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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8Nr,Wq WSdTP$? Publisher: Dover Publications
G(alM=q Number Of Pages: 336
y.zS?vv2g Publication Date: 1989-06-01
u>G#{$) ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
EW* 's( ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
OVsZUmSG Binding: Paperback
va(ZGGS]N Ha~g8R& 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.
]}g;q*!J DqLZc01> Summary: Best in its class
Y)x(+# Rating: 5
mUj=NRq ZaCUc Px his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
+^St"GWY 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).
))M; .b.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.
^9})@,(D ]-o0HY2 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…
49o5"M( rb+&] Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
q@;z((45 Rating: 4
=YPvh]][ (6C%w)8' 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.
X-F|&yE~< z 0;+.E! 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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3pSkk Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
e1e2Wk 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
x(e=@/qp 1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
R@=Bk(h 1.3 Plane Harmonic Waves. Phase Velocity
*$ZLu jy7 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
L< MIl[z7 1.5 Group Velocity
qTA@0fL 1.6 The Doppler Effect
fP41B Chapter 2 The Vectorial Nature of Light
8^3Z]=(Q 2.1 General Remarks
t]Ey~-Rx 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
5feCA ,v7 2.3 Linear Polarization
.\0PyV( 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
b"+J8W 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
GS^U6Xef 2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
Y4PB&pZ$O2 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
l<7)uO^8 2.8 The Brewster Angle
8oI)q4V 2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
`TBI{q[y 2.10 Phase Changes in Total Internal Reflection
9JHu{r"M 2.11 Reflection Matrix
kRBPl99 Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
C7ZU)MEUd/ 3.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition
?]S!-6: 3.2 Young’s Experiment
:tu_@3bg- 3.3 The Michelson Interferometer
dP(*IOO. 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
h9)QQPP 3.5 Coherence Time and Coherence Length
gi;#?gps 3.6 Spectral Resolution of a Finite Wave Train. Coherence and Line Width
`[JX}<~i 3.7 Spatial Coherence
$7{V+> 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
VWoxi$3v 3.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
Ju$vuEO Chapter 4 Multiple-Beam Interference
g;U f? 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
{`0GAW)q 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
pq`Bg`c 4.3 Resolution of Fabry-Perot Instruments
f`X#1w9 4.4 Theory of Multilayer Films
Ak!l}d Chapter 5 Diffraction
jI$}\*g 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
V~y4mpfX 5.2 Fundamental Theory
=N-,.{` 5.3 Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
,Yg<Z1 5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
!$'s?rnh 5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
|Ew\Tgo/2 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
CqVh9M.ah 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
>r7{e:~q Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
c43"o 6.1 General Remarks
~%9ofXy 6.2 Macroscopic Fields and Maxwell’s Equations
9?)r0`:# 6.3 The General Wave Equation
<tZPS`c'_ 6.4 Propagation of Light in Isotropic Dielectrics. Dispersion
kI974:e42 6.5 Propagation of Light in Conducting Media
6g@@V=mf 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
>= Hcw 6.7 Propagation of Light in Crystals
/#?lG`'1 6.8 Double Refraction at a Boundary
rJJI<{$ 6.9 Optical Activity
iYj+NL 6.10 Faraday Rotation in Solids
}}v04~ 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
24 S,w>j 6.12 Nonlinear Optics
b'Gn)1NE Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
U$KdY _Z97 7.1 Thermal Radiation
d;KrV=%30s 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
4*9y4" 7.3 Modes of Electromagnetic Radiation in a Cavity
MjMPbGUX{ 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
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$l:?(&u 7.6 Photon Statistics. Planck’s Formula
xq',pzN 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
e.eQZ5n~q` 7.8 Momentum of a Photon. Light Pressure
AF5.gk= 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
7\aLK# 7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
v7VJVLH,I7 7.11 Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
UA3%I8gu_ Chapter 8 Optical Spectra
@p jah(i` 8.1 General Remarks
Ml8 '=KN_ 8.2 Elementary Theory of Atomic Spectra
kWL\JDZ`. 8.3 Quantum Mechanics
e[}R1/!L 8.4 The Schrödinger Equation
GeN8_i[ 8.5 Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom
'j];tO6GfC 8.6 Radiative Transitions and Selection Rules
'sI= *c 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
Y7)YJI 8.8 Multiplicity in the Spectra of Many-Electron Atoms. Spectroscopic Notation
Sg1$/+ 8.9 Molecular Spectra
D,+I)-k< 8.10 Atomic-Energy Levels in Solids
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vyT$IdV2 9.1 Introduction
@"T_W(i;BI 9.2 Stimulated Emission and Thermal Radiation
93:s[bmx 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
ZWW:-3 9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
6/9 A' !4C 9.5 Laser Oscillation
J?$4Yf 9.6 Optical-Resonaor Theory
zw^jIg$ 9.7 Gas Lasers
MId\dFu 9.8 Optically Pumped Solid-State Lasers
Nzz" w_# 9.9 Dye Lasers
N4"%!.Y 9.10 Semiconductor Diode Lasers
6l IFxc 9.11 Q-Switching and Mode Locking
]>K%,}PS 9.12 The Ring Laser
0mL#8\'" Chapter 10 Ray Optics
Gs2.}lz 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
E,5jY 10.2 Lenses
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oQ@X}6B%S 10.4 Ray Matrices and Ray Vectors
!<}<HR^) 10.5 Periodic Lens Waveguides and Opical Resonators
&ZFsK c# Appendix I Relativistic Optics
nGGYKI 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
J\XYUs 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
0Ep%&>@ 1.3 Relativistic Effects in Optics
y1^<!I 1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
t#oJr2 References
swuW6p Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
yWu80C8q ?G+v#?A Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
Z2`(UbG} Rating: 5
R`Hyg4? Fsv%=E{ This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
UceZWtYa HgE^#qD? 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.
30g-J(Zg hf>JW[>Xo 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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hT9fqH Rating: 5
U,Nf&g OOs Y{8xM 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.
~oz8B^7i; 8$-(% One word of caution, I think some graduate school background in Physics and Math is needed for engineers. I am an engineer (
bl(rCbj(w 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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>Rs:Fw|jro Summary: Decent, economical book for optics
Zz=+?L Rating: 4
j*<H18^G -?'r_t 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.