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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`\;Z&jlpT @^ -Y&N!b= Publisher: Dover Publications
)YAU|sCAi$ Number Of Pages: 336
c VxO \M Publication Date: 1989-06-01
$)9 |"q6 ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
SVn@q|N ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
kb/BE J Binding: Paperback
HOPy&Fp VX8CEO 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.
|Z2"pV ceCO *m~ Summary: Best in its class
&Q}%b7 Rating: 5
6\K\d_x Rj>A", his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
~a ` xI 1) Title says: introduction. So don’t imagine it covers every equation there is. Get Wolf’s book if you like equations that much.
i(cKg&+ktd 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).
!|u ?z% 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.
##xvuLy-6 <Y1 Plc 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…
SvvNk ?{ `7W>G Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
4Nt4(3Kf Rating: 4
;sAGT q Dr%wa b"yy 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.
+YW;63"o T=M##`jP% 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!
_< sN54 leH 7II9 The table of contents are not included in the product description, so I add that here:
=*lBJ-L Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
Z^as ?k(iM 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
qT5"r488 1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
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5.&)hmpg 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
g9V Y{[ V 1.5 Group Velocity
lA/-fUA 1.6 The Doppler Effect
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p XN'vP 2.1 General Remarks
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gSw <C+ 2.3 Linear Polarization
{R @ V 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
m26YAcip} 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
nC% qdzT 2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
Z/?{{}H+ 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
{xov8 M 2.8 The Brewster Angle
(Y7zaA G] 2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
<y^_&9 2.10 Phase Changes in Total Internal Reflection
J9]cs ?`) 2.11 Reflection Matrix
Rky ]F+J Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
_]4 p51r0 3.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition
F5/,S 3.2 Young’s Experiment
a oU" 3.3 The Michelson Interferometer
C&vi7Yx 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
gz[3 xH~ 3.5 Coherence Time and Coherence Length
[{u3g4`} 3.6 Spectral Resolution of a Finite Wave Train. Coherence and Line Width
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]2)A/fOW 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
Bz-jy. 3.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
-XCs?@8EQ Chapter 4 Multiple-Beam Interference
Y01! D"{\ 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
$'Mf$h 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
\#dacQ2E@ 4.3 Resolution of Fabry-Perot Instruments
p 2t0 4p! 4.4 Theory of Multilayer Films
QNU~G3 Chapter 5 Diffraction
&U|c=$ !\ 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
p5or"tK 5.2 Fundamental Theory
EXVZ?NG 5.3 Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
2 y^:T'p 5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
q: FhuOP 5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
~ B JE~ 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
C2v_] ,] 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
^OWG9`p+ Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
J$1H3#VV G 6.1 General Remarks
S}%z0 g< 6.2 Macroscopic Fields and Maxwell’s Equations
h^tCF =S 6.3 The General Wave Equation
'0q$qN 6.4 Propagation of Light in Isotropic Dielectrics. Dispersion
yFDe Y PZP 6.5 Propagation of Light in Conducting Media
.aY $-Y < 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
T Q4L~ 8 6.7 Propagation of Light in Crystals
]Rxo}A 6.8 Double Refraction at a Boundary
ur'<8pDb$ 6.9 Optical Activity
{P~rf&Ee 6.10 Faraday Rotation in Solids
IV. })8 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
3_XLx{["' 6.12 Nonlinear Optics
9c)#j&2? H Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
#vV]nI<MF. 7.1 Thermal Radiation
%hYgG;22 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
EyPJ Jc8 7.3 Modes of Electromagnetic Radiation in a Cavity
l|gi2~ %Y 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
zQY ,}a 7.5 Quantization of Cavity Radiation
o$.#A]Flb 7.6 Photon Statistics. Planck’s Formula
klm>/MXI` 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
g3NUw/]# 7.8 Momentum of a Photon. Light Pressure
(=7"zE Cq# 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
o(jLirnk 7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
!mUJ["# 7.11 Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
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xE?KJ 8.1 General Remarks
`K.B` 8.2 Elementary Theory of Atomic Spectra
!9/`PcNIpy 8.3 Quantum Mechanics
~bb6NP;'L 8.4 The Schrödinger Equation
k Mch 8.5 Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom
uM[|>t 8.6 Radiative Transitions and Selection Rules
xNOKa* 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
@L!^2 v 8.8 Multiplicity in the Spectra of Many-Electron Atoms. Spectroscopic Notation
8~C}0H 8.9 Molecular Spectra
ftPps - 8.10 Atomic-Energy Levels in Solids
Yt(FSb31H Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
! s =$UC 9.1 Introduction
nA ,=g '7S 9.2 Stimulated Emission and Thermal Radiation
d|NW&PG 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
Y%"$v0D 9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
lUEbxN 9.5 Laser Oscillation
IVSC7SBiT 9.6 Optical-Resonaor Theory
T"Y#u 9.7 Gas Lasers
0@ "'SKq 9.8 Optically Pumped Solid-State Lasers
AEyD?^? 9.9 Dye Lasers
J 2VPOn 9.10 Semiconductor Diode Lasers
?; W"=I*3 9.11 Q-Switching and Mode Locking
d5gwc5X 9.12 The Ring Laser
/C!~v!;e Chapter 10 Ray Optics
q%;cu1^"M 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
~&)\8@2 10.2 Lenses
u9S*2' 10.3 Ray Equations
[l5jPL}6 10.4 Ray Matrices and Ray Vectors
ESV./~K 10.5 Periodic Lens Waveguides and Opical Resonators
G^)]FwTs Appendix I Relativistic Optics
*b) (-#w3 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
*J[ P#y 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
5 [~HL_u;, 1.3 Relativistic Effects in Optics
Bn&P@C$7 1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
PM[ W7g T References
JE9v+a{7 Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
_9lMa 7i n>.@@ Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
i; %G Z8 Rating: 5
-&2Z/qM&! +j <WP This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
G)< B7-72; RG45S0Ygj 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.
P dO"e ZiuD0#"! 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.
7/<~s]D[% GW>F:<p Summary: For the price Great
75Z|meG~ Rating: 5
A_@. .hX( t!rrYBSCr 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.
a.%ps: _WWC8?6 U One word of caution, I think some graduate school background in Physics and Math is needed for engineers. I am an engineer (
SzpUCr" 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.
zS;ruK%2 O.Pp*sQ^ Summary: Decent, economical book for optics
RM_% u=jC Rating: 4
>WLX5i& Xf&YcHo 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.
