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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{6gNR,* Publisher: Dover Publications
(_qBsng: Number Of Pages: 336
Fy@#r+PgWp Publication Date: 1989-06-01
j(6$7+2qN ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
BQ9`DYI b ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
E[3FdX8 Binding: Paperback
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XW6 Uk*;C A complete basic undergraduate-level course in modern optics for students in physics, technology and engineering. The first half deals with classical physical optics; the second, the quantum nature of light. Many applications of the laser to optics are integrated throughout the text. Problems and answers. 170 illustrations.
U++~3e@l I0w@S7 Summary: Best in its class
rw8J:?0x Rating: 5
j&[.2PW\ q"+ q his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
HM@}!6/s 1) Title says: introduction. So don’t imagine it covers every equation there is. Get Wolf’s book if you like equations that much.
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key subjects. To do that, you have to skip a lot of intro/background or equations, that’s why there are references and citations (and better bricks/bug killers).
ra%R:xX 3) This is an intro book but also serves well as a refresher. This is intermediate level to advanced level for non-physicists, as it assumes good understanding of calculus.
co^P7+j ?$J7%I@ 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…
cl8_rt d@6:|auO Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
noaN@K[GO Rating: 4
1R2o6`_ qBBYckS. 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.
NT;x1 cCh0?g7nV 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!
-?aw^du ci,o8 [Y The table of contents are not included in the product description, so I add that here:
^%oG8z,L Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
p&OJa$N$[ 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
| 3N.5{ 1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
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!#c[~erNZ 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
7"n)/;la 1.5 Group Velocity
RD6h=n4B 1.6 The Doppler Effect
jTd4 H) Chapter 2 The Vectorial Nature of Light
T Oco({/_/ 2.1 General Remarks
E+m]aYu" 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
&ppE|[{ 2.3 Linear Polarization
Ufaqhh 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
3{Ek-{9 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
^<>Jw%H 2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
e7XsyL'|p 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
A]Q1&qM% 2.8 The Brewster Angle
9 {O2B5u1 2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
8K@"B 2.10 Phase Changes in Total Internal Reflection
R0Ax$Cv{ 2.11 Reflection Matrix
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AGC Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
/$FXg;h9$ 3.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition
V@#*``M,3 3.2 Young’s Experiment
X(r)Z\ 3.3 The Michelson Interferometer
[+;FV!M6 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
+}c|O+6g 3.5 Coherence Time and Coherence Length
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Y7*(_P3/ 3.7 Spatial Coherence
Z:_m}Ya| 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
e;A^.\SP 3.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
^MW\t4pZ Chapter 4 Multiple-Beam Interference
%aj7-K6:t 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
9N~8s6Ob 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
%rpR-}j 4.3 Resolution of Fabry-Perot Instruments
(orrX Ez 4.4 Theory of Multilayer Films
93Mdp9v+i Chapter 5 Diffraction
r{K\(UT]! 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
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2Vz'n@g= 5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
IWjR0 5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
";wyNpb( 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
xa87xX=a 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
Tjnt(5 g Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
GB&Nt{ 6.1 General Remarks
X'V+^u@W 6.2 Macroscopic Fields and Maxwell’s Equations
!lR0w| 6.3 The General Wave Equation
8_xnWMOe 6.4 Propagation of Light in Isotropic Dielectrics. Dispersion
{PN:bb 6.5 Propagation of Light in Conducting Media
Dk)@>l:gI, 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
5Y(r\Dd 6.7 Propagation of Light in Crystals
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Ms.PO{wb 6.9 Optical Activity
wrH7 pd 6.10 Faraday Rotation in Solids
vP3K7En 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
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a`7%A H) Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
#V<`U:. 7.1 Thermal Radiation
/a@ k S 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
CnabD{uTf 7.3 Modes of Electromagnetic Radiation in a Cavity
y._'K+nl 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
Z:I*y7V- 7.5 Quantization of Cavity Radiation
%z(9lAe 7.6 Photon Statistics. Planck’s Formula
Px'R`1^ 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
$Llta,ULE 7.8 Momentum of a Photon. Light Pressure
OI~}e,[2z 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
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5B}3GBA Chapter 8 Optical Spectra
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%/P=m-K 8.2 Elementary Theory of Atomic Spectra
/wr6\53J 8.3 Quantum Mechanics
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Oc7 >S.1 8.5 Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom
Af`z/:0< 8.6 Radiative Transitions and Selection Rules
;xL67e%? 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
Uf# PoQ!y 8.8 Multiplicity in the Spectra of Many-Electron Atoms. Spectroscopic Notation
>OT\~C 8.9 Molecular Spectra
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Q`N18I3 Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
dY1J<L}") 9.1 Introduction
1XG$ z@NN 9.2 Stimulated Emission and Thermal Radiation
G]b8]3^ 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
iDZrK%fl 9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
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Z+0?yQ=% 9.11 Q-Switching and Mode Locking
T$u~E1 9.12 The Ring Laser
PCtkjd Chapter 10 Ray Optics
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l1}R2lSEO 10.5 Periodic Lens Waveguides and Opical Resonators
Khj=llo, Appendix I Relativistic Optics
3)y{n%3L 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
?!H)zz6y 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
@.k5MOn 1.3 Relativistic Effects in Optics
tR<L`?4 1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
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b7!UZu]IEv Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
m*gj|1k ^1.7Juvb Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
@m?{80;uQ Rating: 5
R3?:\d{ +lKrj\Xj This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
i *B:El1 l]$40 j It’s a beautifully concise and remarkably clear introduction to the main principles of modern optics - the ones that you are going to need over and over again as you continue into the subject.
}C_|gd ]/_G-2.R This book gives you a great overview and set of basic foundations for every-day modern optics. I return to it often for little insights and reminders, even after 37 years in the business.
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-?5$ PH l~['[Ub0) One word of caution, I think some graduate school background in Physics and Math is needed for engineers. I am an engineer (
?ql2wWsQO 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.
n26>>N kxh 5}eB Summary: Decent, economical book for optics
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PPj[;(A n8$=f'Hgb 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.