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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+a/o)C{ ZhsZywM Publisher: Dover Publications
x/=j$oA Number Of Pages: 336
>| ?T| Publication Date: 1989-06-01
H#inr^Xa ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
{0 ~0 ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
sh ;uKzQ Binding: Paperback
F"x O0t $hSZ@w|IF A complete basic undergraduate-level course in modern optics for students in physics, technology and engineering. The first half deals with classical physical optics; the second, the quantum nature of light. Many applications of the laser to optics are integrated throughout the text. Problems and answers. 170 illustrations.
<+gl"lG 2JP?6N Summary: Best in its class
t\i1VXtO Rating: 5
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,Gp his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
U$)Hhn|X 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).
t1jlxK 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.
-vHr1I< yvCR = C 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…
NRisr J4"swPf Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
T[-c| Rating: 4
UglG!1L cTd;p>:>m 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.
`t0f L\T *frJ^ Ws{ 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!
Ia`JIc^e ceZ8}Sh The table of contents are not included in the product description, so I add that here:
^Opy6Bqb Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
+'/}[1q1/T 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
P5>5ps"iU 1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
IT`=\K/[4 1.3 Plane Harmonic Waves. Phase Velocity
7TkxvSL X 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
BwJ^_:(p~ 1.5 Group Velocity
knOnUU 1.6 The Doppler Effect
ydND$@; Z Chapter 2 The Vectorial Nature of Light
q|o|/ O-{ 2.1 General Remarks
{ ^2W>^ 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
D!}K)T1~R 2.3 Linear Polarization
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dHG Io 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
>u5g?yzw 2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
d"I28PIS" 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
^'&iYV 2.8 The Brewster Angle
/*AJr 2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
#_?TIY:h 2.10 Phase Changes in Total Internal Reflection
YxEbg(Y 2.11 Reflection Matrix
^+.t-3|U Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
0aC2 Pym^ 3.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition
U.RW4df%E 3.2 Young’s Experiment
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,$h(fM8GC 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
f4'El2>-86 3.5 Coherence Time and Coherence Length
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JFRpsv 3.7 Spatial Coherence
3cOY0Z#T 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
4[TS4p 3.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
q]"2hLq Chapter 4 Multiple-Beam Interference
@sw9A93A 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
ZD5I5 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
Z}8k[*. 4.3 Resolution of Fabry-Perot Instruments
i}PK$sa#c 4.4 Theory of Multilayer Films
}_{y|NW Chapter 5 Diffraction
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5.1 General Description of Diffraction
WI1T?.Gc 5.2 Fundamental Theory
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5.3 Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
o'C~~Vg). 5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
"7=bL7wM& 5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
F:M>z= 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
j4;Du>obQ 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
)]%e Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
QVIcb;&:} 6.1 General Remarks
3A-*vaySV 6.2 Macroscopic Fields and Maxwell’s Equations
~Fy`>* 6.3 The General Wave Equation
8r,9OM 6.4 Propagation of Light in Isotropic Dielectrics. Dispersion
XZ.7c{B< 6.5 Propagation of Light in Conducting Media
60"5?=D 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
}@d>, 1DU 6.7 Propagation of Light in Crystals
oP/>ju 6.8 Double Refraction at a Boundary
*kP;{Cb` 6.9 Optical Activity
R7lYu\mA 6.10 Faraday Rotation in Solids
E W`W~h[ 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
_B)s=Snx 6.12 Nonlinear Optics
aX|g S\zx Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
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S+r^B?a<oM 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
H"eS<eT 7.3 Modes of Electromagnetic Radiation in a Cavity
iC\%_5/_ 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
]D O&x+Rb 7.5 Quantization of Cavity Radiation
ymYBm:" 7.6 Photon Statistics. Planck’s Formula
}3Qc 24` 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
.46#`4av 7.8 Momentum of a Photon. Light Pressure
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!NTH.U:g 7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
F>*{e 7.11 Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
k0JW[04j Chapter 8 Optical Spectra
/,!<Va;~ 8.1 General Remarks
1RLym9JN 8.2 Elementary Theory of Atomic Spectra
uAUp5XP|Z 8.3 Quantum Mechanics
sf$o(^P9\A 8.4 The Schrödinger Equation
1c$vLo832 8.5 Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom
qw<HY$3= 8.6 Radiative Transitions and Selection Rules
M*w' 1fT 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
/N6}*0Ru 8.8 Multiplicity in the Spectra of Many-Electron Atoms. Spectroscopic Notation
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Br!9x{q* 8.10 Atomic-Energy Levels in Solids
{]^O:i" Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
/`3#4=5- 9.1 Introduction
]n;1x1' 9.2 Stimulated Emission and Thermal Radiation
y! ~qbh[ 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
rOcg+5 9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
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1_hW#I\' 9.6 Optical-Resonaor Theory
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v7,$7@$:\ 9.8 Optically Pumped Solid-State Lasers
s2REt$.q 9.9 Dye Lasers
eTbg7"waA 9.10 Semiconductor Diode Lasers
<CZgQ\Mt 9.11 Q-Switching and Mode Locking
nL-K)G, 9.12 The Ring Laser
E=$p^s Chapter 10 Ray Optics
9t$]X>} 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
xr%#dVk 10.2 Lenses
\)/yC74r7( 10.3 Ray Equations
Lja 7 10.4 Ray Matrices and Ray Vectors
Y`BRh9Sa 10.5 Periodic Lens Waveguides and Opical Resonators
{A:j[ Appendix I Relativistic Optics
hgj <>H| 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
)Xtnk 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
yZkyC'/ 1.3 Relativistic Effects in Optics
MTOy8 Im 1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
X3%Ic`Lq# References
%$5H!!~o Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
7.g[SBUOG ,9D+brm Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
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S* *oA 6 U#&7p)4( This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
|r%D\EB JW.=T) 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.
\ZU1Jb1c H<EQu|f&x 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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NKb1LbnZ*y Rating: 5
'6y}ZE[ $-}e; V Zb 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.
Rp7ntI: Z[__"^} One word of caution, I think some graduate school background in Physics and Math is needed for engineers. I am an engineer (
fjk\L\1 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.
} :=Tm]S &`0/CV Summary: Decent, economical book for optics
K*UgX(xu4P Rating: 4
b2b?hA'k =0uAE7q(9 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.