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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#VLTx!5o T+I|2HYqOj Publisher: Dover Publications
Ba"Z^(: Number Of Pages: 336
h-<+Pj c Publication Date: 1989-06-01
>d=k-d ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
y<)x`&pcD ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
wDn5|F}i& Binding: Paperback
U@H SU%H [K^RC;}nV^ 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.
XWkYhTaY G*ecM`Bl Summary: Best in its class
oC[$PPqX# Rating: 5
zzM 'uo ^s^X n QhE his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
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D+<k*] 1) Title says: introduction. So don’t imagine it covers every equation there is. Get Wolf’s book if you like equations that much.
o_?YYw-: 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).
HH^eEh4g 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.
lE4.O ^*Sb)tu\ W 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…
\MnlRBUM, f)>=.sp Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
DEs/?JZG Rating: 4
'En 6h" { 1D 6iJ 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.
5@?P 8 l2xM.vR 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!
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The table of contents are not included in the product description, so I add that here:
t|1?mH9 Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
SwLul4V 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
moh7:g 1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
geua8; 1.3 Plane Harmonic Waves. Phase Velocity
QDs]{F# 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
gE|_hfm( 1.5 Group Velocity
"Q^Ck7 1.6 The Doppler Effect
Y7= *- Chapter 2 The Vectorial Nature of Light
3#W> 2.1 General Remarks
|*Hw6m 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
LXrnAt 2.3 Linear Polarization
.^ soX} 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
NeQ/#[~g 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
5Osx__6 $t 2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
]JbGP{UiN 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
.#@*)1A#t 2.8 The Brewster Angle
tAefBFu 2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
I6~.sTl 2.10 Phase Changes in Total Internal Reflection
}5\F <b^@Y 2.11 Reflection Matrix
:A>cf} Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
{U>B\D 3.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition
p1q"[)WVn^ 3.2 Young’s Experiment
n)gzHch 3.3 The Michelson Interferometer
Ab/gY$l 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
|X0h-kX4 3.5 Coherence Time and Coherence Length
>2TDYB|; 3.6 Spectral Resolution of a Finite Wave Train. Coherence and Line Width
V0XQG} 3.7 Spatial Coherence
uPhFBD7 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
s7[du_) 3.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
IZ/+RO n Chapter 4 Multiple-Beam Interference
|#>\GU=! 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
g ?qm >X 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
2eK!<Gj 4.3 Resolution of Fabry-Perot Instruments
f.4r'^ 4.4 Theory of Multilayer Films
(w}iEm\b Chapter 5 Diffraction
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"k[-eFz/@M 5.2 Fundamental Theory
r>+\9q1 5.3 Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
}KcvNK ( 5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
k?ZtRhPu3X 5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
mr&nB 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
INZsDM 9 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
cia'h_w Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
Wxx?iW , 6.1 General Remarks
OrNi<TY> 6.2 Macroscopic Fields and Maxwell’s Equations
2r4owB? 6.3 The General Wave Equation
9ldv*9v 6.4 Propagation of Light in Isotropic Dielectrics. Dispersion
V i V3Y 6.5 Propagation of Light in Conducting Media
@z[,w` 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
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~PAF2 6.9 Optical Activity
(e.?). e 6.10 Faraday Rotation in Solids
c6 VfFt6p 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
LlKvi_z 6.12 Nonlinear Optics
_~]~ssn,1 Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
?NkweT( 7.1 Thermal Radiation
e=e^;K4 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
/%fBkA#n 7.3 Modes of Electromagnetic Radiation in a Cavity
TrD2:N}dI 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
[$:M/5y9 7.5 Quantization of Cavity Radiation
5n{J}0C 7.6 Photon Statistics. Planck’s Formula
B)>r~v] 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
o}O" 7.8 Momentum of a Photon. Light Pressure
<+o*"z\mI 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
J)tk<&X 7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
iYJ: P 7.11 Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
S5'ZKk Chapter 8 Optical Spectra
nE;^xMOK! 8.1 General Remarks
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0se0AcrW 8.3 Quantum Mechanics
#y;TSHx/ 8.4 The Schrödinger Equation
s[<a( 8.5 Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom
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D_kz'0^| 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
/q[5-96c 8.8 Multiplicity in the Spectra of Many-Electron Atoms. Spectroscopic Notation
KT'Ebb] 8.9 Molecular Spectra
i;Y3pF0%P 8.10 Atomic-Energy Levels in Solids
B6qM0QW Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
^K[WFi N} 9.1 Introduction
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B"KDr_,, 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
f0"N 9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
q+<<Ku(20 9.5 Laser Oscillation
F3uR:)4<M 9.6 Optical-Resonaor Theory
Qg9*mlm` 9.7 Gas Lasers
TEB<ia3+ 9.8 Optically Pumped Solid-State Lasers
}MU}-6 9.9 Dye Lasers
8d4:8} 9.10 Semiconductor Diode Lasers
zt,Tda4Y 9.11 Q-Switching and Mode Locking
F/8="dM 9.12 The Ring Laser
fyHFfPEE Chapter 10 Ray Optics
hv.33l 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
MC\rx=cR\ 10.2 Lenses
@bfW-\ I 10.3 Ray Equations
uO]^vP]fT 10.4 Ray Matrices and Ray Vectors
9c p jO 10.5 Periodic Lens Waveguides and Opical Resonators
\Dn47V{7- Appendix I Relativistic Optics
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ui>0?O*G 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
pk>p|q 1.3 Relativistic Effects in Optics
l rRRRR 1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
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{Tr5M o Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
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m%$GiNs} Rating: 5
0XgJCvMcB XEX."y This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
p*LG Y+ -9D2aY_> 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.
N*mm[F2+F /Ko{S_3<I 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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E\$7tXQK6 Rating: 5
n8K FP _0GM!Cny 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.
OCX>LK!K ?@@BIg- One word of caution, I think some graduate school background in Physics and Math is needed for engineers. I am an engineer (
"J.7@\^ h/ 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.
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:I31 Summary: Decent, economical book for optics
b '9L}q2m Rating: 4
(7zdbJX Gd%X> ~ 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.