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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s GP}>w-JZ R'q:Fc Publisher: Dover Publications
R?Or= W)i Number Of Pages: 336
/ 8` S}g+ Publication Date: 1989-06-01
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NK@G0p~O ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
h}U\2$5 Binding: Paperback
}3Y3f).ZW H19CVc\B 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.
z<F .0~)jb R]Q4+ Summary: Best in its class
P2Ja*!K] Rating: 5
mTzzF9n"Y ZkJYPXdn? his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
)ccd fSe 1) Title says: introduction. So don’t imagine it covers every equation there is. Get Wolf’s book if you like equations that much.
hFjXgpz5 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).
yv< 0fQ 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.
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{-]/ r &:` 7 Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
2 Ax HhD. Rating: 4
7n~BDqT RkJ\? 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.
u= K ?K ^J>jU`)CJ 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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9 6Tc:#9i Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
N3nk\ )V\E 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
/y,~? 1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
9zkR)C 1.3 Plane Harmonic Waves. Phase Velocity
K`@GN T& 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
XRI1/2YA 1.5 Group Velocity
}q( IKH\& 1.6 The Doppler Effect
OX ?9 3AlG Chapter 2 The Vectorial Nature of Light
1Ly?XN S 2.1 General Remarks
X!n-nms 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
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'C~NQ{1TV 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
~} mX#, 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
c(bh i 2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
~`M GXd" o 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
u +zq:2)H6 2.8 The Brewster Angle
xnu|?;.}! 2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
Ox&g#,@h 2.10 Phase Changes in Total Internal Reflection
s&lZxnIjc 2.11 Reflection Matrix
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'MM#nQ\( 3.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition
4kA/W 0 VG 3.2 Young’s Experiment
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oS$ &jd 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
b=QO ^ 3.5 Coherence Time and Coherence Length
KTk% N p 3.6 Spectral Resolution of a Finite Wave Train. Coherence and Line Width
<9/oqp{C4 3.7 Spatial Coherence
5jg^12EP 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
>;QkV6i7 3.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
u:N/aaU= Chapter 4 Multiple-Beam Interference
=5LtEgHU 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
9r7QE&. 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
?S0VtHQ 4.3 Resolution of Fabry-Perot Instruments
a7q-*%+d5 4.4 Theory of Multilayer Films
:f^O! ^N Chapter 5 Diffraction
,KIa+&vJW@ 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
)j@k[}R#g 5.2 Fundamental Theory
wLU w'Ai 5.3 Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
N`grr{*_ 5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
"aP>}5<h 5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
5 \f*x Y 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
{:Z # 8dGe 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
.dp~%!"Sn, Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
PF!Q2t5c3 6.1 General Remarks
,I@4)RSAH| 6.2 Macroscopic Fields and Maxwell’s Equations
@^;WC+\0 6.3 The General Wave Equation
'oEFNC9V 6.4 Propagation of Light in Isotropic Dielectrics. Dispersion
T |'Ur # 6.5 Propagation of Light in Conducting Media
Os8]iNvW\ 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
#0L :h ?L 6.7 Propagation of Light in Crystals
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42Vy#t/HC 6.9 Optical Activity
OV>T} Fq 6.10 Faraday Rotation in Solids
S,3e|-&$ 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
_:M6~XHo 6.12 Nonlinear Optics
*D,+v!wG9 Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
bR*T}w$< 7.1 Thermal Radiation
j>?H^fB 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
S5v>WI^0h 7.3 Modes of Electromagnetic Radiation in a Cavity
Gr?"okaA 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
N!"GwH 7.5 Quantization of Cavity Radiation
1w+& Y;d| 7.6 Photon Statistics. Planck’s Formula
rgIJ]vmy<H 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
m3 (fr 7.8 Momentum of a Photon. Light Pressure
aiw~4ix 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
/n?5J`6 7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
DD|%F 7.11 Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
KzeA+PI Chapter 8 Optical Spectra
6l [T Q 8.1 General Remarks
.m/Lon E 8.2 Elementary Theory of Atomic Spectra
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4VaUa8 D 8.4 The Schrödinger Equation
N iNZh; 8.5 Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom
<pYGcVB9V 8.6 Radiative Transitions and Selection Rules
AWQwpaj- 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
>|@ /GpD 8.8 Multiplicity in the Spectra of Many-Electron Atoms. Spectroscopic Notation
wXXv0OzK 8.9 Molecular Spectra
qg:1 8.10 Atomic-Energy Levels in Solids
-&))$h3o\ Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
PM =I 9.1 Introduction
[JMz~~ F 9.2 Stimulated Emission and Thermal Radiation
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4p>@UB&U 9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
)/bt/,M&} 9.5 Laser Oscillation
yW|yZ(7 9.6 Optical-Resonaor Theory
XV %L6x 9.7 Gas Lasers
Lkk'y})/ 9.8 Optically Pumped Solid-State Lasers
YZpF*E;6t 9.9 Dye Lasers
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.b N0! 9.11 Q-Switching and Mode Locking
1x M&"p: 9.12 The Ring Laser
$L:g7?)k Chapter 10 Ray Optics
wc~a}0uz 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
RS<c&{? 10.2 Lenses
xE;fM\7pu 10.3 Ray Equations
7 9:x>i= 10.4 Ray Matrices and Ray Vectors
fR aVY`|wK 10.5 Periodic Lens Waveguides and Opical Resonators
MV9{>xX Appendix I Relativistic Optics
dW8'$! @!! 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
B`RbXk68q 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
6=A ++H @ 1.3 Relativistic Effects in Optics
:$/lGIz 1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
7gD$Q References
[_-CO }> Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
|`qur5h` nN@8 vivP% Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
dHf_&X 2A Rating: 5
<&l3bL % OiSuw This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
SAThY$)6 JsfbY^wz It’s a beautifully concise and remarkably clear introduction to the main principles of modern optics - the ones that you are going to need over and over again as you continue into the subject.
8C4 Ty ms ZwO&G\A^ This book gives you a great overview and set of basic foundations for every-day modern optics. I return to it often for little insights and reminders, even after 37 years in the business.
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6<]&T lS] Rating: 5
.t"s>jq 1 us`hR!_ Great book to revise theory on Dual nature of light. Its like a nice handbook on optics. A full blown version would be very even nicer, with a math section to remind ‘old’ engineering like myself.
6sQ"go$} !c(B ^E One word of caution, I think some graduate school background in Physics and Math is needed for engineers. I am an engineer (
l4R: _Z< 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.
Uy_`=JZ 7OC ,KgJ3 Summary: Decent, economical book for optics
CzNSJVE5 Rating: 4
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H,A% 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.
