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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s;W1YN 6Eu"T9( Publisher: Dover Publications
UFPSQ Number Of Pages: 336
-izZ D Publication Date: 1989-06-01
*pSD[E>SU ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
*\# ?)q ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
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a bVf !SAR/sdXf 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.
+`&-xq76 B&Iy_; Summary: Best in its class
5Y#~+Im=[@ Rating: 5
~{$5JIpCm `nv82v his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
DAVgP7h' 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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3-4CGSX;X I?X!v6 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…
QLDld[ C^fUhLVSZ^ Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
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wPQRm[O| \9%RY]TK3 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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b[/ZwQ 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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Sr4/8BZ Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
u Tvck6 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
|#J!oBS! 1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
Rd:wMy$ 1.3 Plane Harmonic Waves. Phase Velocity
dU.H9\p 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
g1(`a`M 1.5 Group Velocity
K!qV82b='{ 1.6 The Doppler Effect
w;]~2$ Chapter 2 The Vectorial Nature of Light
M&ec%<lM 2.1 General Remarks
<?Y.w1 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
&-2i+KjEX 2.3 Linear Polarization
R6E.C!EI 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
:M9 E 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
,#hx%$f}d 2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
5o2|QL 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
{i| $^A3 2.8 The Brewster Angle
<69Uq8GI 2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
1zWEK]2.R 2.10 Phase Changes in Total Internal Reflection
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v6*8CQ+ Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
=N<Z@'c 3.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition
-eQ70BXvB 3.2 Young’s Experiment
gvy c(d 3.3 The Michelson Interferometer
B^lm'/,@ 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
&pEr;:E 3.5 Coherence Time and Coherence Length
xSL%1>MrN 3.6 Spectral Resolution of a Finite Wave Train. Coherence and Line Width
&'A8R;b}-? 3.7 Spatial Coherence
sFa5#w*> 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
+/Qgl 3.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
xq\A TON Chapter 4 Multiple-Beam Interference
WN9K*Tt~o& 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
6\GL|#G 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
[RFF&uy 4.3 Resolution of Fabry-Perot Instruments
qb?9i-( 4.4 Theory of Multilayer Films
$|n#L6k Chapter 5 Diffraction
<ecif_a=m 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
25m!Bf 5.2 Fundamental Theory
JVt(!%K}& 5.3 Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
_'"$,~ZWY 5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
.F@0`*#rE~ 5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
q}MPl 2 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
(vb8Mk 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
hkoCbR0}8 Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
1@ .Eh8y 6.1 General Remarks
sJB::6+1(| 6.2 Macroscopic Fields and Maxwell’s Equations
J)"g`)\2 + 6.3 The General Wave Equation
0MX``/Z72 6.4 Propagation of Light in Isotropic Dielectrics. Dispersion
jw$[b=sa 6.5 Propagation of Light in Conducting Media
$*z>t*{7 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
6%t>T~x 6.7 Propagation of Light in Crystals
a@}A;y'd 6.8 Double Refraction at a Boundary
3+d_5l;m) 6.9 Optical Activity
UCL aCt - 6.10 Faraday Rotation in Solids
oY8S-N;(t 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
k-XE|v 6.12 Nonlinear Optics
V]qv,> Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
lCC(N?%Q 7.1 Thermal Radiation
\'.#of 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
/4lm=ZE/ 7.3 Modes of Electromagnetic Radiation in a Cavity
kZJ.G 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
jce^Xf 7.5 Quantization of Cavity Radiation
`D9AtN] R 7.6 Photon Statistics. Planck’s Formula
l4smAT 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
'v:%} qMv 7.8 Momentum of a Photon. Light Pressure
Fg<rz&MR 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
\g<=n&S? 7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
Ed +"F{!eQ 7.11 Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
+*vg)F: Chapter 8 Optical Spectra
E[E7Gsmq V 8.1 General Remarks
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Qkq9oZ 8.4 The Schrödinger Equation
qt{{q 8.5 Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom
{B,r 8.6 Radiative Transitions and Selection Rules
WZ]f \S 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
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#CY Dh8X<i 8.9 Molecular Spectra
w\QMA3 8.10 Atomic-Energy Levels in Solids
8O_0x)X Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
/Xo8 kC 9.1 Introduction
">D7wX,.> 9.2 Stimulated Emission and Thermal Radiation
Od5I:p]N 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
0}d^UGD 9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
H(WRm1i"G 9.5 Laser Oscillation
Ccx1#^` 9.6 Optical-Resonaor Theory
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::eYd23 9.8 Optically Pumped Solid-State Lasers
k}h\RCy%f 9.9 Dye Lasers
_0: }"!Gq 9.10 Semiconductor Diode Lasers
y+g01z 9.11 Q-Switching and Mode Locking
? j8S.d~ 9.12 The Ring Laser
;LjTsF' Chapter 10 Ray Optics
n13#}i{tm 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
L/sMAB 10.2 Lenses
xJSK" 10.3 Ray Equations
D8S3YdJ 10.4 Ray Matrices and Ray Vectors
@;K-@*k3 10.5 Periodic Lens Waveguides and Opical Resonators
KqNbIw*sR Appendix I Relativistic Optics
*c1)x 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
MR{JMo=r 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
LqA&@ 1.3 Relativistic Effects in Optics
U1!#TD)@ 1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
?cRGdLP'D References
yoc;`hO- Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
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+2 q}'ww Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
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*(>,\8OVf 5y`n8. (? This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
8nSEAr~ THl={,Rw` 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.
{BS}9jZx 1O{(9nNj 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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O7of9F~" Rating: 5
eGF+@)K1" T1YCld 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.
v+b#8 2b i:Q9 One word of caution, I think some graduate school background in Physics and Math is needed for engineers. I am an engineer (
d)yu`U 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.
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[)wLji7MK Rating: 4
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b`wf"A 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.