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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_8C0z=hz N> RabD Publisher: Dover Publications
tE0DST/ Number Of Pages: 336
OYGh!sW Publication Date: 1989-06-01
^(I4Do~} ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
-bHQy: ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
CW k#Amt. Binding: Paperback
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U 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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k LVf}J~? 1) Title says: introduction. So don’t imagine it covers every equation there is. Get Wolf’s book if you like equations that much.
PF@+~FI 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).
(#* 7LdZ 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.
kVs'>H@FY >{i/LC^S 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…
%sb)U~gP l%*KBME Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
ig:/60Z Rating: 4
9I8{2] ; >3q@9\D 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.
o{yEF1,c\ }f)$+mi There are end of chapter exercises included, and there are solutions to selected odd problems in the back of the book. However, there are no details as to how those solutions were arrived at. If you are an engineer, the only way to really be sure that you understand a subject is to solve problems. Thus I suggest Schaum’s Outline of Optics by Hecht for that task. Often the solutions to problems in that outline are the mathematical details that are missing in this book!
"bAkS}(hB( ;cl\$TDL The table of contents are not included in the product description, so I add that here:
>TUs~ Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
V6"<lK8" 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
a'w~7y!} 1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
M}NmA 1.3 Plane Harmonic Waves. Phase Velocity
?Y2ZqI 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
Pw/Z;N;:V 1.5 Group Velocity
h)BRSs?v_D 1.6 The Doppler Effect
*@fR36 Chapter 2 The Vectorial Nature of Light
?)x>GB(9ZN 2.1 General Remarks
6>v`6 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
3DnlXH(h1 2.3 Linear Polarization
6Y6DkFdvrZ 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
@cdd~9w 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
78>)<$+d 2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
9ctvy?53H 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
'EJ8)2 2.8 The Brewster Angle
{4Y@DQ- 2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
IlsXj`!e 2.10 Phase Changes in Total Internal Reflection
ZzLmsTtzIu 2.11 Reflection Matrix
1a3rA Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
,wE]:|`qJ 3.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition
a'f"Zdh%w 3.2 Young’s Experiment
Ar4E $\W 3.3 The Michelson Interferometer
5<bc>A- 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
|cStN[97% 3.5 Coherence Time and Coherence Length
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?F20\D\V 3.7 Spatial Coherence
C4],7"Sw 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
9tsI1]1[m 3.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
)ALPMmlRs Chapter 4 Multiple-Beam Interference
/%|JP{ 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
$u_0"sUV 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
b'Qia'a% 4.3 Resolution of Fabry-Perot Instruments
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1C\OL!@L Chapter 5 Diffraction
NR-d|`P; 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
y0cHs|8 5.2 Fundamental Theory
*JE%bQ2Q 5.3 Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
@#K19\dQ 5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
84^'^nd 5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
k@U8K(:x 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
K[0.4+ 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
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W)3?T&` 6.1 General Remarks
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XJy~uks, 6.3 The General Wave Equation
"OF4#a17 6.4 Propagation of Light in Isotropic Dielectrics. Dispersion
9Z]~c^UB 6.5 Propagation of Light in Conducting Media
$ysemDq-a\ 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
OQMkpX-dH 6.7 Propagation of Light in Crystals
Y-\hV6v6 6.8 Double Refraction at a Boundary
C( 8i0(1 6.9 Optical Activity
j_*$Avy 6.10 Faraday Rotation in Solids
1ael{b! 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
6nh!g 6.12 Nonlinear Optics
1>P[3Y@} Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
qd#?8 7.1 Thermal Radiation
0X@!i3eu 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
ntbl0Sk 7.3 Modes of Electromagnetic Radiation in a Cavity
\"Z^{Y[,; 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
V(_OyxeC{2 7.5 Quantization of Cavity Radiation
|D+"+w/ 7.6 Photon Statistics. Planck’s Formula
I|69|^ 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
lxb+0fiN 7.8 Momentum of a Photon. Light Pressure
,T@+QXh 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
&5puGnTZ 7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
%jz]s4u$5j 7.11 Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
0+MNu8t Chapter 8 Optical Spectra
k#Qav1_ 8.1 General Remarks
ST$~l7p 8.2 Elementary Theory of Atomic Spectra
Jb~$Vrdy 8.3 Quantum Mechanics
:8b{|}aYV 8.4 The Schrödinger Equation
/a.4atb0 8.5 Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom
}a?PBo` 8.6 Radiative Transitions and Selection Rules
Klfg:q:j+b 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
l?pF?({ 8.8 Multiplicity in the Spectra of Many-Electron Atoms. Spectroscopic Notation
-4ry)isYx 8.9 Molecular Spectra
YoyJnl.?u 8.10 Atomic-Energy Levels in Solids
>KHR;W 03 Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
Ie{98 9.1 Introduction
I?`}h}7. 9.2 Stimulated Emission and Thermal Radiation
$/;D8P5/&= 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
fB^h2 9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
e$]` 9.5 Laser Oscillation
ta"uxL\gge 9.6 Optical-Resonaor Theory
xi['knUi2- 9.7 Gas Lasers
Pyh+HD\ 9.8 Optically Pumped Solid-State Lasers
zh`!x{Z?^ 9.9 Dye Lasers
ZoX24C' 9.10 Semiconductor Diode Lasers
)!6JSMS 9.11 Q-Switching and Mode Locking
]<b$k 9.12 The Ring Laser
D. d( D: Chapter 10 Ray Optics
(:9yeP1 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
V]I@&*O~r 10.2 Lenses
s~e<Pr?yu 10.3 Ray Equations
|^fubQs;2 10.4 Ray Matrices and Ray Vectors
8B#;ffkmN 10.5 Periodic Lens Waveguides and Opical Resonators
xz2U?)m;x Appendix I Relativistic Optics
BS3Aczwk 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
58xaVOhb 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
;fomc< 1.3 Relativistic Effects in Optics
+B(x:hzY9 1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
tGt/=~n9 References
?LJ$:u Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
vJZ0G:1 ?88k`T'EI Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
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8VG6~>ux'> 1 &G0; This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
aD)$aK <Z{pjJ/ 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.
eC%uu +c)"p4m 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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fP 1V1ao Rating: 5
$+(Df|) [zXKS| 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.
5)712b(& b-*3]gB One word of caution, I think some graduate school background in Physics and Math is needed for engineers. I am an engineer (
1.S7MSpTV 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.
lMkDLobos WFWQ;U{| Summary: Decent, economical book for optics
+'fy%/ Rating: 4
R7)\wP*l5 k^<s|8Y 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.