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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Qa,= !S=YM<A d Publisher: Dover Publications
d3:GmB . Number Of Pages: 336
K T0t4XPM Publication Date: 1989-06-01
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,@ ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
i2Wvu3,D3- ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
A1/@KC"&{G Binding: Paperback
QdgJNT<=H, %>$<s<y 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.
2 {?]W/&fS f|,Kh1{e Summary: Best in its class
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JwbZ`Z*w wj6u,+ his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
KAnV%j 1) Title says: introduction. So don’t imagine it covers every equation there is. Get Wolf’s book if you like equations that much.
d1/WUKmbZ 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).
MS\vrq'_ 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.
~yJ 2@2I {A/^;X{N^ 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…
~)f^y!PMQ bg Ux&3 Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
zx%WV@O9 Rating: 4
Rq}lW.<r +4-T_m/W/ 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.
|^l_F1+w mcQL>7ts 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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Y>' AY5iTbL1 The table of contents are not included in the product description, so I add that here:
u79- B-YW^ Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
e4` L8 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
3`cA!ZVQ 1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
l^	d 1.3 Plane Harmonic Waves. Phase Velocity
1<G+KC[F 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
N#l2wT 1.5 Group Velocity
xuvW6Q; 1.6 The Doppler Effect
/-p!|T}w Chapter 2 The Vectorial Nature of Light
FL{?W (M 2.1 General Remarks
+7b8 ye 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
GS>[A b+ 2.3 Linear Polarization
Jx5`0? 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
jn5xYKv 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
nx'c=gp 2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
tq59w 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
dLp1l2h!0 2.8 The Brewster Angle
m}'_Poc 2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
bqE'9GI 2.10 Phase Changes in Total Internal Reflection
E@ :9|5 2.11 Reflection Matrix
%[$HX'Y Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
^+76^*0 3.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition
g[G/If 3.2 Young’s Experiment
yus3GqPI 3.3 The Michelson Interferometer
Zkd{EMW 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
F_*']:p 3.5 Coherence Time and Coherence Length
[@Ac# 3.6 Spectral Resolution of a Finite Wave Train. Coherence and Line Width
nW)+-Wxq 3.7 Spatial Coherence
uHI(-!O 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
G[mqLI{q 3.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
2Xl+}M.:Y Chapter 4 Multiple-Beam Interference
$Er=i }` 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
c;kU|_ 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
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kumV|$Y?kA 4.4 Theory of Multilayer Films
>T[/V3Z~K Chapter 5 Diffraction
Ow4 _0l& 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
(%fQhQ 5.2 Fundamental Theory
~Y/A]N86, 5.3 Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
OV]xo8a; 5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
^f,4=- 5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
i]c{(gd` 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
NTt4sWP!I 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
;NA5G:eQ Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
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#p(c{L! 6.2 Macroscopic Fields and Maxwell’s Equations
Qbv@}[f 6.3 The General Wave Equation
K(?V]Mxl6 6.4 Propagation of Light in Isotropic Dielectrics. Dispersion
ya&=UoI 6.5 Propagation of Light in Conducting Media
3wv@wqx 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
]pvHsiI: 6.7 Propagation of Light in Crystals
{}$rN@OM$ 6.8 Double Refraction at a Boundary
G^ GIHdo 6.9 Optical Activity
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6.10 Faraday Rotation in Solids
IMWt!#vuY 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
%"f85VfZ 6.12 Nonlinear Optics
5b:1+5iF- Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
ZhY{,sy?QO 7.1 Thermal Radiation
zls^JTE 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
pX_ 7.3 Modes of Electromagnetic Radiation in a Cavity
4;L|Ua 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
Yd3lL:M 7.5 Quantization of Cavity Radiation
Bb=r?;zjO 7.6 Photon Statistics. Planck’s Formula
MUl`0H"tR 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
''9]`B,:a0 7.8 Momentum of a Photon. Light Pressure
)(]rUJ~+~A 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
d7kE}{, 7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
Gt*<Awn8 7.11 Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
fZ-"._9UyH Chapter 8 Optical Spectra
J6CSu7Voa 8.1 General Remarks
?c?@j}=?yY 8.2 Elementary Theory of Atomic Spectra
W_wC"?A% 8.3 Quantum Mechanics
iOZ9A~Ywy 8.4 The Schrödinger Equation
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K.yc[z)un 8.6 Radiative Transitions and Selection Rules
*R+M#l9D` 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
={xRNNUj_ 8.8 Multiplicity in the Spectra of Many-Electron Atoms. Spectroscopic Notation
J~KO#` 8.9 Molecular Spectra
_qE9]mU 8.10 Atomic-Energy Levels in Solids
d[?RL&hJO Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
WuE]pm]c 9.1 Introduction
uM$b/3%s 9.2 Stimulated Emission and Thermal Radiation
1#N`elm 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
N[Xm5J 9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
GgEg (AT 9.5 Laser Oscillation
<*J"6x 9.6 Optical-Resonaor Theory
P.>fkO1\ 9.7 Gas Lasers
8(n>99VVK 9.8 Optically Pumped Solid-State Lasers
Ei:m@}g 9.9 Dye Lasers
sFZdj0tQ4 9.10 Semiconductor Diode Lasers
C5(XZscq 9.11 Q-Switching and Mode Locking
#Tc`W_- 9.12 The Ring Laser
Y"t|0dO%b Chapter 10 Ray Optics
|\Gkhi>; 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
B4un6-<i 10.2 Lenses
t?&; 10.3 Ray Equations
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gA=Pz[i)p 10.5 Periodic Lens Waveguides and Opical Resonators
1CJ1-]S(3 Appendix I Relativistic Optics
O_ r-(wE4 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
dUB;ZB7 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
YN)qMI_`A 1.3 Relativistic Effects in Optics
rWWpP< 1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
Jhj ]`$J References
IgJG,!>h Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
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12J9P {KSLB8gtL Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
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B[mZQ&Gz`a 5q4wREh This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
.Od@i$E>& LntRLB' It’s a beautifully concise and remarkably clear introduction to the main principles of modern optics - the ones that you are going to need over and over again as you continue into the subject.
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,Rk ipu~T)} This book gives you a great overview and set of basic foundations for every-day modern optics. I return to it often for little insights and reminders, even after 37 years in the business.
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sz%]rN6$ @[FO;4w 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.
&iD&C>;pf 0xi2VN"X One word of caution, I think some graduate school background in Physics and Math is needed for engineers. I am an engineer (
M`7lYw\Or! 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.
}`Wo(E}O QX?moW6UW Summary: Decent, economical book for optics
BV<_1WT} Rating: 4
p}~Sgi fvta< 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.