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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0<uLQVoR2n .o]I^3tfc Publisher: Dover Publications
yih|6sd$F Number Of Pages: 336
H Q[ Publication Date: 1989-06-01
rr\u)D#) ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
L>E;cDB ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
e&:%Rr]x Binding: Paperback
yS4VgP'W zh=0zJ 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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|.yS~XFJS Rating: 5
a'Odw2Q_ 6'e^np his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
TB&IB:4)R 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).
b&4JHyleF 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.
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L 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…
8mRZ(B>% X +]-'{%-zK Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
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hWFOed4C n/*" 2 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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aA<` ._A4: 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!
LY)Wwl*wc ?q Q.Wj6Mj The table of contents are not included in the product description, so I add that here:
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LE5N2k 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
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,?qJAV~> 1.3 Plane Harmonic Waves. Phase Velocity
9ei'oZ 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
g$"x,:2x{ 1.5 Group Velocity
"+qZv( 1.6 The Doppler Effect
:6)!#q'g Chapter 2 The Vectorial Nature of Light
Tmu2G/yi 2.1 General Remarks
%`$:/3P$U 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
HOH5_E>d 2.3 Linear Polarization
+/[Rvh5WZ 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
Evg#sPu\ 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
VyYrL]OrA 2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
TC'SDDX 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
EXH,+3fQp 2.8 The Brewster Angle
|E$q S)y 2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
G.@K#a9 2.10 Phase Changes in Total Internal Reflection
[N%InsA9k 2.11 Reflection Matrix
cp~6\F;c Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
*&]8rm{ 3.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition
CKFr9bT{ 3.2 Young’s Experiment
f>cUdEPBb 3.3 The Michelson Interferometer
NM),2% < 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
,\3Cq2h 3.5 Coherence Time and Coherence Length
|9$C%@8 3.6 Spectral Resolution of a Finite Wave Train. Coherence and Line Width
c w)J+Lyh 3.7 Spatial Coherence
roG<2i F 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
^2%)Nq; O 3.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
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1>OU~A" 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
y0O e)oP 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
Xa;wx3]t 4.3 Resolution of Fabry-Perot Instruments
'Pn:10; 4.4 Theory of Multilayer Films
0;=]MEk? Chapter 5 Diffraction
YKayaI\* 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
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+"WNG 5.3 Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
"W4|}plnu 5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
S{]3e-? 5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
7TypzgXNe 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
7J$rA.tu 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
d_Zj W Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
9h-S,q! 6.1 General Remarks
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%a0q|)Nrj 6.3 The General Wave Equation
6MU;9|& 6.4 Propagation of Light in Isotropic Dielectrics. Dispersion
`O.pT{Lf 6.5 Propagation of Light in Conducting Media
~+BU@PHv 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
7T!t*sSO' 6.7 Propagation of Light in Crystals
C9k"QPE 6.8 Double Refraction at a Boundary
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6.9 Optical Activity
uV}GUE%W 6.10 Faraday Rotation in Solids
"la0@/n 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
GuL0:, 6.12 Nonlinear Optics
;BWWafZ Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
9aIv|cS? 7.1 Thermal Radiation
HD$`ZV 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
Iw#[K 7.3 Modes of Electromagnetic Radiation in a Cavity
:(3'"^_NA 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
lq`7$7-4 7.5 Quantization of Cavity Radiation
TBF{@{.d 7.6 Photon Statistics. Planck’s Formula
)M[FPJP} 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
I7|a,Q^f 7.8 Momentum of a Photon. Light Pressure
:c )R6=v 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
tN.BI1nB 7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
CJ)u#PmkJ 7.11 Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
l_+q a6C* Chapter 8 Optical Spectra
r,vSDHb`j 8.1 General Remarks
h.- o$+Sa 8.2 Elementary Theory of Atomic Spectra
}I`o%GL 8.3 Quantum Mechanics
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8.4 The Schrödinger Equation
e(DuJ- 8.5 Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom
/9P7;1? 8.6 Radiative Transitions and Selection Rules
7Ot&]M 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
?h#F& y 8.8 Multiplicity in the Spectra of Many-Electron Atoms. Spectroscopic Notation
~e){2_J&n 8.9 Molecular Spectra
+>a(9r|: 8.10 Atomic-Energy Levels in Solids
[fkt3fS Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
k4:=y9`R}$ 9.1 Introduction
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Q4N0j' QA 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
B4m34)EOE 9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
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!|ic{1!_ 9.6 Optical-Resonaor Theory
7eZwpg?K 9.7 Gas Lasers
0.(7R,- 9.8 Optically Pumped Solid-State Lasers
P{2ED1T\ 9.9 Dye Lasers
w5Ucj*A\ 9.10 Semiconductor Diode Lasers
biQ~q$E 9.11 Q-Switching and Mode Locking
{K/xI 9.12 The Ring Laser
O=!Eqa ExW Chapter 10 Ray Optics
>7W8_6sC< 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
/B{cL`< 10.2 Lenses
$O\]cQD`u 10.3 Ray Equations
d,j)JnY3V 10.4 Ray Matrices and Ray Vectors
nnd-d+$ 10.5 Periodic Lens Waveguides and Opical Resonators
/" &Jf}r Appendix I Relativistic Optics
ah!RQ2hDrV 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
HXqG;Fds( 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
OG7U+d6 1.3 Relativistic Effects in Optics
+~lPf. 1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
N{!@M_C^%R References
Q 9JT6 Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
(|y@ftr@ <2I<Z'B,e Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
g9=O<u# Rating: 5
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?U~`'^@ This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
]XfROhgP= I[LHJ4 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.
f+QDjJ?z 5@i(pVWZ 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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U,~Z 2L emS7q|^ 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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$\nAGmp@ 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.
nN[QUg >#xIqxV, Summary: Decent, economical book for optics
rPJbbV",+^ Rating: 4
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S 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.