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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F'SOl*v(s5 zEks4yd Publisher: Dover Publications
i ;X'1TN(y Number Of Pages: 336
4AP<mo Publication Date: 1989-06-01
}]g>PY ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
}r,k*I'K ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
{BKI8v y Binding: Paperback
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~ JY>]u*= 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.
\J 1Jn~ OM, uR3, Summary: Best in its class
M% $zor Rating: 5
/D~z}\k {H0B" i his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
(U|W=@8` 1) Title says: introduction. So don’t imagine it covers every equation there is. Get Wolf’s book if you like equations that much.
j\Q_NevV 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).
Gia_B6*Y[ 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.
(a)d7y.oo h ?$4\^/ To be fair, the book is not without flaws. One obvious is the name implied recent advances (although different people use modern optics differently), while the book was last revised in 1975. Nonetheless, the key component of modern optics are mostly there, unless you are into cutting edge advances. It might be more appropriate to name it as “intro to physical optics”, then again the author added a section of ray optics at the end of the book…
N2~DxVJ5cT /B1NcRS Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
lT$A;7[ Rating: 4
1}V_:~7 2abWIw4 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.
pLk?<y q$H'u[KQ06 There are end of chapter exercises included, and there are solutions to selected odd problems in the back of the book. However, there are no details as to how those solutions were arrived at. If you are an engineer, the only way to really be sure that you understand a subject is to solve problems. Thus I suggest Schaum’s Outline of Optics by Hecht for that task. Often the solutions to problems in that outline are the mathematical details that are missing in this book!
n{UB^-}5 :r#FI".q x The table of contents are not included in the product description, so I add that here:
\UK 9 Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
ii~~xt1 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
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%k` 3 1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
d3Y#_! ) 1.3 Plane Harmonic Waves. Phase Velocity
501|Y6ptl 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
v)X1R/z5xw 1.5 Group Velocity
vT[%*)` 1.6 The Doppler Effect
%2qvK} Chapter 2 The Vectorial Nature of Light
v}[7)oj| 2.1 General Remarks
f+gyJ#R` 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
>B~p[wh0 2.3 Linear Polarization
!xa,[$w(^ 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
Fdvex$r& 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
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8HTV"60hTs 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
o1kLT@V Cl 2.8 The Brewster Angle
i<&2Ffvq 2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
yNI} =Z 2.10 Phase Changes in Total Internal Reflection
!&19%C4 2.11 Reflection Matrix
yQCfn1a) Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
h4.ZR={E 3.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition
N5oao'7|A 3.2 Young’s Experiment
u^V`Ucd"R 3.3 The Michelson Interferometer
Y+WOU._46I 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
V h'H5v^ 3.5 Coherence Time and Coherence Length
HM--`RJ 3.6 Spectral Resolution of a Finite Wave Train. Coherence and Line Width
YMJjO0 3.7 Spatial Coherence
{]|};E[}m 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
G~YV6?? 3.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
[h,T.zpa Chapter 4 Multiple-Beam Interference
9h~>7VeZ) 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
PsLuyGR.< 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
)/f,.Z$ 4.3 Resolution of Fabry-Perot Instruments
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)LH nDx Chapter 5 Diffraction
B4&x?-0ZC 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
KWhw@y-5j@ 5.2 Fundamental Theory
HtS:'~DYo 5.3 Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
!y?g$e` 5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
R+, tn,<< 5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
Vk>aU3\c 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
.F}ZP0THnZ 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
]y!|x_5c3 Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
8[}MXMRdb 6.1 General Remarks
KqaeRs.u 6.2 Macroscopic Fields and Maxwell’s Equations
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o-7>^wV%BD 6.4 Propagation of Light in Isotropic Dielectrics. Dispersion
P1H`N OC 6.5 Propagation of Light in Conducting Media
{P-KU RQ 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
-zMXc"'C^k 6.7 Propagation of Light in Crystals
H} JH339 6.8 Double Refraction at a Boundary
/ko NcpJ 6.9 Optical Activity
#p*OLQ3~ 6.10 Faraday Rotation in Solids
'{U56^b] 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
j3z&0sc2(0 6.12 Nonlinear Optics
bg[q8IBCd Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
tse(iX/D 7.1 Thermal Radiation
_0^<) OSY 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
K3'`!K a* 7.3 Modes of Electromagnetic Radiation in a Cavity
_vvn xG!x& 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
0(-'L\<>x 7.5 Quantization of Cavity Radiation
^|a s]x!sv 7.6 Photon Statistics. Planck’s Formula
9 `J `( 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
<;SMczR 7.8 Momentum of a Photon. Light Pressure
y&9v0&o 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
gwR ^Z{ 7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
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q^Oq:l$s Chapter 8 Optical Spectra
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-4Y}Y5 9\ 8.2 Elementary Theory of Atomic Spectra
ma?569Z8~0 8.3 Quantum Mechanics
)N`ia%p_] 8.4 The Schrödinger Equation
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<k}>eGn 8.6 Radiative Transitions and Selection Rules
L{'qZ#N[ 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
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%+FM$xyJ Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
KdYT5VUM/ 9.1 Introduction
6+m) 9.2 Stimulated Emission and Thermal Radiation
)^g}'V=vIr 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
0>VgO{ X 9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
Ri aO` |1 9.5 Laser Oscillation
@5Ril9J[b 9.6 Optical-Resonaor Theory
ANn {*h 9.7 Gas Lasers
% NX 9.8 Optically Pumped Solid-State Lasers
@QVAsN W:O 9.9 Dye Lasers
:#c? `>uV 9.10 Semiconductor Diode Lasers
n4(w?,w } 9.11 Q-Switching and Mode Locking
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bo\|mvB~ Chapter 10 Ray Optics
"op1x to 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
FhAuTZk 10.2 Lenses
X#1So .}c 10.3 Ray Equations
24 1YJ 10.4 Ray Matrices and Ray Vectors
,t61IU3" 10.5 Periodic Lens Waveguides and Opical Resonators
R 5bt~U Appendix I Relativistic Optics
*Rr,ii 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
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aSXoY G0\ 1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
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N, ;'oL + "p2 $R*ie Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
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)0fQ(3oOg k[y{&f, This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
@Mt6O _V zUIh8cAoE 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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a%*W^R9Ls @ \u)k 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.
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7O[|:Yv One word of caution, I think some graduate school background in Physics and Math is needed for engineers. I am an engineer (
Qaq{UW 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.
$ax a I$bE VGWqy4m Summary: Decent, economical book for optics
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MvL%*("4b >^D"% Oj y 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.
