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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E)80S.V 8yE%X!E Publisher: Dover Publications
R?bn,T> Number Of Pages: 336
~. W= Publication Date: 1989-06-01
lRv#1'Y ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
8!uL-_ Bn ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
^Cc8F3os= Binding: Paperback
;zZ ,3pl-E >w2Q 1! 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.
` CA G8D jiwpDB& [ Summary: Best in its class
4V 228>9w Rating: 5
A#Q0{z@H 1!>bhH}{D his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
@zr8%8n 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).
^sT +5M^ 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.
!@^y)v %\X P: 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…
y$j1?7 5:*5j@/S Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
`z3|M#r\; Rating: 4
f[ JI/H> MfXt +c`r If you’re studying optics in a college class using Hecht’s classic text, or if you are an engineer who needs an overview of the subject, this is a good practical and economical introduction to the subject. However, be aware that this book is short on two components - details of derivations of mathematical formulas and illustrations. That is not to say they do not exist, it is just to say that at several points during the book I could have been aided in my comprehension by either an illustration or derivation that simply wasn’t there.
d7W%zg \T fuNl4BU There are end of chapter exercises included, and there are solutions to selected odd problems in the back of the book. However, there are no details as to how those solutions were arrived at. If you are an engineer, the only way to really be sure that you understand a subject is to solve problems. Thus I suggest Schaum’s Outline of Optics by Hecht for that task. Often the solutions to problems in that outline are the mathematical details that are missing in this book!
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#$rf-E5g-K Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
Z7/vrME6 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
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1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
~@[(N]=q 1.3 Plane Harmonic Waves. Phase Velocity
1-6gB@cvQ 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
:b <-[8d& 1.5 Group Velocity
"xD}6(NL(r 1.6 The Doppler Effect
U;x1}eFT Chapter 2 The Vectorial Nature of Light
0(Y%,q 2.1 General Remarks
@9_nwf~X4 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
?G4iOiyt 2.3 Linear Polarization
$xRo<,OV+ 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
H o4B 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
457fT | 2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
dr| | !{\ 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
Wk/fB0 2.8 The Brewster Angle
S}zC3 2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
f![xn2T 2.10 Phase Changes in Total Internal Reflection
/Y;+PAy 2.11 Reflection Matrix
C+/E qq^( Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
9USrgY6_ 3.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition
,pDp>-vI% 3.2 Young’s Experiment
yD "] { 3.3 The Michelson Interferometer
Qy{NS.T 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
:FoO Q[Q 3.5 Coherence Time and Coherence Length
H<V+d^qX\w 3.6 Spectral Resolution of a Finite Wave Train. Coherence and Line Width
3xBN10R# 3.7 Spatial Coherence
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2yl6~(JC+ 3.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
m5e\rMN~>\ Chapter 4 Multiple-Beam Interference
Z -pyF K\ 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
jv*Dg ( 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
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5>'?:jY 4.4 Theory of Multilayer Films
ow-+>Y[qZ Chapter 5 Diffraction
^Lsc`<xC 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
(3AYy0J% 5.2 Fundamental Theory
jZa25Z00 5.3 Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
q |n97.vD 5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
])N|[ |$ 5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
NV&;e[z 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
v]66.- 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
XXXl jh6 Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
!$D&6M|C8l 6.1 General Remarks
G5!|y#T 6.2 Macroscopic Fields and Maxwell’s Equations
vAi"$e 6.3 The General Wave Equation
{G Ub'J 6.4 Propagation of Light in Isotropic Dielectrics. Dispersion
+*n] tlk 6.5 Propagation of Light in Conducting Media
63.( j P1; 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
.JNcY]V# 6.7 Propagation of Light in Crystals
'n>K^rA 6.8 Double Refraction at a Boundary
?x:m;z / 6.9 Optical Activity
9Kc0&?q@D 6.10 Faraday Rotation in Solids
{V.Wk 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
vZ:G8K)o( 6.12 Nonlinear Optics
+z+ F- Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
\'[3^/(' 7.1 Thermal Radiation
Xxh sPFv 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
=\M)6" }y} 7.3 Modes of Electromagnetic Radiation in a Cavity
-y%QRO( 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
v,n); 7.5 Quantization of Cavity Radiation
VxNX d? 7.6 Photon Statistics. Planck’s Formula
V:(y*tFA 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
J K[T]|G 7.8 Momentum of a Photon. Light Pressure
m[8IEKo 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
eUYZxe :6 7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
dFzY OG1 7.11 Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
!zU/Hq{wcK Chapter 8 Optical Spectra
HHZ`% 8.1 General Remarks
b~ 1iPaIh 8.2 Elementary Theory of Atomic Spectra
%z30=?VL 8.3 Quantum Mechanics
u',b1 3g( 8.4 The Schrödinger Equation
? 'Cb-C_ 8.5 Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom
Bu &So|@TL 8.6 Radiative Transitions and Selection Rules
3b e6p 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
$Ru&>D#stK 8.8 Multiplicity in the Spectra of Many-Electron Atoms. Spectroscopic Notation
qbH %Hx 8.9 Molecular Spectra
SBC~QD>L+ 8.10 Atomic-Energy Levels in Solids
l@xWQj9 Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
Pv~: gP 9.1 Introduction
!-7_ +v > 9.2 Stimulated Emission and Thermal Radiation
OH>r[,z0 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
AHq M7+r9 9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
tp@*=*^I 9.5 Laser Oscillation
/ HL_$g< 9.6 Optical-Resonaor Theory
C(}^fJ6 r 9.7 Gas Lasers
UnP|]]o:I 9.8 Optically Pumped Solid-State Lasers
Cc2MY m8 9.9 Dye Lasers
I4ebkP gf 9.10 Semiconductor Diode Lasers
AH|Y<\ 9.11 Q-Switching and Mode Locking
C1 tb` 9.12 The Ring Laser
-U7,k\g Chapter 10 Ray Optics
axtb<5& 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
*- 6? 10.2 Lenses
M%3Wy"YQ,n 10.3 Ray Equations
X6'H`E[ 10.4 Ray Matrices and Ray Vectors
5 5^tfu 10.5 Periodic Lens Waveguides and Opical Resonators
w~]T<^fW~ Appendix I Relativistic Optics
S.1( 3j* 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
6s5yyy=L%~ 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
RJ@\W=aZ 1.3 Relativistic Effects in Optics
s"q=2i 1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
Z/gsCYS3F References
/p,{?~0mj Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
z" EWj7 3 9j 0o&Xn Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
=PZWS& (L Rating: 5
z{=v)F5y ##v`(# fu This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
vTHq)C.7G Yh$fQ:yi\& 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.
';Nu& D#Ph IytDvz*| 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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Q,~x# "b`7[ ;a 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.
AX;c}0 g =DC 3a3&% One word of caution, I think some graduate school background in Physics and Math is needed for engineers. I am an engineer (
s%O Y<B@V2 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.
eVx~n(m!} l~ D \;F Summary: Decent, economical book for optics
e8-ehs> Rating: 4
]+ZM/'X {yS;NU`2 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.
