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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Publisher: Dover Publications
Ob@Hng%v Number Of Pages: 336
:=. *I Publication Date: 1989-06-01
7>.OVh< ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
D(XqyN-P ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
Yv\!vW7I Binding: Paperback
U6j/BJT" Z6s5M{mE 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.
bKz{wm% L]bVN)JU Summary: Best in its class
NB)t7/Us Rating: 5
O.\h'3C A" !n1P his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
Go8F5a@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.
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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).
>)Dhi+D 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.
/6tcSg) x-Z^Q C 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…
>;lKLGJrd> L(o#4YH}>J Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
9M2f!kJP$ Rating: 4
^#SBpLw {*xBm# 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.
\r-N(;m 7'j9rmTXs 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!
Ye|G44z &YX6"S_B The table of contents are not included in the product description, so I add that here:
lo:~aJ8 Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
KTmaglgp 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
&HF]\`RNr 1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
^Q2ZqAf^a 1.3 Plane Harmonic Waves. Phase Velocity
+VOb 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
UKs$W` 1.5 Group Velocity
Slx2z%'> 1.6 The Doppler Effect
}~zO+Wf2 Chapter 2 The Vectorial Nature of Light
eV;me>, 2.1 General Remarks
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&oN/_7y 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
n7iE8SK|k 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
&o.iUk 2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
-Bv12ymLG 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
,)$Wm- 2.8 The Brewster Angle
Mq+<mX7 2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
BjZ>hhs!* 2.10 Phase Changes in Total Internal Reflection
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\(u@F<s- 3.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition
e^frVEV 3.2 Young’s Experiment
2PBepgQyPU 3.3 The Michelson Interferometer
)%#?3X^sI 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
s=/^lOOO 3.5 Coherence Time and Coherence Length
3^ ~Zj95M 3.6 Spectral Resolution of a Finite Wave Train. Coherence and Line Width
6Ct0hk4 3.7 Spatial Coherence
VM;g+RRq 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
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<Kp+&(l,l Chapter 4 Multiple-Beam Interference
PP4d?+;V 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
a7 )@BzF# 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
FV8\+ep 4.3 Resolution of Fabry-Perot Instruments
MPG+B/P& 4.4 Theory of Multilayer Films
ZgBckb Chapter 5 Diffraction
s01$fFJgO 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
m3"c (L`B 5.2 Fundamental Theory
'FxYMSZS$ 5.3 Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
yk#rd~2Z0 5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
4k*qVOBa6R 5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
-x?Hj/ 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
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hg&u0AQ2 Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
jrcc 6.1 General Remarks
!7Uu]m69n 6.2 Macroscopic Fields and Maxwell’s Equations
+gNX7xuY 6.3 The General Wave Equation
%IU4\ZY> 6.4 Propagation of Light in Isotropic Dielectrics. Dispersion
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](n69XX_ 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
8J^d7uC 6.7 Propagation of Light in Crystals
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tnJ`D4 6.10 Faraday Rotation in Solids
oVreP 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
_KxX&THaj 6.12 Nonlinear Optics
x{j+}'9 Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
Crg#6k1~EN 7.1 Thermal Radiation
R05T5Q1]A 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
`|JI\&z 7.3 Modes of Electromagnetic Radiation in a Cavity
#'KY`&Tw& 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
wRj~Qv~E 7.5 Quantization of Cavity Radiation
(I!1sE!?1 7.6 Photon Statistics. Planck’s Formula
!8Y3V/)NU 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
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Uv'uqt 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
13\Sh 7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
sgD@}":m 7.11 Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
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n }TTq6B 8.1 General Remarks
Bd QQ9$@5 8.2 Elementary Theory of Atomic Spectra
Ho>p ^p 8.3 Quantum Mechanics
~6MMErSj 8.4 The Schrödinger Equation
iPz1eUj 8.5 Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom
JqQ3C}z 8.6 Radiative Transitions and Selection Rules
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*:(1K%g 8.10 Atomic-Energy Levels in Solids
{ .cB>L Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
EJv! tyJ\[ 9.1 Introduction
d{?)q 9.2 Stimulated Emission and Thermal Radiation
U:J /\- 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
]m RF[b$ 9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
pDP33`OFh 9.5 Laser Oscillation
F61+n!%8 9.6 Optical-Resonaor Theory
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Q-:Ah:/ 9.9 Dye Lasers
TjT](?'o 9.10 Semiconductor Diode Lasers
|%n|[LP' 9.11 Q-Switching and Mode Locking
MG;4M>H 9.12 The Ring Laser
rffVfw Chapter 10 Ray Optics
ER/\ +Z#Z 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
T3 =)F% 10.2 Lenses
Mp!2`4rD 10.3 Ray Equations
oJhEHx[f 10.4 Ray Matrices and Ray Vectors
#cR57=M} 10.5 Periodic Lens Waveguides and Opical Resonators
:U7;M}0 Appendix I Relativistic Optics
='KPT1dW* 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
TeOFAIU 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
LPsh?Ca?N 1.3 Relativistic Effects in Optics
HW^{ ;'kH~ 1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
oC5gME"2 References
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r#ks>s }o~Tw?z-| Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
L!`*R)I45 Rating: 5
_.u~)Q`6 :/ ~):tM This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
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"JMSL4r 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.
AviT+^7E .n?5}s+q 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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>eTf}#s?S Rating: 5
Z#H@BWN7 AEBw#v!,o 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.
# Lu4OSM+ hj%}GP{{ One word of caution, I think some graduate school background in Physics and Math is needed for engineers. I am an engineer (
bfcD5:q 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.
OFJJ-4[_3 wCqE4i Summary: Decent, economical book for optics
:DF`A( Rating: 4
g`y/_ **"zDY*?W 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.