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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b|DiU} *UZd!a) Publisher: Dover Publications
5-RA<d# Number Of Pages: 336
8yC/:_ML Publication Date: 1989-06-01
E)iX`Xq|0{ ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
iBt<EM]U/ ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
u_=^Bd Binding: Paperback
eyzXHS*s;L tc|PN+v; 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.
UlMc8 z w+Y_TJ% Summary: Best in its class
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5|A"YzY# =X;h _GQ his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
n#S?fsQN 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).
(5l'?7 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.
98Y1-Z^ . '[vCC' 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…
'x,6t66*"l wCEcMVT Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
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tRbZX{ !q1XyQX 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.
jGUegeq @ek8t2??x 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!
m>^vr7 ()ww9L2 The table of contents are not included in the product description, so I add that here:
pD]2.O Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
pN{XGkX. 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
.umN>/o[ 1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
?!u9=?? 1.3 Plane Harmonic Waves. Phase Velocity
tP89gN^PA| 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
o]B2^Yq;x 1.5 Group Velocity
Ie}7#>S 1.6 The Doppler Effect
qGi\*sc>x Chapter 2 The Vectorial Nature of Light
pQoZDD@B$ 2.1 General Remarks
c1xX)cF 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
(_R!:H(]m 2.3 Linear Polarization
? CU; 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
-Dwe,N"{2 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
sWKv>bx 2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
z+c'-!e/ 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
~xJ^YkyH 2.8 The Brewster Angle
_^D -nk? 2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
7#j9"* 2.10 Phase Changes in Total Internal Reflection
ddY-F
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g,B@*2Uj Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
*G[` T%g 3.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition
xLP8*lvy 3.2 Young’s Experiment
USJ4Z 3.3 The Michelson Interferometer
X([@}ren 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
b?/Su<q 3.5 Coherence Time and Coherence Length
S`& yVzv 3.6 Spectral Resolution of a Finite Wave Train. Coherence and Line Width
CdKs+x&tZ 3.7 Spatial Coherence
PHMp,z8 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
_TyQC1 d 3.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
v}<z_i5/C. Chapter 4 Multiple-Beam Interference
93/`e}P"o 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
]dT]25V 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
RN$q,f[# 4.3 Resolution of Fabry-Perot Instruments
Q6n8 ,2* 4.4 Theory of Multilayer Films
!iAZEOkRR Chapter 5 Diffraction
Pr,C)uch 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
P0rdGf 5T 5.2 Fundamental Theory
(L!u[e0[# 5.3 Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
D>kkA|> 5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
nyZ?m 5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
D=)qd@,K 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
qc3?Aplj 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
I#xhmsF Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
*7qa]i^] 6.1 General Remarks
_k5$.f:Yj< 6.2 Macroscopic Fields and Maxwell’s Equations
xOZvQ\% 6.3 The General Wave Equation
7o-}86x# 6.4 Propagation of Light in Isotropic Dielectrics. Dispersion
wKJK!P 6.5 Propagation of Light in Conducting Media
:(I=z6 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
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1?r$Rx<R 6.8 Double Refraction at a Boundary
5;[0Q 6.9 Optical Activity
3]>YBbXvE 6.10 Faraday Rotation in Solids
(CE2]Nv9") 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
#Z]<E6<=9 6.12 Nonlinear Optics
!9^GkFR6n Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
YGi_7fTyc= 7.1 Thermal Radiation
7A 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
VKi3z%kwK 7.3 Modes of Electromagnetic Radiation in a Cavity
kEg~yN 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
Q8DKU 7.5 Quantization of Cavity Radiation
`U;V- 7.6 Photon Statistics. Planck’s Formula
d%Ku'Jy 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
l4OPzNc' 7.8 Momentum of a Photon. Light Pressure
vf`] 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
~'):1}KN] 7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
}U b "Vb 7.11 Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
^Cg@'R9 Chapter 8 Optical Spectra
& aF'IJC 8.1 General Remarks
1'5!")r 8.2 Elementary Theory of Atomic Spectra
Z8pZm`g)T 8.3 Quantum Mechanics
,=P0rbtK 8.4 The Schrödinger Equation
]o_E]5"jO 8.5 Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom
B^hK 8.6 Radiative Transitions and Selection Rules
U4Pk^[,p1G 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
[oH,FSuO!2 8.8 Multiplicity in the Spectra of Many-Electron Atoms. Spectroscopic Notation
6.4,Qae9E 8.9 Molecular Spectra
+Jc-9Ko\c; 8.10 Atomic-Energy Levels in Solids
16I(S Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
b$FXRR\G 9.1 Introduction
gwYTOs^ 9.2 Stimulated Emission and Thermal Radiation
,]?l(H $x' 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
@HXXhYH 9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
taOsC!Bp 9.5 Laser Oscillation
3lNw*M|") 9.6 Optical-Resonaor Theory
l1RFn,Tzr 9.7 Gas Lasers
Jaf=qwZ/` 9.8 Optically Pumped Solid-State Lasers
&S#bLE 9.9 Dye Lasers
\y/+H 9.10 Semiconductor Diode Lasers
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J15$P8J 9.12 The Ring Laser
$E@ke: Chapter 10 Ray Optics
B?_ujH80m 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
E9[8th,t 10.2 Lenses
F~O!J@4] 10.3 Ray Equations
*$>$O% 10.4 Ray Matrices and Ray Vectors
Eb9M;u 10.5 Periodic Lens Waveguides and Opical Resonators
?Qs>L~ Appendix I Relativistic Optics
?r~](l 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
9$'Edi=6 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
or]s 1.3 Relativistic Effects in Optics
hO:X\:G 1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
Xq%!(YD| References
"i*Gi
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8|,-P=%t v6?<)M% Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
^A$~8?f Rating: 5
c[0$8F> v]27+/a$c This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
oApI/o l+ <x 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.
Ljxn}):[ dUJNr_ 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.
-/&6}lD $RSVN? Summary: For the price Great
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K+mtuB]yr PX'I:B]x* 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.
^ihXM]1{G ArU>./)Q One word of caution, I think some graduate school background in Physics and Math is needed for engineers. I am an engineer (
?8C+wW 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.
ig/716r| $Y0bjS2J Summary: Decent, economical book for optics
"WYcw\@U Rating: 4
0+:.9*g=k {UZli[W1 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.