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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=Smd/'`_ 8vuTF*{yZ Publisher: Dover Publications
N~flao ^ Number Of Pages: 336
?7NSp2aq2A Publication Date: 1989-06-01
`v H|P ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
zH~P-MqC ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
6agq ^wI Binding: Paperback
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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.
n,F yK`x <<LLEdB Summary: Best in its class
ML >M:Ik+ Rating: 5
ht%qjE b[:,p?:@ his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
iz=cjmV? 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).
]<<,{IQ 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.
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N,'h 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…
L6CI9C;-b kFE9}0- Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
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@ovaOX 0s-K oz 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.
MDytA0M XB!qPh . 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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Y\& Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
=l:V9u-I^ 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
u)Kiwa 1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
J\@g3oGw 1.3 Plane Harmonic Waves. Phase Velocity
bXJ(QXHd% 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
JL4E ` 1.5 Group Velocity
b z>\n"' 1.6 The Doppler Effect
C')KZ|JIC Chapter 2 The Vectorial Nature of Light
WA2NjxYz 2.1 General Remarks
lt-3 OcC 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
Lx>[`QT 2.3 Linear Polarization
,j X K 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
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}*bp4 <| 2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
Q 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
MUbKl X 2.8 The Brewster Angle
3!F^ vZ. 2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
T(u; <}e@[ 2.10 Phase Changes in Total Internal Reflection
0& )6mO 2.11 Reflection Matrix
*@bz<{! Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
^Lb\k|U ,\ 3.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition
X~& 8^? 3.2 Young’s Experiment
<5%*"v 3.3 The Michelson Interferometer
Jvc<j:{^w 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
b4wT3 3.5 Coherence Time and Coherence Length
/1Gmga5 3.6 Spectral Resolution of a Finite Wave Train. Coherence and Line Width
#C } + 3.7 Spatial Coherence
3:Nc`tM_ 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
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W5'6L =WG Chapter 4 Multiple-Beam Interference
*~ GI-h 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
MS#" TG/) 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
%Qz<Lk">. 4.3 Resolution of Fabry-Perot Instruments
y@v)kN)Y9\ 4.4 Theory of Multilayer Films
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W*s=No3C 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
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cZ )JvU9] 5.3 Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
w_>\Yd [ 5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
oUsfO-dET^ 5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
MR,I`9P e 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
423% K$710 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
[2xu`HT02 Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
|BM#r fQ 6.1 General Remarks
Sr Nc 6.2 Macroscopic Fields and Maxwell’s Equations
u (3 uZ: 6.3 The General Wave Equation
k waZn ~ 6.4 Propagation of Light in Isotropic Dielectrics. Dispersion
tvf.K+ 6.5 Propagation of Light in Conducting Media
- q9m@!L 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
JtY$AP$ 6.7 Propagation of Light in Crystals
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7]Qxt%7/> 6.9 Optical Activity
4jDi3MMU9 6.10 Faraday Rotation in Solids
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W=EcbH9/.) Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
Tv'1IE 7.1 Thermal Radiation
} l+_KA 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
&Y @),S9 7.3 Modes of Electromagnetic Radiation in a Cavity
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cly p0`,7 7.5 Quantization of Cavity Radiation
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v+x rn z 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
`D= OEc 7.8 Momentum of a Photon. Light Pressure
5"40{3 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
du }HTrsC 7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
CR.d 3!&28 7.11 Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
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6oQ7u90z* 8.1 General Remarks
bxPa|s? 8.2 Elementary Theory of Atomic Spectra
7;@YR 8.3 Quantum Mechanics
0sSBw G 8.4 The Schrödinger Equation
vv)w@A:Vn) 8.5 Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom
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QqF*SaO> 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
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q1YNp`]0i8 Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
:(OV{ u 9.1 Introduction
GGwwdB\x' 9.2 Stimulated Emission and Thermal Radiation
6(?@B^S>2 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
E`HA0/ 9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
Am3j:|>* 9.5 Laser Oscillation
o$->|k 9.6 Optical-Resonaor Theory
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a'-xCV|^ 9.10 Semiconductor Diode Lasers
lMW6D0^ 9.11 Q-Switching and Mode Locking
Y:+:>[F 9.12 The Ring Laser
GCQOjqiR Chapter 10 Ray Optics
, 0HID:& 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
}Gb^%1%M 10.2 Lenses
n}b/9 10.3 Ray Equations
qooTRqc#, 10.4 Ray Matrices and Ray Vectors
VIGLl'8p 10.5 Periodic Lens Waveguides and Opical Resonators
@ >'Wiq! Appendix I Relativistic Optics
hC{2LLu;n 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
tculG|/ 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
_ {^F8 1.3 Relativistic Effects in Optics
9\Rk(dd 1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
K4 Nz I9@ References
.ozBa778u Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
=$~x] V^D 1:9i Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
R(y`dQy<K Rating: 5
*2pE39 "/^kFsvp This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
t':*~b{V@7 N8r+Q%ov 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.
Z^mIGy} \(f82kv 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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WV|9d}5 yYk? K<ou 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.
@oh J' )086u8w )y One word of caution, I think some graduate school background in Physics and Math is needed for engineers. I am an engineer (
bDw\;bnG 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.
[sPLu)q2 \q-["W34 Summary: Decent, economical book for optics
+ C`vO5 \0 Rating: 4
Y'6P ~C;v ONcS,oHW 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.
