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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s)7`r6w s7)# NT2 Publisher: Dover Publications
gu.))3D9 Number Of Pages: 336
jQwg)E+o; Publication Date: 1989-06-01
4#Nd;gM2 ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
QX~72X=( ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
+P6 Binding: Paperback
fO}1(%}d s].Cx4VQ 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.
~[X:twidkL bA9dbe Summary: Best in its class
_q!ck0_ Rating: 5
E":":AC# Q ]koj!mMl his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
w\Eve: 1) Title says: introduction. So don’t imagine it covers every equation there is. Get Wolf’s book if you like equations that much.
WAXrA$:3J 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).
&7y1KwfXn 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.
KB-#):' JU`'?b 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…
hdDI%3vk3 HE.Dl7{ Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
oM7-1O Rating: 4
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^ \) 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.
s5|)4Zac {y%O_-C'r 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!
R}mWHB_h" \A"a>e The table of contents are not included in the product description, so I add that here:
IZ ha* 7 Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
sSb&r 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
)n61IqrW 1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
X7!A(q+h 1.3 Plane Harmonic Waves. Phase Velocity
HUX+d4sg 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
m`6`a|Twp$ 1.5 Group Velocity
6q7Y`%j 1.6 The Doppler Effect
~oyPmIcb Chapter 2 The Vectorial Nature of Light
4h@of' 2.1 General Remarks
u9%:2$[ 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
U}5KAi 9Z 2.3 Linear Polarization
_$x *CP0( 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
:njUaMFoMA 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
rJ*WxOoS{ 2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
>@\-m 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
'Pn`V{a 2.8 The Brewster Angle
v:ZD}Q_ 2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
}6(:OB? 2.10 Phase Changes in Total Internal Reflection
sVf7g? 2.11 Reflection Matrix
UY^f|f& Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
b?^<';,5 3.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition
9]9(o 3.2 Young’s Experiment
27gm_* 3.3 The Michelson Interferometer
jV8><5C 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
ot6Pq} 3.5 Coherence Time and Coherence Length
r-uIFhV^ 3.6 Spectral Resolution of a Finite Wave Train. Coherence and Line Width
L*38T\ 3.7 Spatial Coherence
"*WXr$ 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
n*uZ=M_/Q 3.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
l{yPO@ut`F Chapter 4 Multiple-Beam Interference
_u!G6 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
{,X(fJ 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
mLqm83 4.3 Resolution of Fabry-Perot Instruments
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^u74WN Chapter 5 Diffraction
YWdvL3Bgk, 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
c`Cn9bX 5.2 Fundamental Theory
$P~ a 5.3 Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
];YOP%2 5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
H9?~#GPb 5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
PGDlSB^O 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
IU}`5+:m 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
\~>#<@h Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
`pr,lL 6.1 General Remarks
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ho. a93 6.3 The General Wave Equation
*np|PyLP: 6.4 Propagation of Light in Isotropic Dielectrics. Dispersion
}^t?v*kcA 6.5 Propagation of Light in Conducting Media
L\5n!(,0 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
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(Y%}N(Jg 6.8 Double Refraction at a Boundary
_kfApO)O 6.9 Optical Activity
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rz(DZ V 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
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=6'A8d Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
Z=ho7i 7.1 Thermal Radiation
\|kU{d0 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
B; ~T|ex u 7.3 Modes of Electromagnetic Radiation in a Cavity
0W@C!mD~ 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
1K!7FiqY 7.5 Quantization of Cavity Radiation
J?{uG8) 7.6 Photon Statistics. Planck’s Formula
fYpy5vc-dm 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
|yS4um(w 7.8 Momentum of a Photon. Light Pressure
R]dc(D 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
0=~Ji_5mB 7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
Z# 1Qj9 7.11 Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
;kdJxxUox Chapter 8 Optical Spectra
+:D0tYk2B 8.1 General Remarks
]:F]VRPT 8.2 Elementary Theory of Atomic Spectra
O*CKyW_$t 8.3 Quantum Mechanics
cdk;HK_Ve. 8.4 The Schrödinger Equation
@>da%cX 8.5 Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom
CpA=DnZ 8.6 Radiative Transitions and Selection Rules
B<i1UJ5 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
07n=H~yU 8.8 Multiplicity in the Spectra of Many-Electron Atoms. Spectroscopic Notation
qz?9:"~$C 8.9 Molecular Spectra
Hh,\>= ': 8.10 Atomic-Energy Levels in Solids
5<9}{X+@o Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
Ta~Ei=d^ 9.1 Introduction
yhZ 2-*pTg 9.2 Stimulated Emission and Thermal Radiation
"@.hz@> 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
`g3H;E 9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
.^uNzN~ 9.5 Laser Oscillation
hCM+=]z" 9.6 Optical-Resonaor Theory
ho 4~-xmN 9.7 Gas Lasers
?bY'J6n. 9.8 Optically Pumped Solid-State Lasers
g\d|/HVK 9.9 Dye Lasers
1Z|q0-Dw0 9.10 Semiconductor Diode Lasers
5@+4>[tw 9.11 Q-Switching and Mode Locking
/ F9BbG{ 9.12 The Ring Laser
</Ja@% Chapter 10 Ray Optics
eWE7>kwh 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
IOomBy: 10.2 Lenses
kect)=T( 10.3 Ray Equations
L~=h?C< 10.4 Ray Matrices and Ray Vectors
0.qnbDw_ 10.5 Periodic Lens Waveguides and Opical Resonators
lh{U@,/ Appendix I Relativistic Optics
Gg8F>y<[R 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
a/^ojn 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
Sjv_% C$ 1.3 Relativistic Effects in Optics
V\vt!wBcB 1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
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'9.L5*wh] Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
"w7wd5h 8Q4yllv4 Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
a'r8J~:jy Rating: 5
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& O4t0 VL$ This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
3qggdi +`=rzL"0I7 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.
yGj'0c:: J;wDvt]]1 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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DXyRNE<G[C Rating: 5
P.#@1_:gC "d"6.ND 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.
pd^"MG D qu?mg;L One word of caution, I think some graduate school background in Physics and Math is needed for engineers. I am an engineer (
*E.uqu>I 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.
FIu|eW+<l 4m1@lnjp Summary: Decent, economical book for optics
N.'-9hv Rating: 4
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@# '"C& dia 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.