Introduction to Modern
Optics By Grant R. Fowles，介绍现代
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Publisher: Dover Publications
$ <Mf#.8% Number Of Pages: 336
3|4<SMm Publication Date: 1989-06-01
+3]V> Mv ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
N@V:nCl ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
b8|<O:]Hp Binding: Paperback
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"Q#0 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.
o~26<Lk Koc5~qUY] Summary: Best in its class
05o<fa 2HE Rating: 5
1Hs'YzvY 4X5KrecNr his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
=LK f.@]# 1) Title says: introduction. So don’t imagine it covers every equation there is. Get Wolf’s book if you like equations that much.
O6Y1*XTmH6 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).
L#\5)mO.v 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.
OOnhT OuyO_DSI 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…
S%jFH4# DSK?7F$_oE Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
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XzPUll;ZU g1) ZjABV 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.
m nFmShu >{>X.I~ 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!
D+{& zo 4mnVXKt%. The table of contents are not included in the product description, so I add that here:
J>1%* Tz Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
o^b5E=?>C 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
.pIO<ZAFT 1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
"%#CMCE|f 1.3 Plane Harmonic Waves. Phase Velocity
wxy@XN"/i+ 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
EF'8-* 1.5 Group Velocity
$J#Z`%B^y 1.6 The Doppler Effect
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AYfL} X<Ig 2.1 General Remarks
b"w@am>& 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
5-UrHbpCZ# 2.3 Linear Polarization
Ey{ p;; H 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
NKl`IiGv 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
u@t~*E5BpM 2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
2x~Pq_?y 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
"iUh.c=0F, 2.8 The Brewster Angle
8L5O 5F' 2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
?%$~Bb _ 2.10 Phase Changes in Total Internal Reflection
$3*y)Ny^ 2.11 Reflection Matrix
~ /rKKc Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
&ju.5v| 3.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition
rA}mp] 3.2 Young’s Experiment
JA4}B wn 3.3 The Michelson Interferometer
X2'XbG 3 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
M"6J"s 3.5 Coherence Time and Coherence Length
g!^me wtd 3.6 Spectral Resolution of a Finite Wave Train. Coherence and Line Width
p5l|qs 3.7 Spatial Coherence
, h<x Y> 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
"bz]5c~ 3.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
-B #K}xL|x Chapter 4 Multiple-Beam Interference
(S2E'L L{ 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
`cPZsL 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
t :~,7 4.3 Resolution of Fabry-Perot Instruments
MHJR Bn{} 4.4 Theory of Multilayer Films
yQf(/Uxk*x Chapter 5 Diffraction
.@$ A~/ YU 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
)>@%;\qV 5.2 Fundamental Theory
]~ !CJ8d 5.3 Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
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5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
4 RfBXVS 5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
U5p 3b; 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
@76I8r5l 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
t*`Sme]" B Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
@r(3 6.1 General Remarks
I@TH ^8( 6.2 Macroscopic Fields and Maxwell’s Equations
}$LnjwM;, 6.3 The General Wave Equation
{7%(m|( 6.4 Propagation of Light in Isotropic Dielectrics. Dispersion
0[ (kFe 6.5 Propagation of Light in Conducting Media
tJmy}.t1 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
n% Oq"`w4 6.7 Propagation of Light in Crystals
M*D@zb0ia 6.8 Double Refraction at a Boundary
+.zX ?} 6.9 Optical Activity
=sF4H_B 6.10 Faraday Rotation in Solids
U2CC#,b !( 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
Q\N >W+d 6.12 Nonlinear Optics
@ !^Y_q Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
&P"1 3]^@ 7.1 Thermal Radiation
u"m TS& 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
kSEgq<i! 7.3 Modes of Electromagnetic Radiation in a Cavity
ct<XKq bI 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
AQ,"):ofvT 7.5 Quantization of Cavity Radiation
C _yNSD 7.6 Photon Statistics. Planck’s Formula
QL*RzFAD 3 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
/IF?|71,m 7.8 Momentum of a Photon. Light Pressure
tH#t8Tq5x 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
5rmQ:8_5 7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
r! [Qpb-: 7.11 Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
/:"^,i\t Chapter 8 Optical Spectra
5s NN:m 8.1 General Remarks
+ R~ !G 8.2 Elementary Theory of Atomic Spectra
;aD?BD__Z 8.3 Quantum Mechanics
Q<KF<K'0hg 8.4 The Schrödinger Equation
f4&;l|R0a 8.5 Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom
?FwHqyFVlQ 8.6 Radiative Transitions and Selection Rules
GVfRy@7n 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
w9n0p0xr< 8.8 Multiplicity in the Spectra of Many-Electron Atoms. Spectroscopic Notation
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-*O L+ Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
i0*Cs#(=h 9.1 Introduction
>V4r '9I 9.2 Stimulated Emission and Thermal Radiation
p<?lF 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
*`LrvE@t 9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
Mpco8 b-b 9.5 Laser Oscillation
DLD9 9.6 Optical-Resonaor Theory
p.b#RY 9.7 Gas Lasers
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9.8 Optically Pumped Solid-State Lasers
P1Eg%Y6 9.9 Dye Lasers
EBiLe;=X 9.10 Semiconductor Diode Lasers
v`G}sgn 9.11 Q-Switching and Mode Locking
y&bZai8WlE 9.12 The Ring Laser
V<?0(esgR Chapter 10 Ray Optics
]7oo`KcQ| 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
%9J:TH9E) 10.2 Lenses
TjI&8#AWBA 10.3 Ray Equations
'-Oh$hqCx| 10.4 Ray Matrices and Ray Vectors
W39J)~D^@ 10.5 Periodic Lens Waveguides and Opical Resonators
Z^=(9 : Appendix I Relativistic Optics
a .?AniB0 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
R&g&BF 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
(bpRX$is 1.3 Relativistic Effects in Optics
Qwve-[ 1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
+5 gX6V\ References
n_k`L(8* Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
`Q# )N0 R(,m! Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
p=#/H ,2 Rating: 5
g9NE>n(3 eu~ u-}. This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
; PnN$g]Q PgHmOs 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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c5:0`~5Fn l!W!Gz0to 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.
_MuzD&^qE UEt78eN One word of caution, I think some graduate school background in Physics and Math is needed for engineers. I am an engineer (
H8B2{]HAt 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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Iza;~8dH5 Rating: 4
s& Al4>}.f @ &rf?: 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.
