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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AXI:h"so 2J;CiEB Publisher: Dover Publications
p+?WhxG) Number Of Pages: 336
uwzT? C A6 Publication Date: 1989-06-01
bS6Yi)p ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
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c^'5 ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
M*uG`Eo& Binding: Paperback
?^Ux+ mVE 8B9zo& 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.
u{z{3 fW_ >4b39/BM Summary: Best in its class
v\FD~ Rating: 5
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Xrj{ his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
g&wQ^ 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).
.@V>p6MV 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.
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=`lIM 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…
[t'"4 ]42 l:at Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
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h='=uj8o5 J>35q'nN]F 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.
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aU_Z/{0 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!
>d\I*"C+d ,,gYU_ V The table of contents are not included in the product description, so I add that here:
j C? Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
\9^@,kfP 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
H2vEFn V 1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
*Yw6UCO 1.3 Plane Harmonic Waves. Phase Velocity
AtI,& S#{ 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
. VT,,0 1.5 Group Velocity
`314.a6S 1.6 The Doppler Effect
Y`uCDfcQ Chapter 2 The Vectorial Nature of Light
{{\HU0g>& 2.1 General Remarks
>rubMGb 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
6~L pBlb 2.3 Linear Polarization
W!*vO>^1W 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
yk/XfwQ5 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
"5K : "m 2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
r^)<Jy0|r 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
*VB*/^6A 2.8 The Brewster Angle
QTH yH 2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
/_\4( vvf 2.10 Phase Changes in Total Internal Reflection
g:yK/1@Hk} 2.11 Reflection Matrix
z?xd\x Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
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0'uj*Y{L 3.2 Young’s Experiment
F ceT' 3.3 The Michelson Interferometer
&0ra a 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
,U}8(D~: 3.5 Coherence Time and Coherence Length
]Ea-?IhD 3.6 Spectral Resolution of a Finite Wave Train. Coherence and Line Width
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Qw:j2g2H7 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
\N30SG ?o 3.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
4~4Hst#^ Chapter 4 Multiple-Beam Interference
*O~D lf 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
uY,FugWbl 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
& BkNkb 0 4.3 Resolution of Fabry-Perot Instruments
dq2v[? *R 4.4 Theory of Multilayer Films
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V]2Q92 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
?9:\ 1)] 5.2 Fundamental Theory
~$B ,K] 5.3 Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
ryN-d%t? 5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
UWHC]V? 5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
|@RO&F 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
<OUApp H 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
DWAU8>c+ Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
6x 0>E^~ 6.1 General Remarks
j^gF~ Wz^ 6.2 Macroscopic Fields and Maxwell’s Equations
_~!,x.Dbp 6.3 The General Wave Equation
?k#% AM 6.4 Propagation of Light in Isotropic Dielectrics. Dispersion
#p]O n87> 6.5 Propagation of Light in Conducting Media
L<: ya 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
dn Xc- < 6.7 Propagation of Light in Crystals
aozk,{9- 6.8 Double Refraction at a Boundary
(&S v $L@ 6.9 Optical Activity
jVDNTh m+ 6.10 Faraday Rotation in Solids
=GF+hM/~ 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
0pQ>V) 6.12 Nonlinear Optics
rTH@PDk>) Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
<:?&}'aA 7.1 Thermal Radiation
tc[PJH&P 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
]@xc9 tlG 7.3 Modes of Electromagnetic Radiation in a Cavity
*M{1RMc 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
x\*5A,w{c] 7.5 Quantization of Cavity Radiation
7Ny>W(8 7.6 Photon Statistics. Planck’s Formula
-Jhf] 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
{PU[MHZF 7.8 Momentum of a Photon. Light Pressure
[f'7 /w+ 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
, Le _PJY) 7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
z, OMR`W 7.11 Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
ZrTq)BZ Chapter 8 Optical Spectra
"783F:mPh 8.1 General Remarks
B7#; tCf 8.2 Elementary Theory of Atomic Spectra
U c4r 8.3 Quantum Mechanics
! M bRI 8.4 The Schrödinger Equation
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\ .:CL?m# 8.6 Radiative Transitions and Selection Rules
_2|,j\f;L 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
M?,;TJ7Gd 8.8 Multiplicity in the Spectra of Many-Electron Atoms. Spectroscopic Notation
I0Vm^\8 8.9 Molecular Spectra
{ Z |C 8.10 Atomic-Energy Levels in Solids
^3e l-dZ Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
"PX~Yc 9.1 Introduction
/( q* 9.2 Stimulated Emission and Thermal Radiation
b c+' n 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
4o%hH 9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
4EOu)# 9.5 Laser Oscillation
b^ v.FK46G 9.6 Optical-Resonaor Theory
Iv{ }U\ u 9.7 Gas Lasers
] |-y[iu 9.8 Optically Pumped Solid-State Lasers
'8dqJ `Gj 9.9 Dye Lasers
}%VHBkuc 9.10 Semiconductor Diode Lasers
7|{Q Av 9.11 Q-Switching and Mode Locking
}>grGr%oR 9.12 The Ring Laser
7QQnvoP Chapter 10 Ray Optics
"d A"N$ 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
rIu>Jy C"p 10.2 Lenses
3m x7[Q 10.3 Ray Equations
FCg,p2 10.4 Ray Matrices and Ray Vectors
y_\d[ 10.5 Periodic Lens Waveguides and Opical Resonators
+ux,cx.U" Appendix I Relativistic Optics
2hquE_1S[w 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
hRME ;/r]X 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
?f a/}|T 1.3 Relativistic Effects in Optics
c^m}ep\F5L 1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
9;:Lf References
?A]:`l_" Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
b6#V0bDXHD J&lQ,T!?B Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
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]E, ZVI.s U This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
`TAhW .rwZ`MP 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.
T,k`WR ).k=[@@V 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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[^aow-4z Rating: 5
v\Q${6kEtx Y@Ty_j~ 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.
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R{ [Y) `2 {x 8A One word of caution, I think some graduate school background in Physics and Math is needed for engineers. I am an engineer (
ny{|{ a 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.
1XwbsKQ} D (yRI Summary: Decent, economical book for optics
y6;A4p> Rating: 4
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