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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*B/ Publisher: Dover Publications
{EU]\Mp0j Number Of Pages: 336
#^i+'Z=L Publication Date: 1989-06-01
5=8_Le ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
vl%Pg!l ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
b_~KtMO Binding: Paperback
&\/}.rF a,M/i&.e` 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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dwzk+@]8 u8y('\( his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
<sGioMr 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).
!$o9:[B 3) This is an intro book but also serves well as a refresher. This is intermediate level to advanced level for non-physicists, as it assumes good understanding of calculus.
,Qe`(vU*s )=,;-&AR To be fair, the book is not without flaws. One obvious is the name implied recent advances (although different people use modern optics differently), while the book was last revised in 1975. Nonetheless, the key component of modern optics are mostly there, unless you are into cutting edge advances. It might be more appropriate to name it as “intro to physical optics”, then again the author added a section of ray optics at the end of the book…
1BzU-Ma E@="n<uS Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
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H{d/%}7[v .M\0+,%/ If you’re studying optics in a college class using Hecht’s classic text, or if you are an engineer who needs an overview of the subject, this is a good practical and economical introduction to the subject. However, be aware that this book is short on two components - details of derivations of mathematical formulas and illustrations. That is not to say they do not exist, it is just to say that at several points during the book I could have been aided in my comprehension by either an illustration or derivation that simply wasn’t there.
,}Ic($To IifH=%2Y 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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1;MUemnx` Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
JlH5 <:#PN 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
rf&nTDaWI 1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
a>nV!b\n5 1.3 Plane Harmonic Waves. Phase Velocity
MP 8s} 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
V3\}]5 1.5 Group Velocity
!{oP'8Ax$ 1.6 The Doppler Effect
SY2((!n._ Chapter 2 The Vectorial Nature of Light
l{\@+m 2.1 General Remarks
N%?8Bm~dP 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
j%*<W> O 2.3 Linear Polarization
t4iV[xl3F 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
v|>'m#Ln2 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
'cbD;+YH 2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
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2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
UC9w T 2.8 The Brewster Angle
0`e- ; 2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
';x5 $5k' 2.10 Phase Changes in Total Internal Reflection
#+P)X_i` 2.11 Reflection Matrix
JvLa@E) Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
\RTX fe-` 3.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition
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/E6Tt 3.5 Coherence Time and Coherence Length
8,(5Q 3.6 Spectral Resolution of a Finite Wave Train. Coherence and Line Width
?Wp{tB9N0 3.7 Spatial Coherence
ps?B;P 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
SbpO<8}8 3.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
<0)@Ikhx Chapter 4 Multiple-Beam Interference
1hgmlY` 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
5fa_L'L# 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
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Rs%6O|u7 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
kv3jbSKCT 5.2 Fundamental Theory
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5.3 Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
8/E?3a_g- 5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
G;pxB,4s5 5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
K29KS)~;W 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
!~k-Sexh 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
|"a%S,I' Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
=Wk!mGc 6.1 General Remarks
2myHn/%C 6.2 Macroscopic Fields and Maxwell’s Equations
enJE#4Z5&s 6.3 The General Wave Equation
|+i?FYA\ 6.4 Propagation of Light in Isotropic Dielectrics. Dispersion
v0} .!u>Ww 6.5 Propagation of Light in Conducting Media
n.Q?@\}2 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
j^Z3 6.7 Propagation of Light in Crystals
"^ cn9AG{ 6.8 Double Refraction at a Boundary
I6FglVQ6 6.9 Optical Activity
N~ XzgI 6.10 Faraday Rotation in Solids
Nl1v*9_x 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
"-TIao# 6.12 Nonlinear Optics
R:v`\ Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
KArnNmJ9 7.1 Thermal Radiation
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]7^YPFc+ 7.6 Photon Statistics. Planck’s Formula
8ESBui3; 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
a8%/Xwr~ 7.8 Momentum of a Photon. Light Pressure
~Hs a6F&F 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
8P'>%G<m 7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
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rf8`|9h"7 Chapter 8 Optical Spectra
`r iK[@ 8.1 General Remarks
/5_!Y>W 8.2 Elementary Theory of Atomic Spectra
}T+pd#> 8.3 Quantum Mechanics
I=pTfkTT 8.4 The Schrödinger Equation
dYJW`Q;j.| 8.5 Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom
*Ta*0Fr=9| 8.6 Radiative Transitions and Selection Rules
E7axINca 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
F/}PN1#T 8.8 Multiplicity in the Spectra of Many-Electron Atoms. Spectroscopic Notation
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W$P)fPU' 8.10 Atomic-Energy Levels in Solids
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P$D1kcCw 9.1 Introduction
C=AX{sn 9.2 Stimulated Emission and Thermal Radiation
y)!K@ 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
K$\]\qG6 9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
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SVaC)O( 9.6 Optical-Resonaor Theory
8fJ- XFK$: 9.7 Gas Lasers
6P!M+PO 9.8 Optically Pumped Solid-State Lasers
(Y!@,rKd 9.9 Dye Lasers
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(6fh[eK86 Chapter 10 Ray Optics
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(J~n|hA2/D 10.4 Ray Matrices and Ray Vectors
Ry0n_J:7 10.5 Periodic Lens Waveguides and Opical Resonators
Yt7R[| Appendix I Relativistic Optics
4jj@"*^a 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
5+'1 :Sa(i 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
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2|Hq[c=~ 1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
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^6|Q$]}Ok X)xQKkL0 Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
d?*=<w!A Rating: 5
/e6\F7 y}5H<ZcXA This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
z'MOuz~Y vVmoV0kGt 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.
y'pAhdF p0UR5A>p 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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6fQNF22E ;zIAh[z 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.
1pVagLlb:7 :e`;["(, One word of caution, I think some graduate school background in Physics and Math is needed for engineers. I am an engineer (
noC]&4b 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.
`[w:l[i )}1J.>5 Summary: Decent, economical book for optics
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U|={LU 34Q l7LQp[ 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.