Emission and Thermal Radiation
`T~~yM)q 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
qn#f:xltu 9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
$+p4X# _ 9.5 Laser Oscillation
(}&O)3) 9.6 Optical-Resonaor Theory
z.] 9.7 Gas Lasers
Zh3hCxXa 9.8 Optically Pumped Solid-State Lasers
GJbU1k] 9.9 Dye Lasers
+!)v=NY 9.10 Semiconductor Diode Lasers
TaE&8;H#N 9.11 Q-Switching and Mode Locking
q5u"v 9.12 The Ring Laser
oO~LiK> Chapter 10 Ray Optics
3Fl!pq] 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
5_= HtM[v] 10.2 Lenses
Qr$Ay3#k 10.3 Ray Equations
H?W8_XiN 10.4 Ray Matrices and Ray Vectors
R[{s\ 10.5 Periodic Lens Waveguides and Opical Resonators
#ybtjsu'"U Appendix I Relativistic Optics
<R@w0b> 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
kSH|+K\M4 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
"I)`gy& 1.3 Relativistic Effects in Optics
9M!J7 W 1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
;PF!=8dW References
|)IS[:X Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
oJbMUEQQq ,]qTJ`J Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
*:hHlH* t1 Rating: 5
p:CpY'KV_ !;~6nYY This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
sQ>L3F;A` sqP (1|9 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.
@?\[M9yK >{huaN B 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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0N(o)WRv Rating: 5
95^A ! N)N\iad^ 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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hRKA,u/G One word of caution, I think some graduate school background in Physics and Math is needed for engineers. I am an engineer (
CAvyS 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.
WwBs_OMc o2#_CdU Summary: Decent, economical book for optics
cop \o4ia Rating: 4
R@Kzdeo 7"0l>0 \ 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.