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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oN`khS]_v0 7xfS%'=y" Publisher: Dover Publications
!7p&n3dz Number Of Pages: 336
nYe:$t3F= Publication Date: 1989-06-01
" ]OROJGa ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
%pqB/ ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
#w:nj1{_ Binding: Paperback
"=V!-+*@G@ 9!.S9[[N A complete basic undergraduate-level course in modern optics for students in physics, technology and engineering. The first half deals with classical physical optics; the second, the quantum nature of light. Many applications of the laser to optics are integrated throughout the text. Problems and answers. 170 illustrations.
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Wfy+9"-;s ?Cx=!k. his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
ae](=OQ 1) Title says: introduction. So don’t imagine it covers every equation there is. Get Wolf’s book if you like equations that much.
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key subjects. To do that, you have to skip a lot of intro/background or equations, that’s why there are references and citations (and better bricks/bug killers).
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&^$ u4bVp+ 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…
(H\ `/%Bp f.$*9Fkw Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
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zs} zg$ag4%Qgg 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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w:} 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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be$']}cP Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
qw>vu7/z 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
EY:H\4) 1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
/)`]p1c1%w 1.3 Plane Harmonic Waves. Phase Velocity
ZX#60o8 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
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cBv"d ~ 1.6 The Doppler Effect
$?dQ^]<, Chapter 2 The Vectorial Nature of Light
z^s\&gix 2.1 General Remarks
zx*D)i5- 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
i"pOYZW1 2.3 Linear Polarization
i0J`{PbI 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
v`]y:Ku|wR 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
*aFY+.;U` 2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
=LGSywWM9 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
Pn6~66a6 2.8 The Brewster Angle
Tu5p`p3-j 2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
=;E0PB_w 2.10 Phase Changes in Total Internal Reflection
*M_^I)*L 2.11 Reflection Matrix
ect$g# Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
s|`wi}"x 3.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition
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L#J2J$= 3.3 The Michelson Interferometer
vU]n0)<KB 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
Y*\N{6$2 3.5 Coherence Time and Coherence Length
9NNXj^7 3.6 Spectral Resolution of a Finite Wave Train. Coherence and Line Width
]>Gi_20*. 3.7 Spatial Coherence
_N)&<'lB< 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
Px9 K 3.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
#TC}paIpj Chapter 4 Multiple-Beam Interference
w7&.Uqjf 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
O0s!3hKu 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
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iz{TSU 4.4 Theory of Multilayer Films
(|rf>=B+H Chapter 5 Diffraction
`@v;QLD"d< 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
hUuKkUR+Ir 5.2 Fundamental Theory
xR|^{y9n 5.3 Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
c!'\k,ma<9 5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
k7;i^$@c 5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
\=]`X2Ld 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
}p?67y/ 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
S^|U" Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
oveK;\7/m 6.1 General Remarks
^SKHYo`,,N 6.2 Macroscopic Fields and Maxwell’s Equations
jzGK(%sw" 6.3 The General Wave Equation
6}!1a?X 6.4 Propagation of Light in Isotropic Dielectrics. Dispersion
S~E@A.7 6.5 Propagation of Light in Conducting Media
8lGM>(:o 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
I%GQ3D"= 6.7 Propagation of Light in Crystals
G--(Ef%v' 6.8 Double Refraction at a Boundary
ZS;V?]\( 6.9 Optical Activity
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2|d^#8)ZC 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
`wQs$!a 6.12 Nonlinear Optics
kS=nH9 Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
sR[!6[AA 7.1 Thermal Radiation
DwZRx@ 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
12m-$/5n+ 7.3 Modes of Electromagnetic Radiation in a Cavity
VZ=:`) 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
K~I?i/P=z 7.5 Quantization of Cavity Radiation
VJT /9O)Z| 7.6 Photon Statistics. Planck’s Formula
>]xW{71F@ 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
lX)AbK]nb 7.8 Momentum of a Photon. Light Pressure
Lo#G. s| 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
R=<::2_Y96 7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
hliO/3g 7.11 Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
dJ Q K|/ Chapter 8 Optical Spectra
:]]x^wony~ 8.1 General Remarks
)KVr2y;RF 8.2 Elementary Theory of Atomic Spectra
FI.F6d)E$ 8.3 Quantum Mechanics
~ {yy{ 8.4 The Schrödinger Equation
@ =~k[o 8.5 Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom
NN1}P'6Ha 8.6 Radiative Transitions and Selection Rules
Ui" {0% 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
79@CO6 8.8 Multiplicity in the Spectra of Many-Electron Atoms. Spectroscopic Notation
oz)4YBf 8.9 Molecular Spectra
1"75+Q>D 8.10 Atomic-Energy Levels in Solids
qtozMa Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
s%`l>#H 9.1 Introduction
PREGQ0 9.2 Stimulated Emission and Thermal Radiation
[ }Tb2| 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
!<HMMf,-D 9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
[fV"tf; 9.5 Laser Oscillation
X[1D$1Dvw 9.6 Optical-Resonaor Theory
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1'Q6l 9.8 Optically Pumped Solid-State Lasers
KYJP`va6k 9.9 Dye Lasers
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X&LJ"ahK 9.11 Q-Switching and Mode Locking
PpBptsb^|J 9.12 The Ring Laser
%;v~MC@ Chapter 10 Ray Optics
.ml\z5 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
ab%I&B<b 10.2 Lenses
".$kOH_: 10.3 Ray Equations
/.CS6W^z 10.4 Ray Matrices and Ray Vectors
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KN`k+!@/7 Appendix I Relativistic Optics
1zH?.- 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
+hr|$ 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
_cWuRvY 1.3 Relativistic Effects in Optics
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1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
rTR"\u7&H References
8h@L_*Kr Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
M9BEG6E9 {d;z3AB Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
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^Cp2#d* 0#eb] c This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
jS[=Zx` 8tQL$CbO It’s a beautifully concise and remarkably clear introduction to the main principles of modern optics - the ones that you are going to need over and over again as you continue into the subject.
WPNw")t! d7[^pN This book gives you a great overview and set of basic foundations for every-day modern optics. I return to it often for little insights and reminders, even after 37 years in the business.
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BlU&=;#r5> Great book to revise theory on Dual nature of light. Its like a nice handbook on optics. A full blown version would be very even nicer, with a math section to remind ‘old’ engineering like myself.
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One word of caution, I think some graduate school background in Physics and Math is needed for engineers. I am an engineer (
H@G$K@L 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.
RH<2f5-sC! M(K7xx+G Summary: Decent, economical book for optics
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mHW%:a\L pgh(~[ 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.