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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aEk#W Publisher: Dover Publications
Y M<8>d Number Of Pages: 336
=nQgS.D Publication Date: 1989-06-01
%]2hxTV ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
(&W&1KT ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
/oWn0 Binding: Paperback
vSOO[.= 5-3.7CO$ 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.
bI_6';hq! 3u)NkS= Summary: Best in its class
[%);N\o2Y Rating: 5
*Va ;ra(V2 _ \d[`7# his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
k"kGQk4 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).
S[2uez` 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.
2~*J<iO&l kgq"b) 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…
pn:) Rq0 6 cF~8 Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
*[P"2b# Rating: 4
z^ai * p-6Y5$Y 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.
$:7T al<;*n{/ There are end of chapter exercises included, and there are solutions to selected odd problems in the back of the book. However, there are no details as to how those solutions were arrived at. If you are an engineer, the only way to really be sure that you understand a subject is to solve problems. Thus I suggest Schaum’s Outline of Optics by Hecht for that task. Often the solutions to problems in that outline are the mathematical details that are missing in this book!
6/%dD DU _VjfH2Y The table of contents are not included in the product description, so I add that here:
)}/ ycTs Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
xzZ2?zWi 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
AqdQiZ^9 1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
wNk 0F7Ck 1.3 Plane Harmonic Waves. Phase Velocity
,EE,W0/zzM 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
nOH x^( 1.5 Group Velocity
\4/zvlo]h 1.6 The Doppler Effect
zeHf(N Chapter 2 The Vectorial Nature of Light
DFk0"+Ky 2.1 General Remarks
lBpy0lo# 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
TbUouoc 2.3 Linear Polarization
Q1b<=, 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
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u . xUM 2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
!a.|URa7 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
:aIS>6 2.8 The Brewster Angle
hR g?H 2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
u/I|<NAC, 2.10 Phase Changes in Total Internal Reflection
ccdP}|9e 2.11 Reflection Matrix
B2R^oL'} Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
5~pQ$- 3.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition
]g3RVA%\l 3.2 Young’s Experiment
>!U oS 3.3 The Michelson Interferometer
nT;Rwz$3 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
YQH=]5r 3.5 Coherence Time and Coherence Length
DL t "cAW 3.6 Spectral Resolution of a Finite Wave Train. Coherence and Line Width
,:E*Mw: 3.7 Spatial Coherence
<Lt%[dn 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
sa7F-XM 3.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
T"b'T>Y Chapter 4 Multiple-Beam Interference
Q[wTV3d 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
Fx3CY W 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
mBrH`! 4.3 Resolution of Fabry-Perot Instruments
tF/)DZ.to 4.4 Theory of Multilayer Films
,Vc>'4E- Chapter 5 Diffraction
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5.1 General Description of Diffraction
6dNW2_ 5.2 Fundamental Theory
h:4Uv}Z 5.3 Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
9sgyg3fv>5 5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
M3 TsalF 5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
+=V[7^K; 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
r*r3QsO 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
&P0jRT3e#Y Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
Z]QpH<Z 6.1 General Remarks
>,9ah"K_x 6.2 Macroscopic Fields and Maxwell’s Equations
$M0F~x 6.3 The General Wave Equation
#hQ#_7 6.4 Propagation of Light in Isotropic Dielectrics. Dispersion
tQ@%3` 6.5 Propagation of Light in Conducting Media
qDVt 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
UGb<&) 6.7 Propagation of Light in Crystals
B&M-em= 6.8 Double Refraction at a Boundary
r=J+ 6.9 Optical Activity
F?Fs x)2k 6.10 Faraday Rotation in Solids
p9(|p Z 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
7~ I*u6zY 6.12 Nonlinear Optics
)@Vz,f\} Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
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v|7=IJ 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
`xq/<U;i 7.3 Modes of Electromagnetic Radiation in a Cavity
?=dp]E{ 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
"8-;Dq'+ 7.5 Quantization of Cavity Radiation
'|7'dlW 7.6 Photon Statistics. Planck’s Formula
u^ 3,~:E 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
:f/T$fa* 7.8 Momentum of a Photon. Light Pressure
\Qgc7ev 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
7:S4 Ur 7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
HPus/#j'+ 7.11 Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
nn?h;KzB Chapter 8 Optical Spectra
6 6%_p]U 8.1 General Remarks
[gybdI5wur 8.2 Elementary Theory of Atomic Spectra
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LK}*k/eG 8.4 The Schrödinger Equation
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j`o_Stbg 8.6 Radiative Transitions and Selection Rules
Gm.sl}, 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
I;g>r8N-Bu 8.8 Multiplicity in the Spectra of Many-Electron Atoms. Spectroscopic Notation
~x-v%x6 8.9 Molecular Spectra
QB"Tlw( 8.10 Atomic-Energy Levels in Solids
G &QG Q Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
wR%F>[6.{ 9.1 Introduction
us7t>EMmB 9.2 Stimulated Emission and Thermal Radiation
?nCo?A 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
v(`9+* 9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
)L0NX^jW; 9.5 Laser Oscillation
nc[Kh8N9 9.6 Optical-Resonaor Theory
"|^-Yk\U 9.7 Gas Lasers
Q|7$SS6$ 9.8 Optically Pumped Solid-State Lasers
>oGs0mej 9.9 Dye Lasers
Gv+$7{ 9.10 Semiconductor Diode Lasers
#WlTE& 9.11 Q-Switching and Mode Locking
Klj -dz 9.12 The Ring Laser
Py~1xf/ Chapter 10 Ray Optics
Jmml2?V-c 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
~#];&WE 10.2 Lenses
crbph.0 10.3 Ray Equations
$l=& 10.4 Ray Matrices and Ray Vectors
6.'j\ 10.5 Periodic Lens Waveguides and Opical Resonators
3Ow bU Appendix I Relativistic Optics
@9e}kiW 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
5XzN%<_h9 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
53<.Knw5a 1.3 Relativistic Effects in Optics
Wi+}qO 1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
PY76;D*` References
WXs?2S* Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
V]5MIiNl $}8@?>-w Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
yBl9 a-2A Rating: 5
%5ovW<E: rX}FhBl5 This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
^:u-wr8?{ 7SJbrOL4Q- 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.
wM1&_%N j_{f(.5 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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@:Emmzucv| vI20G89E 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.
r7jh)Q;BbR k!"6mo@rd One word of caution, I think some graduate school background in Physics and Math is needed for engineers. I am an engineer (
w'6sJ#ba( 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.
.(%]RSBY 4Ifz-t/ Summary: Decent, economical book for optics
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BIXbdo5F Tvl"KVGm 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.