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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Xi.?9J`@ YvX I Publisher: Dover Publications
3R {y68-S Number Of Pages: 336
C"<@EMU9 Publication Date: 1989-06-01
wt;aO _l ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
oJ:J'$W( ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
R3A^VE;qP Binding: Paperback
Gy%e%' !) 34tu2 A complete basic undergraduate-level course in modern optics for students in physics, technology and engineering. The first half deals with classical physical optics; the second, the quantum nature of light. Many applications of the laser to optics are integrated throughout the text. Problems and answers. 170 illustrations.
%\0 Y1!Hw w3D_ c~ Summary: Best in its class
3LR Eue7Gr Rating: 5
Y{=@^4|] oDa{HP\O]W his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
Km7 1) Title says: introduction. So don’t imagine it covers every equation there is. Get Wolf’s book if you like equations that much.
{J$aA6t:"T 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).
u7d]%<~'$F 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.
wQT'~'kL 1S.~-K*X 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…
r8rR _ M{P D2bUSRrb Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
)RFeF!(" Rating: 4
[eRMlSXA Z]<_a) > 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]jVh p H V@:!zM 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!
30@ GFaab >YLm]7v} The table of contents are not included in the product description, so I add that here:
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/~_< Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
j$6}r 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
SCij5il% 1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
>q`X%&l_ 1.3 Plane Harmonic Waves. Phase Velocity
$]FWpr%) 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
zu#o<6E{ 1.5 Group Velocity
"|if<hx+ 1.6 The Doppler Effect
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Chapter 2 The Vectorial Nature of Light
-bwl~3ZTi 2.1 General Remarks
00i9yC8@6 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
bb{+ 2.3 Linear Polarization
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q<VhP 2R 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
|w DCIHzQ 2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
ry'(m M 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
:&m(W Z \ 2.8 The Brewster Angle
=>G A_ 2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
,v"A}g0" 2.10 Phase Changes in Total Internal Reflection
Ty=}A MMyE 2.11 Reflection Matrix
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kml3 Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
=R 05H2hs 3.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition
amRtF r c| 3.2 Young’s Experiment
&+v&Dd& 3.3 The Michelson Interferometer
Q *he%@w 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
k;sUD mrO 3.5 Coherence Time and Coherence Length
yFSL7`p+ 3.6 Spectral Resolution of a Finite Wave Train. Coherence and Line Width
VI?[8@*Z 3.7 Spatial Coherence
Dng^4VRd 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
T1E{NgK 3.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
L$g;^ @j Chapter 4 Multiple-Beam Interference
_3hEYeh 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
b7-a0zaN 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
|fUSq1// 4.3 Resolution of Fabry-Perot Instruments
?Rdi"{.wI 4.4 Theory of Multilayer Films
W>~V?%F&' Chapter 5 Diffraction
.qZ< ROZ 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
x-1[2K1"[ 5.2 Fundamental Theory
W h,kJis< 5.3 Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
CVm*Q[5s" 5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
$Ix^Rm9c 5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
gisZmu0 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
< *[(t;i 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
J8jbtL O' Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
5J,vH[E 6.1 General Remarks
6[cMPp x 6.2 Macroscopic Fields and Maxwell’s Equations
GB#7w82 6.3 The General Wave Equation
~L2Fo~fw 6.4 Propagation of Light in Isotropic Dielectrics. Dispersion
yxH[uJpb 6.5 Propagation of Light in Conducting Media
OHU(?TBo 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
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6.7 Propagation of Light in Crystals
S7bSR?~L[ 6.8 Double Refraction at a Boundary
.Fe EK( 6.9 Optical Activity
wegBMRQVp 6.10 Faraday Rotation in Solids
?1YK-T@ 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
9I,Trk@& 6.12 Nonlinear Optics
8g3 6-8 Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
W|:WAxJ*d 7.1 Thermal Radiation
K&/W cuP & 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
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k@?<Aw8 _X 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
B#=dz,} 7.5 Quantization of Cavity Radiation
R7#B_^ $ 7.6 Photon Statistics. Planck’s Formula
p |z W2L 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
Qi9SN00F. 7.8 Momentum of a Photon. Light Pressure
u!O) \m- 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
"zugnim 7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
`W5f'RU 7.11 Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
o!Y7y1$ Chapter 8 Optical Spectra
CGQ`i 8.1 General Remarks
#}.db?[Rv 8.2 Elementary Theory of Atomic Spectra
w0pH|$"/P 8.3 Quantum Mechanics
Qk((H~I} 8.4 The Schrödinger Equation
]c08` 8.5 Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom
bFcI\Q{4 8.6 Radiative Transitions and Selection Rules
;X8eZQ 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
*cf#:5Nl 8.8 Multiplicity in the Spectra of Many-Electron Atoms. Spectroscopic Notation
vV%w#ULxE~ 8.9 Molecular Spectra
[L:,A{rve 8.10 Atomic-Energy Levels in Solids
-{HA+ YL H Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
_T1|_9b 9.1 Introduction
:p89J\ 9.2 Stimulated Emission and Thermal Radiation
(f7R~le 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
D ,nF 0p 9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
jVr:O ` 9.5 Laser Oscillation
OF}vY0oiw? 9.6 Optical-Resonaor Theory
d%iMjY`~[g 9.7 Gas Lasers
2QdqVwm 9.8 Optically Pumped Solid-State Lasers
BRzrtK 9.9 Dye Lasers
n;[d{bU 9.10 Semiconductor Diode Lasers
^5OR%N) 9.11 Q-Switching and Mode Locking
4h- tR 9.12 The Ring Laser
l2i[wc"9 Chapter 10 Ray Optics
Z<`QDBN"4 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
3{CXIS 10.2 Lenses
"~X AD(T6 10.3 Ray Equations
y6f YNB 10.4 Ray Matrices and Ray Vectors
t\ ym4`" 10.5 Periodic Lens Waveguides and Opical Resonators
1jDN=hIl Appendix I Relativistic Optics
:U=*@p4? 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
g/eE^o ~; 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
A2..gs/ 1.3 Relativistic Effects in Optics
Q/I/>6M7UZ 1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
D/v?nW References
ta %yQd7 Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
#V@[<S2 x tyOG Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
` KB; 3L Rating: 5
/C}u,dBf ^DD ]jx This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
5 y0 N }} RGsgT ^ 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.
bZLY#g7L" ]@0C1 r 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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1N, </<" :pq+SifP 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.
H QX.oW yhc}*BMZ One word of caution, I think some graduate school background in Physics and Math is needed for engineers. I am an engineer (
!c W6dc^ 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.
Qhy!:\&1 <- L}N ' Summary: Decent, economical book for optics
1R-WJph Rating: 4
yw\Q>~$n[= zc K`hS 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.
