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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H+@O Publisher: Dover Publications
D vK}UAj= Number Of Pages: 336
ND I|; Publication Date: 1989-06-01
.IG(Y!cB ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
g@S"!9[;U ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
py,z7_Nuh Binding: Paperback
q'1 rSK gN(8T_r 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.
p~M^' k=d p'_* >%4~ Summary: Best in its class
#^eviF8 Rating: 5
FfP Ce5) u/``* =Y@ his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
N ]5-# 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).
%*Y:Rm'> 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.
g y&B"` :.Np7[~{ 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…
{E!$<A9 :PjHs Np;^ Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
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-,p(PK QDyL0l{C If you’re studying optics in a college class using Hecht’s classic text, or if you are an engineer who needs an overview of the subject, this is a good practical and economical introduction to the subject. However, be aware that this book is short on two components - details of derivations of mathematical formulas and illustrations. That is not to say they do not exist, it is just to say that at several points during the book I could have been aided in my comprehension by either an illustration or derivation that simply wasn’t there.
jMZ{>l.v a[t2T jB There are end of chapter exercises included, and there are solutions to selected odd problems in the back of the book. However, there are no details as to how those solutions were arrived at. If you are an engineer, the only way to really be sure that you understand a subject is to solve problems. Thus I suggest Schaum’s Outline of Optics by Hecht for that task. Often the solutions to problems in that outline are the mathematical details that are missing in this book!
v u 1F 4egq Y0A The table of contents are not included in the product description, so I add that here:
Z.rKV}yjY Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
]X{LZ Yk 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
_ea!psA0 1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
>D*L0snjV 1.3 Plane Harmonic Waves. Phase Velocity
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3D`5 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
1 'Kn:I 1.5 Group Velocity
N 0/DPZX7 1.6 The Doppler Effect
p"Fj6 T2 Chapter 2 The Vectorial Nature of Light
K~C*4H:9 2.1 General Remarks
y<.1+TG 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
Ga$+x++'* 2.3 Linear Polarization
/ 1g_Uv; 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
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2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
bf::bV?T 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
rT5dv3^MW! 2.8 The Brewster Angle
mZ*!$P:vy" 2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
)CEfG 2.10 Phase Changes in Total Internal Reflection
- x @mS2 2.11 Reflection Matrix
e=TB/W_ Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
3 fM~R+p 3.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition
c`AtK s)u 3.2 Young’s Experiment
X >C*(/a 3.3 The Michelson Interferometer
hQPiGIs 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
r#3(;N{= 3.5 Coherence Time and Coherence Length
k)d LJ<EM 3.6 Spectral Resolution of a Finite Wave Train. Coherence and Line Width
b=`h""u 3.7 Spatial Coherence
d z&8$(f, 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
7k{C'\m 3.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
-+ -@Yq$ Chapter 4 Multiple-Beam Interference
;ukwKf s 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
Hj$JXo[U 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
]xfu @ '' 4.3 Resolution of Fabry-Perot Instruments
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BUuNI_?M#5 Chapter 5 Diffraction
| F m( 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
hK&jo( V 5.2 Fundamental Theory
@|idlIey 5.3 Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
+r"{$'{^ 5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
}RDGk+x7| 5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
j0~]o})@i 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
u4, p.mZtb 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
E~3wdOZv1 Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
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00[Uk'Q*5 6.2 Macroscopic Fields and Maxwell’s Equations
5O% Q*\( 6.3 The General Wave Equation
D({% FQ" 6.4 Propagation of Light in Isotropic Dielectrics. Dispersion
@GK0 j"_ 6.5 Propagation of Light in Conducting Media
pMe'fC~* 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
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{.K >9#^m 6.8 Double Refraction at a Boundary
T'"aStt 6 6.9 Optical Activity
DKx8<yEky 6.10 Faraday Rotation in Solids
hjtk q .@ 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
T;IaVMFG|d 6.12 Nonlinear Optics
(i^{\zv Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
4#1[i|:M 7.1 Thermal Radiation
y O; r]`j0 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
$h"tg9L^) 7.3 Modes of Electromagnetic Radiation in a Cavity
QX1QYwcm G 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
Zui2O-L?V 7.5 Quantization of Cavity Radiation
& gnE" 7.6 Photon Statistics. Planck’s Formula
D pI)qg#>V 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
*Fi`o_d9[` 7.8 Momentum of a Photon. Light Pressure
%Q Ch#v=ks 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
E LZCrh6* 7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
FctqE/>}I 7.11 Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
y-w=4_W Chapter 8 Optical Spectra
GsA /pXx 8.1 General Remarks
$6kVhE!; 8.2 Elementary Theory of Atomic Spectra
^mz&L |h 8.3 Quantum Mechanics
WwG78b-OA 8.4 The Schrödinger Equation
jCa%(2~iQ7 8.5 Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom
t ;!v jac 8.6 Radiative Transitions and Selection Rules
$1y 8gm 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
9~2}hXm; 8.8 Multiplicity in the Spectra of Many-Electron Atoms. Spectroscopic Notation
"l &=a1l 8.9 Molecular Spectra
Ue^2H[zs- 8.10 Atomic-Energy Levels in Solids
{7.."@Ob<v Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
?5_~Kn%2 9.1 Introduction
* $~H=4t 9.2 Stimulated Emission and Thermal Radiation
^1^k< 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
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9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
r~&"D#)sy 9.5 Laser Oscillation
QV,X> !Nz 9.6 Optical-Resonaor Theory
9JYrP6I!_ 9.7 Gas Lasers
rf^ Q%ds 9.8 Optically Pumped Solid-State Lasers
uu@Y]0- 9.9 Dye Lasers
3z';Zwz &X 9.10 Semiconductor Diode Lasers
^ ]02)cK 9.11 Q-Switching and Mode Locking
( L} 9.12 The Ring Laser
PeT _Ty Chapter 10 Ray Optics
WDQtj$e+ 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
5N<f\W, 10.2 Lenses
(N{Rda* 8 10.3 Ray Equations
?a?i8rnWo 10.4 Ray Matrices and Ray Vectors
ARvT 10.5 Periodic Lens Waveguides and Opical Resonators
+aR.t@D+"Y Appendix I Relativistic Optics
o!!";q%DX 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
qK NX^n ; 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
VO r*Y B& 1.3 Relativistic Effects in Optics
~b;l08 < 1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
&~gqEl6RF References
itCl CEOA Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
R1OC7 q +EK(r@eV Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
z(V?pHv+ Rating: 5
\i_y (; f'P}]_3( This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
AT Dm$ * '?7th>pC 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.
m} /L MY GPlAQk 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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=+;1^sZ AKs=2N> 7 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.
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v l59|W6 Rating: 4
}%LwaRT S xV(.i' 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.
