Introduction to Modern
Optics By Grant R. Fowles，介绍现代
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No G`J$D H_<hZ UB Publisher: Dover Publications
G tSvb6UNn Number Of Pages: 336
z9 )I@P" Publication Date: 1989-06-01
> ,s.!vpK ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
l&4+v.zr ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
!$ 5. \D Binding: Paperback
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K\a=bA}DG 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.
/agX! E4s 6e.?L Summary: Best in its class
{Mx3G*hr Rating: 5
?,0 5!] |'" 17c& his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
zOzobd 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).
"ZU CYYre 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.
Q1?0 9 v?en-,{A 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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mFdj+ &2\ bQFMg41*w7 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.
GIGC,zP@k fXJ bC+ 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!
\uT y\KA ?rG>SA>o The table of contents are not included in the product description, so I add that here:
S_ Pa . Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
L 2k?Pl 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
,J63 ?EQ3 1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
#ovmX 1.3 Plane Harmonic Waves. Phase Velocity
~$\9T.tre2 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
1>"[b8a/ 1.5 Group Velocity
tUPdq 0%t[ 1.6 The Doppler Effect
Sl RQi: Chapter 2 The Vectorial Nature of Light
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E0o?rgfdq 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
] s))O6^f 2.3 Linear Polarization
bXw!fYm& 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
YAoGVey 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
+4Uxq{.K 2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
$V0G[!4 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
ZFN n(n 2.8 The Brewster Angle
g* & |Eq/ 2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
7\?0d! 2.10 Phase Changes in Total Internal Reflection
9AgTrP 2.11 Reflection Matrix
m\hz Q9 Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
6|-V{ 3.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition
ZgP~VB0)$ 3.2 Young’s Experiment
6y N8 (&` 3.3 The Michelson Interferometer
bI_T\Eft 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
zc n/L F 3.5 Coherence Time and Coherence Length
qP}187Q1 3.6 Spectral Resolution of a Finite Wave Train. Coherence and Line Width
UHh7x%$n 3.7 Spatial Coherence
P wY~L3, 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
C =6.~&( 3.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
| pA Chapter 4 Multiple-Beam Interference
?{Rv/np=F 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
4|#@41\ B 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
'fGB#uBt 4.3 Resolution of Fabry-Perot Instruments
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%]m/fo4b Chapter 5 Diffraction
@3Lh/& 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
Fzc8) *w 5.2 Fundamental Theory
#BZ2 %\ 5.3 Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
>$R Q 5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
S1Nwm?z 5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
%\|9_=9Wn 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
!d)Vr5x 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
O_kBAC-|R( Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
R'udC} 6.1 General Remarks
-*<4 hFb 6.2 Macroscopic Fields and Maxwell’s Equations
vo]!IY 6.3 The General Wave Equation
u3B[1Ae:K 6.4 Propagation of Light in Isotropic Dielectrics. Dispersion
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LrGLIt` 6.8 Double Refraction at a Boundary
OA BMI gX 6.9 Optical Activity
Oe/&Ryj=mm 6.10 Faraday Rotation in Solids
`Nnaw+<] 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
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>STAPrBp+ Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
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5p}ri,Y< 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
sYG:\> }ie 7.3 Modes of Electromagnetic Radiation in a Cavity
L/Ytk ag 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
+&*D7A>~p 7.5 Quantization of Cavity Radiation
g5OKh L0u 7.6 Photon Statistics. Planck’s Formula
AVnH|31dC~ 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
9Ev<t \B 7.8 Momentum of a Photon. Light Pressure
v><c@a=[ 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
2I|`j^ 7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
l+vD`aJ 3 7.11 Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
N*w6D: Chapter 8 Optical Spectra
[qL{w&R 8.1 General Remarks
kF@Z4MB}yr 8.2 Elementary Theory of Atomic Spectra
].Sz2vI 8.3 Quantum Mechanics
.DX -bi X, 8.4 The Schrödinger Equation
<3)k M&.B 8.5 Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom
(2J\o 8.6 Radiative Transitions and Selection Rules
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E-`3}"{ 8.8 Multiplicity in the Spectra of Many-Electron Atoms. Spectroscopic Notation
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z8@[]6cW 9.1 Introduction
v:1DNR4 9.2 Stimulated Emission and Thermal Radiation
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0Xw$l3@N^ 9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
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gr^T L1( 9.6 Optical-Resonaor Theory
j6: jN-z 9.7 Gas Lasers
x##0s5Qn 9.8 Optically Pumped Solid-State Lasers
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Pxvf"SXX 9.10 Semiconductor Diode Lasers
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B{lj.S` mB 9.12 The Ring Laser
;TC "n!ew Chapter 10 Ray Optics
<0!O'" "J 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
z}a9%Fb 10.2 Lenses
>\o._?xSA 10.3 Ray Equations
xep8CimP' 10.4 Ray Matrices and Ray Vectors
a_3w/9L4r 10.5 Periodic Lens Waveguides and Opical Resonators
i,B<k 0W9 Appendix I Relativistic Optics
&~a S 24c 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
Rz#q68 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
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} 3} H} 1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
dLfB){>S References
Fy$f`w_H@ Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
|E9'ii&?B oMNSQMlI Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
8CUlE-R5 Rating: 5
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7|PB6h3 `k6ZAOQtX 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.
p/U{*i ]t ueyQ&+6 r 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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V Ta% I G Ax+3V 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.
!pZ<{|cH UDT\Xc One word of caution, I think some graduate school background in Physics and Math is needed for engineers. I am an engineer (
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Yi j^hs@eV I.[Lv7U- Summary: Decent, economical book for optics
v`@NwH<r Rating: 4
aka)#0l . +[rQf<* 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.
