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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|3cR'|<Ual 6u7HO-aa Publisher: Dover Publications
tw')2UGg Number Of Pages: 336
^b.J z} Publication Date: 1989-06-01
U5PCj ]-Xt ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
fjJIF% ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
?d%}K76V< Binding: Paperback
Fy@D&j g/yXPzLU 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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A|+{x4s` Rating: 5
3WVHI$A9 vtT:c.~d his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
Dx%fW` 1) Title says: introduction. So don’t imagine it covers every equation there is. Get Wolf’s book if you like equations that much.
GgYomR: 2) Short but concise on
key subjects. To do that, you have to skip a lot of intro/background or equations, that’s why there are references and citations (and better bricks/bug killers).
!14z4]b 3) This is an intro book but also serves well as a refresher. This is intermediate level to advanced level for non-physicists, as it assumes good understanding of calculus.
32Z4&~I iB`m!g6$ 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…
,O+7nByi[V RPWYm Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
?m.4f&X Rating: 4
%"6IAt G#C)]4[n 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.
xVPGlU &Hqu`A/^ 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!
57}q'84 1,J. The table of contents are not included in the product description, so I add that here:
8K/lpqw Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
2S4z$(x3 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
73.b9mF 1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
9.B7Owgr89 1.3 Plane Harmonic Waves. Phase Velocity
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#@fypCc 1.5 Group Velocity
uI[*uAR 1.6 The Doppler Effect
sFTIRVXN, Chapter 2 The Vectorial Nature of Light
SOL=3hfb^ 2.1 General Remarks
:KLD~k7yA( 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
\v_C7R;& 2.3 Linear Polarization
ik*_,51Zj 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
J Nz0!wi 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
wGH@I_cy> 2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
ZJ(!jc$"*% 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
:Mk}Suf&H 2.8 The Brewster Angle
-Me\nu8(RF 2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
p3o?_ !Z 2.10 Phase Changes in Total Internal Reflection
I'C,' 2.11 Reflection Matrix
wW4S@m Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
qu%s 7+ 3.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition
?+\,a+46P_ 3.2 Young’s Experiment
A@OV!DJe] 3.3 The Michelson Interferometer
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De_</1Au!2 3.5 Coherence Time and Coherence Length
[)A#9L~s= 3.6 Spectral Resolution of a Finite Wave Train. Coherence and Line Width
~aG-^BAS 3.7 Spatial Coherence
O|~'-^ 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
D,/9rH 3.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
O@rb4( Chapter 4 Multiple-Beam Interference
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4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
KF)i66 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
,GIqRT4K 4.3 Resolution of Fabry-Perot Instruments
&?6w2[} 4.4 Theory of Multilayer Films
t,,^^ll Chapter 5 Diffraction
mtHz6+ 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
~~,<+X: 5.2 Fundamental Theory
`uHpj`EU 5.3 Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
3)a29uc:U 5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
DG=Ap:sl*$ 5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
xF;v 6d 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
FF/R_xnx 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
,m,vo_Ub Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
:F=nb+HZ 6.1 General Remarks
;G]'}$`/q 6.2 Macroscopic Fields and Maxwell’s Equations
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~*Qpv&y) 6.4 Propagation of Light in Isotropic Dielectrics. Dispersion
$lA,{Q 6.5 Propagation of Light in Conducting Media
I:<R@V<~# 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
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[Gy'0P(EQ 6.9 Optical Activity
zP}v2 6.10 Faraday Rotation in Solids
N-E`go 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
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"lf3hWGw Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
Ai18]QD- 7.1 Thermal Radiation
6~WE#z_ 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
V&v~kzLr+ 7.3 Modes of Electromagnetic Radiation in a Cavity
>r3< O=Z7 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
W2h[NimU 7.5 Quantization of Cavity Radiation
wtLMc 7.6 Photon Statistics. Planck’s Formula
f"N3;,Oc 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
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n9!3h ?,g 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
m?$G(E5 7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
RLNuH2y; 7.11 Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
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XF$]KAL0 8.1 General Remarks
3>)BI(Wl 8.2 Elementary Theory of Atomic Spectra
z|)1l` 8.3 Quantum Mechanics
{NgY8wQB 8.4 The Schrödinger Equation
v=1S 8.5 Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom
}p?V5Qp 8.6 Radiative Transitions and Selection Rules
d ovwB`5 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
~j#6 goKn 8.8 Multiplicity in the Spectra of Many-Electron Atoms. Spectroscopic Notation
6D"`FPC 8.9 Molecular Spectra
}A/&]1GWk 8.10 Atomic-Energy Levels in Solids
TJS1,3< Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
[Vp2!" 9.1 Introduction
bI6wE'h 9.2 Stimulated Emission and Thermal Radiation
e7qMt[. 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
I} fcFL8 9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
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.t[ZXrd|0 9.6 Optical-Resonaor Theory
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f?^Oy!1] 9.8 Optically Pumped Solid-State Lasers
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*1S.9L 9.10 Semiconductor Diode Lasers
42wC."A 9.11 Q-Switching and Mode Locking
JD`;,Md 9.12 The Ring Laser
?V:]u3 Chapter 10 Ray Optics
<sYw%9V 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
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mW0&uSMD 10.3 Ray Equations
!_H8Q}a 10.4 Ray Matrices and Ray Vectors
lWw!+[<:q1 10.5 Periodic Lens Waveguides and Opical Resonators
Yk@s"qm3 Appendix I Relativistic Optics
!2U7gVt"* 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
@3TkD_B& 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
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mYOdBd 1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
@TPgA(5NR References
SOQ-D4q Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
>c\v&k>6. Sb9=$0%\ Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
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/0&:Yp=> 5QFXj)hR+4 This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
Dw/Gha/ \g:qQ*. 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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Nk7e iQ Rating: 5
SAE'?_ s.I1L?s1w? 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.
LVFsd6:h FDd>(!> One word of caution, I think some graduate school background in Physics and Math is needed for engineers. I am an engineer (
G9y12HV 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.
pg}+lYGP u"8 ;fS Summary: Decent, economical book for optics
*[1u[H9Cv Rating: 4
CVSsB:H6e BXK::M+ 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.