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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Xxcv 5.ug It Gi2'} Publisher: Dover Publications
:Xc%_& ) Number Of Pages: 336
8FyJo.vr( Publication Date: 1989-06-01
}18}VjC! ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
L@Fw;G|%' ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
L6yRN>5a E Binding: Paperback
xg %EQ ) Q\nR`k 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.
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U.<';fKnT Rating: 5
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ab2 WbC| 2! his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
rH7|r\] r 1) Title says: introduction. So don’t imagine it covers every equation there is. Get Wolf’s book if you like equations that much.
4jefU}e9# 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).
%E Jv!u*- 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.
sh(G{Yz@ O, 6U pk 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…
S(Md !q PVC\l Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
7Uvf XzDNC Rating: 4
[_6_A O(Z CrC1&F\dq 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.
F2!C^r,~L P3 se" pP 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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>d Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
}z6@Z#%q 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
^l|{*oj2 1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
H%NI dgo} 1.3 Plane Harmonic Waves. Phase Velocity
@s RRcP~ 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
MIvAugUOl 1.5 Group Velocity
rlr)n\R# 1.6 The Doppler Effect
ScU?T<u:i Chapter 2 The Vectorial Nature of Light
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? }"$[6. 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
n;8[WR) 2.3 Linear Polarization
<a7y]Py 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
($E A/|z 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
ogQY"c8 2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
]T Q2PVN2 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
]b!o(5m 2.8 The Brewster Angle
[2I 1W1pd 2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
} eh<F^ 2.10 Phase Changes in Total Internal Reflection
P F#+G;q; 2.11 Reflection Matrix
n {JBC%^g Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
}}y$T(:l 3.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition
NNSHA'F,.\ 3.2 Young’s Experiment
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V(Ll]g/T_; 3.6 Spectral Resolution of a Finite Wave Train. Coherence and Line Width
rC.z772y% 3.7 Spatial Coherence
%D _2; 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
Jm&7&si7 3.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
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=W'a6)WE 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
7l}P!xa& 4.3 Resolution of Fabry-Perot Instruments
*YmR7g |k 4.4 Theory of Multilayer Films
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|}s)W o 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
xtW Q. 5.2 Fundamental Theory
GlkTpX^b 5.3 Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
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5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
5v6 x 5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
94 58.!3 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
[4 L[.N@ 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
_/Ky;p. Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
`|?K4<5| 6.1 General Remarks
ax$ashFO/! 6.2 Macroscopic Fields and Maxwell’s Equations
4FURm@C6 6.3 The General Wave Equation
;8\w$SPP 6.4 Propagation of Light in Isotropic Dielectrics. Dispersion
ssaEAm: 6.5 Propagation of Light in Conducting Media
5(RFk Zn4[ 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
C+ar]Vi 6.7 Propagation of Light in Crystals
kt?G\H!} 6.8 Double Refraction at a Boundary
{a aI<u 6.9 Optical Activity
Vb^ P{F 6.10 Faraday Rotation in Solids
eV:I ::: 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
CT5 \8C 6.12 Nonlinear Optics
Er/ h:= Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
GaV6h|6_ 7.1 Thermal Radiation
3z7SK Gy 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
Wno{& I63 7.3 Modes of Electromagnetic Radiation in a Cavity
xgoG>~F 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
M )4-eo 7.5 Quantization of Cavity Radiation
<q@/ Yy3 2 7.6 Photon Statistics. Planck’s Formula
52Sq;X 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
+KV?W+g)` 7.8 Momentum of a Photon. Light Pressure
;e,_F/@` 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
.j"iJ/ 7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
LsaE-l 7.11 Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
|@'/F #T Chapter 8 Optical Spectra
J>_|hg= 8.1 General Remarks
7<FI[ 8.2 Elementary Theory of Atomic Spectra
fz/Ee1T\ 8.3 Quantum Mechanics
C \"nlNKw 8.4 The Schrödinger Equation
iF]G$@rbU 8.5 Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom
Do1 Ip&X 8.6 Radiative Transitions and Selection Rules
U9w0kcUw#J 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
6ub-NtVu 8.8 Multiplicity in the Spectra of Many-Electron Atoms. Spectroscopic Notation
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r'bctFsD 9.1 Introduction
$sF'Sr{)y 9.2 Stimulated Emission and Thermal Radiation
ogD 8qrZ6J 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
pJ8;7u 9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
&1nZ%J9 9.5 Laser Oscillation
G<1)N T\u 9.6 Optical-Resonaor Theory
a,eR'L<"*- 9.7 Gas Lasers
Dp1FX" a) 9.8 Optically Pumped Solid-State Lasers
GD(gm, , ) 9.9 Dye Lasers
as#_Fer`U 9.10 Semiconductor Diode Lasers
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3=YK" 5J 9.12 The Ring Laser
?\ Fo|__ Chapter 10 Ray Optics
]QM{aSvXA 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
Ot,_=PP 10.2 Lenses
5e)2Jt: 10.3 Ray Equations
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KD TG9KC 10.5 Periodic Lens Waveguides and Opical Resonators
m@(8-_ Appendix I Relativistic Optics
$MW-c*5a 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
Buxn!s 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
dU4 h 1.3 Relativistic Effects in Optics
_6U=7<f 1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
:Q\Es:y References
m .:2G Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
|76G#K~<X j%w }hGW%, Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
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k&JB,d-mJ% %IAZU c This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
}G{ 'Rb o`tOnwt 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.
:eHD{= XSfl'Fll D 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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JXT%@w>I Rating: 5
RC[mpR ;2 aL)}S%5o? 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.
Kivr)cIG NY(z 3G One word of caution, I think some graduate school background in Physics and Math is needed for engineers. I am an engineer (
3EY>X S 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.
m=m T`EP , ZisJksk Summary: Decent, economical book for optics
b\Wlpb=QZ Rating: 4
)Z/L <R;t>~8x 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.
