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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EK=0oy[ '_4apyq| Publisher: Dover Publications
%m f)BC Number Of Pages: 336
u8KQ V7E Publication Date: 1989-06-01
n/(}|xYU ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
48^C+#Jbc ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
4G F3.?3 Binding: Paperback
D!Y@Og. \3^V-/SJf 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.
i&lW&] +@!\3a 4! Summary: Best in its class
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L-E?1qhP> yp$jLBA his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
#~/9cVm$ 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).
kP [fhOpn 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.
%i3[x.M //|B?4kk 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…
V6[jhdb J5Zz*'av' Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
0]*W0#{Zj Rating: 4
Xw'sh#i2 R[l`# I 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.
W[DoQ @ q F*#!hWtb 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!
} %?or_f/ @fm p2!?6 The table of contents are not included in the product description, so I add that here:
z(Uz<*h8 Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
@]#[TbNo 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
!y~nsy:&7x 1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
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1.3 Plane Harmonic Waves. Phase Velocity
go y DG/ 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
AEnkx!o 1.5 Group Velocity
@0P Wbs$ 1.6 The Doppler Effect
6?%$e$s Chapter 2 The Vectorial Nature of Light
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oqh@ (<% 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
NY<qoV 2.3 Linear Polarization
t^K Qv ~ 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
(n .IK/: 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
G) [gLD{g? 2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
o:ow"cOEf 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
FIfLDT+ Wh 2.8 The Brewster Angle
LlgFQfu8 2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
+{ =U!}3| 2.10 Phase Changes in Total Internal Reflection
>f Hu 2.11 Reflection Matrix
z7XI`MZN^ Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
[^}bc-9?i 3.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition
*a\x!c" 3.2 Young’s Experiment
9]ZfSn) 3.3 The Michelson Interferometer
W0mvwYON[ 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
e<=Nd,v4; 3.5 Coherence Time and Coherence Length
ltk ARc3 3.6 Spectral Resolution of a Finite Wave Train. Coherence and Line Width
,Nw2cv}D 3.7 Spatial Coherence
;:oJFI#; 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
XX90 Is 3.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
q%q +2P> Chapter 4 Multiple-Beam Interference
,.2qh |Ol 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
> r(`4M: 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
Z?qLn6y1W 4.3 Resolution of Fabry-Perot Instruments
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JBHPI@Qt% Chapter 5 Diffraction
-wx~* 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
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p ]jLs|tat 5.3 Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
;AVIt!(L~V 5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
vJi<P Q6 5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
`_1fa7,z 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
.Ow8C 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
](n)bF+ym Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
9S9j 6.1 General Remarks
GSS mlJ` 6.2 Macroscopic Fields and Maxwell’s Equations
o[eZ"}~ 6.3 The General Wave Equation
pN9U1!|uam 6.4 Propagation of Light in Isotropic Dielectrics. Dispersion
ADOA&r[ 6.5 Propagation of Light in Conducting Media
u' kG(<0Y 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
%zY5'$v ` 6.7 Propagation of Light in Crystals
\v=@' 6.8 Double Refraction at a Boundary
;<T,W[3J 6.9 Optical Activity
GNuIcy 6.10 Faraday Rotation in Solids
' e!W Zvr 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
h$9ut@I 6.12 Nonlinear Optics
/%jX=S.5h< Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
x%ccNP0 7.1 Thermal Radiation
G `3{Q7k 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
pZ*%zt]-a 7.3 Modes of Electromagnetic Radiation in a Cavity
-@]b7J?`k 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
*CQZ6&^ 7.5 Quantization of Cavity Radiation
FAc^[~E 7.6 Photon Statistics. Planck’s Formula
KlS#f 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
j$ lf>.[I 7.8 Momentum of a Photon. Light Pressure
-'D ~nd${ 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
5wAKA`p"z 7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
/+`%u&< 7.11 Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
':tdb$h Chapter 8 Optical Spectra
@x!+_z 8.1 General Remarks
s3@mk\?qMe 8.2 Elementary Theory of Atomic Spectra
8Ed axeDq 8.3 Quantum Mechanics
+hispU3ia 8.4 The Schrödinger Equation
w?8\9\ ;? 8.5 Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom
Sa@'?ApH 8.6 Radiative Transitions and Selection Rules
+`1~zcu 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
v{"yrC 8.8 Multiplicity in the Spectra of Many-Electron Atoms. Spectroscopic Notation
z>y# ^f)r 8.9 Molecular Spectra
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^\`a-l^ Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
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a -F I`Dv 9.2 Stimulated Emission and Thermal Radiation
aqQ+A:g 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
|dqESl,2 9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
T2 rBH]5 9.5 Laser Oscillation
(@ !K tW 9.6 Optical-Resonaor Theory
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gE^p On 9.8 Optically Pumped Solid-State Lasers
?fC9) s 9.9 Dye Lasers
9 MI9$s2y 9.10 Semiconductor Diode Lasers
7hPw a3D^ 9.11 Q-Switching and Mode Locking
:Ru8Nm 9.12 The Ring Laser
6=,zkU*i ^ Chapter 10 Ray Optics
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@b., pwZF 10.2 Lenses
),Yk53G6c 10.3 Ray Equations
+|X`cmn uU 10.4 Ray Matrices and Ray Vectors
&!WRa@x0I 10.5 Periodic Lens Waveguides and Opical Resonators
Qmo}esb'( Appendix I Relativistic Optics
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@+p(% 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
M?}:N_9<J 1.3 Relativistic Effects in Optics
j%bC9UkE3 1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
Rcw[`q3/ References
4 <E < sD Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
2.MUQ;OX -}!mi V Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
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<,/ 7:n c jg~?R This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
4 J(-~ BV7P_!vt 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.
, .;0xyc s7:H 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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a:HN#P)12 Rating: 5
ZPb30 M0 }KIS_krs 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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^3v # One word of caution, I think some graduate school background in Physics and Math is needed for engineers. I am an engineer (
aTeW# :m 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.
[ @"6:tTU C^B $_? Summary: Decent, economical book for optics
k_1@?&3 Rating: 4
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, kMnG1K 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.
