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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9|#h )* Y}|78|q* Publisher: Dover Publications
d2(eX\56Z Number Of Pages: 336
]Q,RVEtKp Publication Date: 1989-06-01
cHR }`U$ ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
AM Rj N; ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
d$Mj5wN:q Binding: Paperback
Y,)9{T ";>D0h^D A complete basic undergraduate-level course in modern optics for students in physics, technology and engineering. The first half deals with classical physical optics; the second, the quantum nature of light. Many applications of the laser to optics are integrated throughout the text. Problems and answers. 170 illustrations.
V=S`%1dLN r#{lpF,3Ib Summary: Best in its class
/CZOO)n Rating: 5
dxASU|Yo9 [;X YT his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
+{#BQbx6 1) Title says: introduction. So don’t imagine it covers every equation there is. Get Wolf’s book if you like equations that much.
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key subjects. To do that, you have to skip a lot of intro/background or equations, that’s why there are references and citations (and better bricks/bug killers).
gi"v${R 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.
xr6Q5/p1 |-e=P9, 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…
wOa_" 83<kaeu,^ Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
4&&j7$aV Rating: 4
NgH% tKJ)'v? If you’re studying optics in a college class using Hecht’s classic text, or if you are an engineer who needs an overview of the subject, this is a good practical and economical introduction to the subject. However, be aware that this book is short on two components - details of derivations of mathematical formulas and illustrations. That is not to say they do not exist, it is just to say that at several points during the book I could have been aided in my comprehension by either an illustration or derivation that simply wasn’t there.
JG4&eK$- f0hi70\(X 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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4Uwt--KtFh Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
AV8TP-Ls+ 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
3^`bf=R 1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
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5hDE&hp 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
1hMk\ -3S 1.5 Group Velocity
r@n% 1.6 The Doppler Effect
7unu-P<C Chapter 2 The Vectorial Nature of Light
n*;mFV0s 2.1 General Remarks
-eNi;u 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
$[]=6.s 2.3 Linear Polarization
S)[2\Z{**T 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
7tr.&A^c 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
N;D+]_;0| 2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
]_-$ 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
A"P1B] 2.8 The Brewster Angle
OPjscc5 2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
8 zY)0 2.10 Phase Changes in Total Internal Reflection
_c #P 2.11 Reflection Matrix
F,EHZ,<V Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
i>w>UA*t 3.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition
D@Wm- 3.2 Young’s Experiment
RhDa`kV%t 3.3 The Michelson Interferometer
?pxx,o6l 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
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](0A/,#q6 3.6 Spectral Resolution of a Finite Wave Train. Coherence and Line Width
:!#-k 3.7 Spatial Coherence
;N,7#l|wi 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
>! c^ 3.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
SD697L9 Chapter 4 Multiple-Beam Interference
8)H"w$jq 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
L' )(Zn1 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
H?B.Hp| 4.3 Resolution of Fabry-Perot Instruments
@lBH@HR=C 4.4 Theory of Multilayer Films
?dTz?C.w Chapter 5 Diffraction
Lh. L~M1X 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
Dljq 5.2 Fundamental Theory
'i@Y #F%D 5.3 Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
g1}RA@9 5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
* dNMnZ@Y 5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
Sa@Xh,y Z 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
;aFQP:l/ 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
>&$V"*] Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
|Rab'9U^ 6.1 General Remarks
Z2LG/R 6.2 Macroscopic Fields and Maxwell’s Equations
R2;-WxnN] 6.3 The General Wave Equation
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8>epKFEg 6.5 Propagation of Light in Conducting Media
}y0UyOa{C 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
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6.7 Propagation of Light in Crystals
,qr)}s- 6.8 Double Refraction at a Boundary
Cf10 ud 6.9 Optical Activity
|epe;/ 6.10 Faraday Rotation in Solids
= F:d#j>F 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
g"#+U7O 6.12 Nonlinear Optics
I015)vFc Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
z24-hC 7.1 Thermal Radiation
&XZ>}^lD^ 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
EoY570PN 7.3 Modes of Electromagnetic Radiation in a Cavity
HAU8H'h 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
fNlUc 7.5 Quantization of Cavity Radiation
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'Y-c*q 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
fa!iQfr 7.8 Momentum of a Photon. Light Pressure
KpK'?WhX7^ 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
WIbU^WJ0 7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
Aimgfxag 7.11 Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
sDwSEg>#B Chapter 8 Optical Spectra
1 8&^k| 8.1 General Remarks
\dCdyl6V 8.2 Elementary Theory of Atomic Spectra
*=ALns?y 8.3 Quantum Mechanics
'8W }|aF 8.4 The Schrödinger Equation
?HBc7$nW 8.5 Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom
,0])] 8.6 Radiative Transitions and Selection Rules
E.BMm/WH 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
N8!B2uPQ 8.8 Multiplicity in the Spectra of Many-Electron Atoms. Spectroscopic Notation
Oc"2|X 8.9 Molecular Spectra
gfp#G,/B 8.10 Atomic-Energy Levels in Solids
cy? EX~s4 Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
f:=?"MX7 9.1 Introduction
]6(NeS+ 9.2 Stimulated Emission and Thermal Radiation
Dui<$jl0b 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
\?}ZXKuJj 9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
DsP+#PX 9.5 Laser Oscillation
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9.6 Optical-Resonaor Theory
2R)Y}*VX 9.7 Gas Lasers
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gsZCWT 9.9 Dye Lasers
'g$|:bw/ 9.10 Semiconductor Diode Lasers
KBOxr5w 9.11 Q-Switching and Mode Locking
7o;}"Y1 9.12 The Ring Laser
udw5A*Ls Chapter 10 Ray Optics
_jr%s 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
vZk+NS< 10.2 Lenses
6>KDK<5NQ 10.3 Ray Equations
sbG3,'i) 10.4 Ray Matrices and Ray Vectors
Iunt!L 10.5 Periodic Lens Waveguides and Opical Resonators
NL~} Appendix I Relativistic Optics
8_:jPd!3 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
F+}MW/ra@ 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
92S<TAdPP 1.3 Relativistic Effects in Optics
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1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
j]kx~ References
rH & ^SNc Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
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V:ueO Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
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t\'URpa+5% Pxl7zz&pl= This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
`L0}^|`9 $Y>LUZ)b&8 It’s a beautifully concise and remarkably clear introduction to the main principles of modern optics - the ones that you are going to need over and over again as you continue into the subject.
y%z$_V] |2^cPnv?G& 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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A5/Q:8b [1l ,I[ 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.
e6,/i k;q|pQ[ One word of caution, I think some graduate school background in Physics and Math is needed for engineers. I am an engineer (
yn`H }@`k 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.
MdCEp1Z \z0" Summary: Decent, economical book for optics
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PT|t6V"wd >^kRIoBkg 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.