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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# *tWhXU Vb++K0CK Publisher: Dover Publications
Uaz$<K6 Number Of Pages: 336
U3tA"X.K Publication Date: 1989-06-01
1"fbQ^4` ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
\1MMz Z4rf ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
*RllKP Y) Binding: Paperback
N3m~nEj LcW:vV|'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.
xsERn F>` Z1Pdnc7S[ Summary: Best in its class
c?t,,\o(} Rating: 5
A>Y#-e;<d zqlgJn his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
B.Y8O^rx 1) Title says: introduction. So don’t imagine it covers every equation there is. Get Wolf’s book if you like equations that much.
9NEL[J| 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).
&57s //PrX 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.
k.6gX < T \1f&D!F]b 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…
%SC%#_7 -oMp@2\ e Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
u}(K3H3 Rating: 4
V+>.Gf "V>p 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.
g+pj1ycw/ slH3c:j\ 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!
2 e9lk$ ~&%&Z The table of contents are not included in the product description, so I add that here:
~ \3j{pr Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
"bm Wr) 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
j1i<.,0g 1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
%<rV~9: 1.3 Plane Harmonic Waves. Phase Velocity
"yG*Kh7ur 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
~fz9Ah U8 1.5 Group Velocity
NA{?DSP 1.6 The Doppler Effect
.[:2M9Rx Chapter 2 The Vectorial Nature of Light
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2.1 General Remarks
q'CtfmI`r= 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
'FC#O%l 2.3 Linear Polarization
ykBq?Vr 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
lr~c w#h* 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
hMQh?sF/ 2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
q6AL}9]9 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
"]kq,j^] 2.8 The Brewster Angle
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2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
" LkI '>3} 2.10 Phase Changes in Total Internal Reflection
]MaD7q>+R 2.11 Reflection Matrix
(>M@Ukam: Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
<wj}y0( 3.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition
wdLl Q D 3.2 Young’s Experiment
a<Ksas'5S 3.3 The Michelson Interferometer
F&)(G\ 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
8i Xt8XY3 3.5 Coherence Time and Coherence Length
2|:x_rcj 3.6 Spectral Resolution of a Finite Wave Train. Coherence and Line Width
%WO4 uOi:@ 3.7 Spatial Coherence
DEN (pA\ 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
g?> V4WF 3.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
"H 3DmsB Chapter 4 Multiple-Beam Interference
K<~J*k<v 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
c?7 Wjy 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
. u^ 4vVz 4.3 Resolution of Fabry-Perot Instruments
!v?WyGbUg 4.4 Theory of Multilayer Films
[e?vqm . Chapter 5 Diffraction
+H6cZ, 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
n"|1A..^ 5.2 Fundamental Theory
i564<1`x 5.3 Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
rw%1> ]os 5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
)Bpvi4 O 5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
3.@ I\p} 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
&!0%"4 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
~ "stI Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
p$!Q?&AV/ 6.1 General Remarks
)I(2t 6i 6.2 Macroscopic Fields and Maxwell’s Equations
k^ e;V`( 6.3 The General Wave Equation
1azj%WY 6.4 Propagation of Light in Isotropic Dielectrics. Dispersion
|N%#;7 6.5 Propagation of Light in Conducting Media
@zq]vX-A_ 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
| \ 6Ff/O 6.7 Propagation of Light in Crystals
&+Yoob]P 6.8 Double Refraction at a Boundary
ty-erdsP 6.9 Optical Activity
E`gUNAKQ 6.10 Faraday Rotation in Solids
XTS%:S 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
"C'T>^qw* 6.12 Nonlinear Optics
gf^XqTLs Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
"fZWAGDBO\ 7.1 Thermal Radiation
G{ 4lgkyy 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
-_+,HyJP 7.3 Modes of Electromagnetic Radiation in a Cavity
T.GB * 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
Jt|W%`X>D 7.5 Quantization of Cavity Radiation
NjP7?nXSx 7.6 Photon Statistics. Planck’s Formula
)L/o|%r! 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
ql2O%B.6? 7.8 Momentum of a Photon. Light Pressure
# "KaRh 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
Ew>lk9 La( 7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
w3Z;&s Fd 7.11 Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
["M L&2|o Chapter 8 Optical Spectra
8XhGo2zf 8.1 General Remarks
(hn;C>B 8.2 Elementary Theory of Atomic Spectra
- EIfuh 8.3 Quantum Mechanics
8}>s{u;W 8.4 The Schrödinger Equation
&)GlLpaT 8.5 Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom
EB2 5N~7 8.6 Radiative Transitions and Selection Rules
&T2qi' 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
(c|Ry[$| 8.8 Multiplicity in the Spectra of Many-Electron Atoms. Spectroscopic Notation
% h "%G=: 8.9 Molecular Spectra
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' T%70)CM~ Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
eiwPp9[08 9.1 Introduction
zot _ jSV 9.2 Stimulated Emission and Thermal Radiation
!lk9U^wnd 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
7 ?a!x$-U( 9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
q~G@S2=}0} 9.5 Laser Oscillation
P2=u -{?~ 9.6 Optical-Resonaor Theory
[&K"OQ^\2h 9.7 Gas Lasers
(ioJ G-2u 9.8 Optically Pumped Solid-State Lasers
_&}z+(Ug 9.9 Dye Lasers
gQ=l\/ H 9.10 Semiconductor Diode Lasers
E=L 1q) 9.11 Q-Switching and Mode Locking
[E 6ZmMB& 9.12 The Ring Laser
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p$1y8Zbor 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
4$MV]ldUI 10.2 Lenses
idSc#n22 10.3 Ray Equations
yYn 7y1B 10.4 Ray Matrices and Ray Vectors
z%~rQa./$ 10.5 Periodic Lens Waveguides and Opical Resonators
A_}6J,*u Appendix I Relativistic Optics
t>%+[7?6 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
qJY EsI2M 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
5%;=( Oig 1.3 Relativistic Effects in Optics
|7@@~|A 1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
;noZmPa References
KxUO=v<u Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
],xvhfZ"dn I.h y"y2& Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
4M*!'sG\ Rating: 5
I6RF;m:Jw )F65sV{ This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
)A=&3Ui)ab KAR **M p+ 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.
= sh3&8 gN5;Uk 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.
B> V)6\ rkWiGiisM Summary: For the price Great
5[|Z ceY Rating: 5
$i"IO p #v}pn2g%> 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.
z\+Ug9Of 7O\ Qxc\ One word of caution, I think some graduate school background in Physics and Math is needed for engineers. I am an engineer (
">x" BP 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.
H rI(uZ] lOu&4Kq{g Summary: Decent, economical book for optics
+ 3c (CTz Rating: 4
&"mWi-Mpl EN;4EC7tE 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.
