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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8WP|cF] 8q/3}AnI Publisher: Dover Publications
.l:x! Number Of Pages: 336
Ve9*>6i&-4 Publication Date: 1989-06-01
4Q?3gA1 ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
YVW`|'7)| ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
&a9Y4~e:: Binding: Paperback
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& 7Ap==J{a 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.
Q13>z%Rge *p.70,5, Summary: Best in its class
x!`~+f.6 Rating: 5
#\T5r*W zf.&E3Sn his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
YcdT/ 1) Title says: introduction. So don’t imagine it covers every equation there is. Get Wolf’s book if you like equations that much.
hhr!FQ.+/ 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).
iebnQf 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.
]b&O#D9 o/\f+iz7 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…
mGC! 7^_D` 1$RUhxT Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
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+6;1.5Tc yk0#byW` If you’re studying optics in a college class using Hecht’s classic text, or if you are an engineer who needs an overview of the subject, this is a good practical and economical introduction to the subject. However, be aware that this book is short on two components - details of derivations of mathematical formulas and illustrations. That is not to say they do not exist, it is just to say that at several points during the book I could have been aided in my comprehension by either an illustration or derivation that simply wasn’t there.
C#oH7o+_. \2OjIEQQ There are end of chapter exercises included, and there are solutions to selected odd problems in the back of the book. However, there are no details as to how those solutions were arrived at. If you are an engineer, the only way to really be sure that you understand a subject is to solve problems. Thus I suggest Schaum’s Outline of Optics by Hecht for that task. Often the solutions to problems in that outline are the mathematical details that are missing in this book!
7\<}378/^ >mCS`D8 The table of contents are not included in the product description, so I add that here:
,1ceNF#oL Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
+2 x|j> 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
/DE`>eJY 1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
"8*5!anu- 1.3 Plane Harmonic Waves. Phase Velocity
kNC]q,ljt5 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
bPMkBm 1.5 Group Velocity
%$ ^eY'-' 1.6 The Doppler Effect
P~9y}7Q\0 Chapter 2 The Vectorial Nature of Light
U6Xi-@XP 2.1 General Remarks
A[8vD</}_ 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
3aERfIJyE 2.3 Linear Polarization
7T/hmVi_ 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
.?dYY;P 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
Kq&JvY^ 2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
%"=qdBuk 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
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.]y"04@] 2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
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i"OY=iw-N 2.11 Reflection Matrix
mNdEn<W Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
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BW5! @D2 3.2 Young’s Experiment
4H@K?b` 3.3 The Michelson Interferometer
P+(q38f[ 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
<:!;79T\ 3.5 Coherence Time and Coherence Length
bVW2Tjc: 3.6 Spectral Resolution of a Finite Wave Train. Coherence and Line Width
pUm|e5 3.7 Spatial Coherence
^hyp}WN 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
T@gm0igW/; 3.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
y%@C-: Chapter 4 Multiple-Beam Interference
k35E,?T 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
OqlP_^Zz7p 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
V}po 4.3 Resolution of Fabry-Perot Instruments
|0s)aV|K 4.4 Theory of Multilayer Films
4u+4LB* Chapter 5 Diffraction
rpMjDjW 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
$G D@e0 5.2 Fundamental Theory
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Mx_O'D 5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
?8TIPz J 5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
:Lh`Q"a 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
ZK$<"z6{ 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
]Z=O+7(r Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
P> [,,w 6.1 General Remarks
]>H'CM4JR 6.2 Macroscopic Fields and Maxwell’s Equations
K>S:Z 6.3 The General Wave Equation
Qm5Sf=E7Q 6.4 Propagation of Light in Isotropic Dielectrics. Dispersion
L`n Ma 6.5 Propagation of Light in Conducting Media
m={TBV,L 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
uj^l&" 6.7 Propagation of Light in Crystals
GQ])y 6.8 Double Refraction at a Boundary
~pG,|\9 6.9 Optical Activity
y*7<tj.`b0 6.10 Faraday Rotation in Solids
dvPlKLp 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
'FN+BvD 6.12 Nonlinear Optics
SioP`*,} Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
{"n=t`E)3 7.1 Thermal Radiation
1b`WzoJgH 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
6o=Q;Mezl 7.3 Modes of Electromagnetic Radiation in a Cavity
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AH'4k(- 7.5 Quantization of Cavity Radiation
l#^weXSlk 7.6 Photon Statistics. Planck’s Formula
\Rz-*zr& 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
! w2BD^V- 7.8 Momentum of a Photon. Light Pressure
_}3NLAqg 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
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7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
/^Ng7Mi! 7.11 Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
&N:`Rler Chapter 8 Optical Spectra
fYUbr"Oe 8.1 General Remarks
SU>cJ* 8.2 Elementary Theory of Atomic Spectra
f,0,:) 8.3 Quantum Mechanics
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8.4 The Schrödinger Equation
C{2y*sx 8.5 Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom
!bQqzny$R 8.6 Radiative Transitions and Selection Rules
EU4j'1!&g< 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
Z<W`5sop^ 8.8 Multiplicity in the Spectra of Many-Electron Atoms. Spectroscopic Notation
{1m.d;(1 8.9 Molecular Spectra
_>4Qh#6K 8.10 Atomic-Energy Levels in Solids
}/g1s71 Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
_(0GAz%9 9.1 Introduction
C[s='v~} 9.2 Stimulated Emission and Thermal Radiation
7?a!x$-U( 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
st-I7K\v 9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
M$MFUGS' 9.5 Laser Oscillation
SnFAv7_ 9.6 Optical-Resonaor Theory
q:-1ul 9.7 Gas Lasers
kJK:1;CM?. 9.8 Optically Pumped Solid-State Lasers
_ Y8jl,J 9.9 Dye Lasers
d6+{^v$# 9.10 Semiconductor Diode Lasers
2'5u}G9 9.11 Q-Switching and Mode Locking
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p$1y8Zbor Chapter 10 Ray Optics
DxJY{e9 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
#1<Jwt+ 10.2 Lenses
NK$BF(HBi 10.3 Ray Equations
+MvO+\/ 10.4 Ray Matrices and Ray Vectors
|$&v) 10.5 Periodic Lens Waveguides and Opical Resonators
E0aJ~A(Hv Appendix I Relativistic Optics
#S') i1; 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
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^Kfm(E 1.3 Relativistic Effects in Optics
DhzmC 1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
<g'0q*qE References
`|f1^C^ Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
DE!P[$J 08F~6e6a8 Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
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b_>x;5k PIZK*Lop This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
S/)yi Ys+NIV#Q 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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(,,r 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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erdA? Rating: 5
hL}AgY@ #kRt\Fzq 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.
uE-|]QQo h$$2(!G4 One word of caution, I think some graduate school background in Physics and Math is needed for engineers. I am an engineer (
$J!WuOz4^i 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.
Twq, 6X- '-M9v3itC Summary: Decent, economical book for optics
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<(W:Q3?s 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.