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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$Kj&)&M PQW(EeQ Publisher: Dover Publications
~%u|[$ Number Of Pages: 336
73A)lU. Publication Date: 1989-06-01
`[#x_<\t ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
[36,eK ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
Wm'QP4` Binding: Paperback
+Z2MIC|Ud 5M]z5}n/ 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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g o5]<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).
WzW-pV] 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.
kpwt]]e* @Fv=u 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…
Y /TlE? ;P &y,:<m: Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
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Bj*6c{ HWns.[ 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.
Q0?\]2eet9 X C86-b)E 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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r,SnXjp@ Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
:_<_[Y]1 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
&MmU 1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
=+5,B\~q@C 1.3 Plane Harmonic Waves. Phase Velocity
zxb/ 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
:qhpL-ER 1.5 Group Velocity
Bsf7mcXz7z 1.6 The Doppler Effect
{P9J8@D Chapter 2 The Vectorial Nature of Light
DVZdClAL 2.1 General Remarks
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EO|:FcW 2.3 Linear Polarization
9CGNn+~YI 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
E! /[gZ 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
rjt8fN 2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
RhI;;Y#@ 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
B@Co'DV[/] 2.8 The Brewster Angle
_3iHkQr 2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
ubsSa}$q 2.10 Phase Changes in Total Internal Reflection
gC%G;-gm 2.11 Reflection Matrix
A*h{Lsx; Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
+1JH 3.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition
g3n'aD@'x 3.2 Young’s Experiment
S 6,4PP 3.3 The Michelson Interferometer
r'LVa6e"N 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
rj]F87" 3.5 Coherence Time and Coherence Length
8eIUsI.o 3.6 Spectral Resolution of a Finite Wave Train. Coherence and Line Width
|rw%FM{F 3.7 Spatial Coherence
z2gk[zY& 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
Th[f9H% 3.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
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(;x3} ] 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
<F7kh[L_x 4.3 Resolution of Fabry-Perot Instruments
TQX)?^Ft 4.4 Theory of Multilayer Films
$\o{_?}1 Chapter 5 Diffraction
@4d)R 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
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5la>a}+!!h 5.3 Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
[97:4. 5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
M$4k; 5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
!1T\cS#1% 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
A,CW_ 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
'X).y1' Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
4EI7W,y 6.1 General Remarks
)C(>H93 6.2 Macroscopic Fields and Maxwell’s Equations
I3 =#@2 6.3 The General Wave Equation
?SQE5Z 6.4 Propagation of Light in Isotropic Dielectrics. Dispersion
[AH6~-\ x 6.5 Propagation of Light in Conducting Media
JTqDr 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
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_LP/!D 6.8 Double Refraction at a Boundary
H~eRT1 6.9 Optical Activity
mC&=X6Q] 6.10 Faraday Rotation in Solids
<H3ezv1M 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
dF0,Y? 6.12 Nonlinear Optics
m p<1yY] Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
k 4/D8(OXw 7.1 Thermal Radiation
7A\Cbu2tf 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
AWjJ{#W>9 7.3 Modes of Electromagnetic Radiation in a Cavity
jdKOb 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
`.x$7!zLC 7.5 Quantization of Cavity Radiation
1"8yLvtn 7.6 Photon Statistics. Planck’s Formula
mS>xGtD&K 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
$p!yhn7 7.8 Momentum of a Photon. Light Pressure
gK#mPcn^ 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
o)6p A^+ 7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
dpQG[vXe 7.11 Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
Gir#"5F Chapter 8 Optical Spectra
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5vo.[^ty 8.3 Quantum Mechanics
rG?>ltxB 8.4 The Schrödinger Equation
R(.}C)q3 8.5 Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom
IcP)FB4 8.6 Radiative Transitions and Selection Rules
G6VF>2 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
(%iRaw7hp 8.8 Multiplicity in the Spectra of Many-Electron Atoms. Spectroscopic Notation
AE: Z+rM* 8.9 Molecular Spectra
7\_o.(g#- 8.10 Atomic-Energy Levels in Solids
T|&[7%F3" Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
&aM7T_h8 9.1 Introduction
FYs)MO 9.2 Stimulated Emission and Thermal Radiation
aKU*j9A?;Z 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
01!s"wjf 9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
js1!9%BV 9.5 Laser Oscillation
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gTRF^knrY 9.9 Dye Lasers
r"$.4@gc 9.10 Semiconductor Diode Lasers
7+./zN 9.11 Q-Switching and Mode Locking
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Lb LiB*D#s Chapter 10 Ray Optics
AM=z`0so 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
Qf@I)4' 10.2 Lenses
]weoTn: 10.3 Ray Equations
-}K<ni6 10.4 Ray Matrices and Ray Vectors
S9HwIH\m 10.5 Periodic Lens Waveguides and Opical Resonators
\OlmF<~ Appendix I Relativistic Optics
>#ZUfm{k$ 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
,C3,TkA] 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
`3p~m, 1.3 Relativistic Effects in Optics
\uss Uv 1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
%s19KGpA References
8[6o ( Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
@p\}p Y$T Dk48@`l2 Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
\EseGgd21 Rating: 5
Vh>Z,()>>@ bLt.O(T} This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
m N8pg4 26CS6(sn 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.
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`~eUee3b.~ Rating: 5
|7x\m t K98i[,rP 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.
I%urz!CNE* B=|cS;bM$3 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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7gRgOzWfV 1;VHM' Summary: Decent, economical book for optics
$.]l!cmi%Q Rating: 4
Ar~"R4! ]l8^KX' 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.