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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T8g$uFo z:*|a+cy Publisher: Dover Publications
7:1Lol-V Number Of Pages: 336
jLluj Publication Date: 1989-06-01
ICQKP1WFp ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
Rm( "=( ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
vs4>T^8e Binding: Paperback
e"<OELA |{ip T SH 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.
yN-9[P8C MTn{d Summary: Best in its class
7.oM J Rating: 5
k,*XG$2h =^?/+p8k his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
?@86P|19 1) Title says: introduction. So don’t imagine it covers every equation there is. Get Wolf’s book if you like equations that much.
U xGApK=X 2) Short but concise on
key subjects. To do that, you have to skip a lot of intro/background or equations, that’s why there are references and citations (and better bricks/bug killers).
qE"OB 3) This is an intro book but also serves well as a refresher. This is intermediate level to advanced level for non-physicists, as it assumes good understanding of calculus.
<5051UEu !Uo4,g6r+ To be fair, the book is not without flaws. One obvious is the name implied recent advances (although different people use modern optics differently), while the book was last revised in 1975. Nonetheless, the key component of modern optics are mostly there, unless you are into cutting edge advances. It might be more appropriate to name it as “intro to physical optics”, then again the author added a section of ray optics at the end of the book…
|BXg/gW }K(TjZR Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
mfr|:i Rating: 4
guR/\z$D@C GbI/4<)l} 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.
N!}f}oF I?CZQ+}Hq 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!
oB7_O-3z W>r+h-kR The table of contents are not included in the product description, so I add that here:
;$4\e)AB Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
@0''k 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
SXh-A1t 1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
5 qA' 1.3 Plane Harmonic Waves. Phase Velocity
jH:[2N? 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
m&3xJuKih 1.5 Group Velocity
"{t$nVJ 1.6 The Doppler Effect
YmG("z Chapter 2 The Vectorial Nature of Light
"AqB$^S9t 2.1 General Remarks
DEgXQ[ 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
h(DTa 2.3 Linear Polarization
H PVEnVn 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
n@3>6_^rwT 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
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5 2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
ueNS='+m 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
i|kRK7[6B 2.8 The Brewster Angle
DlJo^|5 2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
|-H&o] 2.10 Phase Changes in Total Internal Reflection
DY*N|OnqJ 2.11 Reflection Matrix
]?4hyN Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
$~)SCbL^5 3.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition
['D]>Ot68 3.2 Young’s Experiment
'"s@enD0 y 3.3 The Michelson Interferometer
='jT~\ 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
7_t'( /yu 3.5 Coherence Time and Coherence Length
DmcZta8n] 3.6 Spectral Resolution of a Finite Wave Train. Coherence and Line Width
=_^X3z0 3.7 Spatial Coherence
i.#:zU%o 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
*qq+jsA6wH 3.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
LP=)~K< Chapter 4 Multiple-Beam Interference
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Hn:Crl y# 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
]M3yLYK/P 4.3 Resolution of Fabry-Perot Instruments
iy"*5<;*DD 4.4 Theory of Multilayer Films
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mE[y SrV 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
O/LXdz0B 5.2 Fundamental Theory
eS!/(#T 5.3 Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
;*J 5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
7HWmCaa[ 5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
pR_9NfV{ 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
wIgS3K 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
lhJ'bYI Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
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$cgcX 6.2 Macroscopic Fields and Maxwell’s Equations
"N#Y gSr 6.3 The General Wave Equation
9YGY,sx 6.4 Propagation of Light in Isotropic Dielectrics. Dispersion
;VK.2^jW! 6.5 Propagation of Light in Conducting Media
wC*X4 ' 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
UxBpdm%dvP 6.7 Propagation of Light in Crystals
'%;m?t%q 6.8 Double Refraction at a Boundary
05R@7[GWq 6.9 Optical Activity
(<lhn 6.10 Faraday Rotation in Solids
gM]:Ma 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
!x)R=Z/C 6.12 Nonlinear Optics
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TqQ[_RKg2 7.1 Thermal Radiation
+`15le`R 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
OrW 7.3 Modes of Electromagnetic Radiation in a Cavity
\7_y%HR 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
I =#$8l.* 7.5 Quantization of Cavity Radiation
SX#&5Ka/ 7.6 Photon Statistics. Planck’s Formula
Ul# r 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
$VR{q6[0S? 7.8 Momentum of a Photon. Light Pressure
>mkFV@` 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
,: ^u-b| 7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
VN.Je:Ju 7.11 Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
YYS0` Chapter 8 Optical Spectra
fV~~J2IK 8.1 General Remarks
dWW.Y*339 8.2 Elementary Theory of Atomic Spectra
GX%g9f!O 8.3 Quantum Mechanics
]###w; 8.4 The Schrödinger Equation
HKe K<V 8.5 Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom
ig"L\ C"T 8.6 Radiative Transitions and Selection Rules
,)io5nZF 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
d_CT$ 8.8 Multiplicity in the Spectra of Many-Electron Atoms. Spectroscopic Notation
)PZT4jTt 8.9 Molecular Spectra
SfR%s8c` 8.10 Atomic-Energy Levels in Solids
j1Ezf=N6` Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
#z42C?V 9.1 Introduction
"jCu6Rj d 9.2 Stimulated Emission and Thermal Radiation
zeRyL3fnmb 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
}2oc#0 9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
0"#HJA44 9.5 Laser Oscillation
0 {mex4 9.6 Optical-Resonaor Theory
kcEeFG;DQ 9.7 Gas Lasers
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D'4\*4is 9.9 Dye Lasers
tp|d*7^i 9.10 Semiconductor Diode Lasers
W3RT{\ 9.11 Q-Switching and Mode Locking
z%kULTL 9.12 The Ring Laser
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JtZ7ti 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
S>{~nOYt-` 10.2 Lenses
X?Au/ 10.3 Ray Equations
LQ% `c 10.4 Ray Matrices and Ray Vectors
IA(5?7x`< 10.5 Periodic Lens Waveguides and Opical Resonators
Ca\6vR Appendix I Relativistic Optics
}7X%'Bg=M 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
)e{}V\;q 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
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D{!IW!w Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
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{L q: Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
n`KY9[0U= Rating: 5
SX*RP;vHy Js;h% This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
g .\[o@H ~s{$WL& 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.
D,6:EV"sa &wX]_:? 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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c`W,~[Q<O+ =Sv/IXX\di 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.
1Z;iV<d olcDt&xv] One word of caution, I think some graduate school background in Physics and Math is needed for engineers. I am an engineer (
`x|?&Ytmf9 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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T xkn;,`t^lJ 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.