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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,}C8;/V vtMJ@!MN; Publisher: Dover Publications
WA)Ij(M8 p Number Of Pages: 336
g6sjc,` Publication Date: 1989-06-01
\m@Y WO?L ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
*mBJ? { ! ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
p8, 0 lo Binding: Paperback
}t>q9bZ9z \ h3e-) 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.
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(tl}q3U Rating: 5
E=/[s]@5 U &y`-@A4 his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
!U BVPR* 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).
T+RZ 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.
L8V3BH7B `<j_[(5yb 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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Pt qSQ@p\O~ Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
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zfjTQMaxh jxy1 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.
PaVO"y]C P 4;{jG 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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1. SkIu% Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
Qa$NBNxKl 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
C=VIT*= 1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
CW:gEm+ 1.3 Plane Harmonic Waves. Phase Velocity
4^O w^7N? 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
64D%_8#m 1.5 Group Velocity
F@hYA 1.6 The Doppler Effect
IM ad$AKc Chapter 2 The Vectorial Nature of Light
fQQ |gwVki 2.1 General Remarks
):bu;3E 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
wO"G tV d 2.3 Linear Polarization
n9 fk,3 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
{ (\(m/!Z 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
KtMbze 2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
3 C "_$?y" 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
fr#Qz{ 2.8 The Brewster Angle
k!doIMj 2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
tF`MT%{Va 2.10 Phase Changes in Total Internal Reflection
KzkgWMM 2.11 Reflection Matrix
>%c*Xe Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
\n@V-b 3.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition
I T1P Pm 3.2 Young’s Experiment
b~W)S/wF$P 3.3 The Michelson Interferometer
/ Dw@d,&[ 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
ogeR Yq,g 3.5 Coherence Time and Coherence Length
(/fT]6( 3.6 Spectral Resolution of a Finite Wave Train. Coherence and Line Width
+t>XxYScx 3.7 Spatial Coherence
0VIZ=-e 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
79z)C35~ 3.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
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d_iY&-gq/ 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
SOH%Q_ 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
l.7d$8'\ 4.3 Resolution of Fabry-Perot Instruments
pb$fb 4.4 Theory of Multilayer Films
n {=7 yK Chapter 5 Diffraction
NV#')+Ba 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
rB evVc![ 5.2 Fundamental Theory
aQmfrx 5.3 Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
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Y*\6o7 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
6z1 \a 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
C|$L6n>DR6 Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
wA r~< 6.1 General Remarks
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\ 522,n` 6.3 The General Wave Equation
v?%3~XoH 6.4 Propagation of Light in Isotropic Dielectrics. Dispersion
7O461$4v 6.5 Propagation of Light in Conducting Media
ru(J 5+H 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
+@>:%yX 6.7 Propagation of Light in Crystals
N<"`ShCNM 6.8 Double Refraction at a Boundary
o4'Wr 6.9 Optical Activity
#7\b\~5 6.10 Faraday Rotation in Solids
&GU@ 8 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
7(@(Hm 6.12 Nonlinear Optics
{,F/KL^u Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
~B*~'I9b* 7.1 Thermal Radiation
:p&IX"Hh 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
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mo* '"/ 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
fPrb% 7.5 Quantization of Cavity Radiation
+ l.|kkZ? 7.6 Photon Statistics. Planck’s Formula
-s89)lUkS 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
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wlL8X7+: 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
s<d!+< 7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
QnP{$rT 7.11 Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
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mb~./.5F 8.1 General Remarks
u6p5:oJj, 8.2 Elementary Theory of Atomic Spectra
)"F5lOA6 8.3 Quantum Mechanics
wH#-mu#Yl< 8.4 The Schrödinger Equation
" SLvUzO>q 8.5 Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom
nIR*_<ow 8.6 Radiative Transitions and Selection Rules
iz$FcA] 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
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8.8 Multiplicity in the Spectra of Many-Electron Atoms. Spectroscopic Notation
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fZ{&dslg Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
^ePsIl1E 9.1 Introduction
bz$Qk;m=H 9.2 Stimulated Emission and Thermal Radiation
/4^G 34 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
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}R`Irxv4 9.5 Laser Oscillation
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7:h<`_HT(X 9.7 Gas Lasers
||`qIElAW, 9.8 Optically Pumped Solid-State Lasers
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*[VEF 9.10 Semiconductor Diode Lasers
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(GnVwJ<v9V 9.12 The Ring Laser
ckAsGF_B~! Chapter 10 Ray Optics
4uX,uEa 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
[4ee <J 10.2 Lenses
9ptZVv=O 10.3 Ray Equations
8i[".9}G\ 10.4 Ray Matrices and Ray Vectors
6hLNJ 10.5 Periodic Lens Waveguides and Opical Resonators
j= FMYd8$y Appendix I Relativistic Optics
1Jl{1;c 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
qP qy4V. ; 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
O 1|B3M[P 1.3 Relativistic Effects in Optics
I'xC+nL@ 1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
E Z..^M 3 References
xcw%RUC- Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
ZU )BJ!L,s ;x,+*% Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
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692Rw}/ vJ ~4D*(]l This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
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\`m)l 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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LjSLg [ i qo)Q}0 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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j.<:00< (D0C#<4P Summary: Decent, economical book for optics
w'!EC m>*` Rating: 4
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