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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L-G186B$r 2ORWdR.b Publisher: Dover Publications
^_)CQ%W? Number Of Pages: 336
P#rwYPww\ Publication Date: 1989-06-01
URJ" ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
ruF+X) ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
B]Yj"LM) Binding: Paperback
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/vu E(]yjZ/ A complete basic undergraduate-level course in modern optics for students in physics, technology and engineering. The first half deals with classical physical optics; the second, the quantum nature of light. Many applications of the laser to optics are integrated throughout the text. Problems and answers. 170 illustrations.
klJDYFX=HK >2>xr" Summary: Best in its class
*~2jP;$ Rating: 5
.- c3f1i ?CL1^N% his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
+`.%aJIi9 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).
>JCSOI 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.
G?>~w[#mQR J6NQ5S\ 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…
>,hJ5-9 ( 9dV%#G\ Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
e0>@Yp[Kd Rating: 4
[J-r*t"! 6sB!m|zm]: 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.
vk;>#yoox .F)--% 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!
"eh"'Z pPG!{:YT The table of contents are not included in the product description, so I add that here:
;$[o7Qm5r Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
a,&Kvh 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
69yTGUG3 1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
K< Ct 1.3 Plane Harmonic Waves. Phase Velocity
a;/4 ht 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
bp$8hUNYz- 1.5 Group Velocity
,ISq7*%F 1.6 The Doppler Effect
L[TL~@T Chapter 2 The Vectorial Nature of Light
\Xxx5:qM 2.1 General Remarks
UPN2p&gM 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
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EY2s${26% 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
:GL|: 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
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~Ycz(h'( 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
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hh: )"<[ 2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
ax7 M 2.10 Phase Changes in Total Internal Reflection
"lN<v= 2.11 Reflection Matrix
]*zF#Voc Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
QfwGf,0p 3.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition
3]}W 3.2 Young’s Experiment
Ej.D!@ 3.3 The Michelson Interferometer
X8;03EW; 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
GIZNHG 3.5 Coherence Time and Coherence Length
o2Pj|u*X 3.6 Spectral Resolution of a Finite Wave Train. Coherence and Line Width
%R&3v%$y* 3.7 Spatial Coherence
r% mN]?u 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
G ROl9xp2 3.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
7zQD.+&L Chapter 4 Multiple-Beam Interference
a-%^!pN\M 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
=797;|B H 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
#"7:NR^H^ 4.3 Resolution of Fabry-Perot Instruments
Pfd FB 4.4 Theory of Multilayer Films
UbQeN Chapter 5 Diffraction
rZpc"<U 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
W"!nf 5.2 Fundamental Theory
DC/CUKE.d 5.3 Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
dWm[#,Q? 5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
jh8%Xu]t 5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
~{d94o. 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
T<! `~#kM 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
]/d2*# Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
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e,1Jxz4QH 6.2 Macroscopic Fields and Maxwell’s Equations
>O\-\L 6.3 The General Wave Equation
Pv0OoN*eJ{ 6.4 Propagation of Light in Isotropic Dielectrics. Dispersion
]]`+aF0 6.5 Propagation of Light in Conducting Media
09x\i/nb 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
#+_OyZ* 6.7 Propagation of Light in Crystals
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\nxt\KD 6.9 Optical Activity
lbv, jS 6.10 Faraday Rotation in Solids
EQ=Enw1[ 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
{nHy!{+qqG 6.12 Nonlinear Optics
W:EXL@ Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
>Zmpsa+ 7.1 Thermal Radiation
WtlIrdc 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
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Wg}#{[4 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
)k7`!@ID 7.5 Quantization of Cavity Radiation
j j$'DZk 7.6 Photon Statistics. Planck’s Formula
L<Lu;KnY6 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
CQtd%'rt6 7.8 Momentum of a Photon. Light Pressure
@H{$,\\ 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
Nw|Lrn*h! 7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
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&"^A 8.1 General Remarks
C($`'~b 8.2 Elementary Theory of Atomic Spectra
K7_)!=DcX 8.3 Quantum Mechanics
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9qqEr~ 8.5 Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom
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8.6 Radiative Transitions and Selection Rules
T-5T`awf 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
Y%&6qt G 8.8 Multiplicity in the Spectra of Many-Electron Atoms. Spectroscopic Notation
;'<K}h 8.9 Molecular Spectra
;G},xDGO_m 8.10 Atomic-Energy Levels in Solids
JBWiTUk Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
".w*_1G7U 9.1 Introduction
?T4%"0 9.2 Stimulated Emission and Thermal Radiation
(bBetX 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
Dri1A% 9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
j,G/[V 9.5 Laser Oscillation
o[cKh7&+ 9.6 Optical-Resonaor Theory
Z;n}*^U 9.7 Gas Lasers
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47icy-@kg 9.9 Dye Lasers
Dt+"E 9.10 Semiconductor Diode Lasers
f}+G;a9Nj 9.11 Q-Switching and Mode Locking
D#k>.)g 9.12 The Ring Laser
"3hw]`a} Chapter 10 Ray Optics
'Y&yt"cs 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
_;@kS<\N 10.2 Lenses
Gwvs~jN 10.3 Ray Equations
wCI.jGSBW 10.4 Ray Matrices and Ray Vectors
FS@SC`~( 10.5 Periodic Lens Waveguides and Opical Resonators
o#+!H!C.O Appendix I Relativistic Optics
m' aakq 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
@D60 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
}e@j(*8 1.3 Relativistic Effects in Optics
[J*)r8ys 1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
H$[--_dI{ References
}7C{:H2d Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
z2dM*NMK YTGup]d Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
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F]ALZxwkz qi)(\ This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
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It’s a beautifully concise and remarkably clear introduction to the main principles of modern optics - the ones that you are going to need over and over again as you continue into the subject.
VK NCK O&O1O>[p1 This book gives you a great overview and set of basic foundations for every-day modern optics. I return to it often for little insights and reminders, even after 37 years in the business.
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h{h=',o1 Rating: 5
c~tkY!c ),~Ca'TU Great book to revise theory on Dual nature of light. Its like a nice handbook on optics. A full blown version would be very even nicer, with a math section to remind ‘old’ engineering like myself.
ZRX>SyM -({\eL$n One word of caution, I think some graduate school background in Physics and Math is needed for engineers. I am an engineer (
gZPJZN/cpz 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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prm L@2H>Lh35 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.