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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qtQ6cq Ld Number Of Pages: 336
#nPQ!NB/ Publication Date: 1989-06-01
Bx4w )9+3 ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
Z*= $8 e@ ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
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xY^ %& n 9|gr0&#~j 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.
yU-e3O7 L :6 Lx@ Summary: Best in its class
)]H-BIuGm Rating: 5
s)6 U_ \(^nSy&N his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
j;-1J_e5 1) Title says: introduction. So don’t imagine it covers every equation there is. Get Wolf’s book if you like equations that much.
g9Xu@N;bL 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).
vPTM 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.
= 's(| U$W xHYo To be fair, the book is not without flaws. One obvious is the name implied recent advances (although different people use modern optics differently), while the book was last revised in 1975. Nonetheless, the key component of modern optics are mostly there, unless you are into cutting edge advances. It might be more appropriate to name it as “intro to physical optics”, then again the author added a section of ray optics at the end of the book…
G2Qlt@.T 3 +G$-ru Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
'z%o16F)L Rating: 4
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)W;o<:x3 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.
%R}.#,Suo ECrex>zr% 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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$+Z) Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
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, 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
9NQlI1W z4 1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
;kS &A( 1.3 Plane Harmonic Waves. Phase Velocity
'+?"iVVo 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
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1.6 The Doppler Effect
4GY[7^ Chapter 2 The Vectorial Nature of Light
(nlvl?\d 2.1 General Remarks
y}My.c 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
3c]b)n~Y 2.3 Linear Polarization
]%wVHC 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
C1m]*}U 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
e%@~MQ- 2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
1^7hf;|#g 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
}NzpiY9 2.8 The Brewster Angle
pgE}NlW 2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
4{rZp pm 2.10 Phase Changes in Total Internal Reflection
HUv/ ~^< 2.11 Reflection Matrix
gy 3i+J Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
{MCi<7j<? 3.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition
U |Jo{(Y 3.2 Young’s Experiment
#><.oreXq 3.3 The Michelson Interferometer
{f2S/$q 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
2.l Z:VLN 3.5 Coherence Time and Coherence Length
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Y&d00 3.7 Spatial Coherence
jv %kOovj 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
-EkWs/'h 3.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
<SgM@0m Chapter 4 Multiple-Beam Interference
ktFhc3);! 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
#S sx!+q? 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
T|7}EAR=b 4.3 Resolution of Fabry-Perot Instruments
%_RQx2 4.4 Theory of Multilayer Films
Lvq >v0| Chapter 5 Diffraction
s;S ?;(QI 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
T arIPp 5.2 Fundamental Theory
}L+ L"l& 5.3 Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
w$z }r 5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
UEM(@zD] 5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
7hlO#PYZ 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
A: 5x| 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
H%UL%l$ Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
/ %}*Xh 6.1 General Remarks
JEahGzO 6.2 Macroscopic Fields and Maxwell’s Equations
{mZC$U' 6.3 The General Wave Equation
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6.4 Propagation of Light in Isotropic Dielectrics. Dispersion
2jg- 6.5 Propagation of Light in Conducting Media
<a cUKfpY 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
\?0&0;5 6.7 Propagation of Light in Crystals
/ ';0H_ 6.8 Double Refraction at a Boundary
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w+#C-&z 6.10 Faraday Rotation in Solids
5 44X1Ww2 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
7\ $qFF-y 6.12 Nonlinear Optics
)}D'<^=#T Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
ysxb?6 7.1 Thermal Radiation
e vrXo"3 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
FbaEB RM 7.3 Modes of Electromagnetic Radiation in a Cavity
u37'~&o{U 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
)uj Ex7&c 7.5 Quantization of Cavity Radiation
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kP#B5K_U| 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
&x[E;P *Fg 7.8 Momentum of a Photon. Light Pressure
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*1p|5!4c 7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
M)' HCnvs' 7.11 Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
Bg5Wba%NK Chapter 8 Optical Spectra
^?0DP >XA 8.1 General Remarks
l6YtEHNG 8.2 Elementary Theory of Atomic Spectra
e +$p9k~ 8.3 Quantum Mechanics
k2c}3 MeP 8.4 The Schrödinger Equation
k7?N ?7w 8.5 Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom
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k9 "[H' 8.8 Multiplicity in the Spectra of Many-Electron Atoms. Spectroscopic Notation
Qy^1*j<@& 8.9 Molecular Spectra
UDL!43 K 8.10 Atomic-Energy Levels in Solids
x(hE3S #+ Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
_/uFsYC 9.1 Introduction
x_| UPF 9.2 Stimulated Emission and Thermal Radiation
,Sq/y~ 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
vwjPmOjhS 9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
_LMM,!f 9.5 Laser Oscillation
)PG6gZYW 9.6 Optical-Resonaor Theory
?u/@PR\D 9.7 Gas Lasers
{5%5}[/x 9.8 Optically Pumped Solid-State Lasers
Izhee%c 9.9 Dye Lasers
_hRcc"MS` 9.10 Semiconductor Diode Lasers
!/}O>v~o 9.11 Q-Switching and Mode Locking
qfL~Wp2E; 9.12 The Ring Laser
SSz~YR^}Sr Chapter 10 Ray Optics
xC*6vH]? 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
w[9|cg CY 10.2 Lenses
' MEz|Z 10.3 Ray Equations
c_-drS 10.4 Ray Matrices and Ray Vectors
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QW $ G Appendix I Relativistic Optics
3HLNCt09 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
5b!vgm#]) 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
+W:= e,= 1.3 Relativistic Effects in Optics
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#JgH}|&a$ Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
KN S.Nw7 [q/Abz'i Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
qQA}Z*( m Rating: 5
+?u~APjNN D B-l $rj This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
AvdXEY(- plb !.g It’s a beautifully concise and remarkably clear introduction to the main principles of modern optics - the ones that you are going to need over and over again as you continue into the subject.
Y' %^NP}o o_@4Sl8 This book gives you a great overview and set of basic foundations for every-day modern optics. I return to it often for little insights and reminders, even after 37 years in the business.
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D}dn.$ 4a'N>eDR 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.
FN\E*@>X= A6:e s_ One word of caution, I think some graduate school background in Physics and Math is needed for engineers. I am an engineer (
BFL`!^ 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.
t?}zdI(4 ]z l [H7 Summary: Decent, economical book for optics
B$b +Ymu Rating: 4
|K.m P4CKY .WPV dwV4U 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.
