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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oywiX@]~7 \tgY2 : Publisher: Dover Publications
)g :5} + Number Of Pages: 336
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-m`|S q ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
+~"IF+T RH ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
( :bf m Binding: Paperback
v^&HZk=( ; <FAc 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.
q-z1ElrN7u 5Dkb/Ia gi Summary: Best in its class
gT8(LDJ Rating: 5
2* g2UP S|=)^$: his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
b~^'P 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).
K28L(4 ) 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.
V[.{cY ?6 w[z=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…
':4ny]F 6/;YS[jX Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
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v/ry" W K\-N'M!Z 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.
]>~.U ~ "==c 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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j}Tv/O,f Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
z_'^=9m 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
O em1=QpaC 1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
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|b\? 1.3 Plane Harmonic Waves. Phase Velocity
}d5]N 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
qK'mF#n0# 1.5 Group Velocity
j"jssbu} 1.6 The Doppler Effect
ewcFzlA@ Chapter 2 The Vectorial Nature of Light
0j$=K A 2.1 General Remarks
]:f.=" 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
4<s;xSCL 2.3 Linear Polarization
fS} Eu4Xe 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
Uv59 XF$ 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
72| g zm 2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
0/~p1SSun 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
}6l:'nW 2.8 The Brewster Angle
E zcch1 2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
jO"/5 x26 2.10 Phase Changes in Total Internal Reflection
@C-dCC? 2.11 Reflection Matrix
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^fKKsfIf 3.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition
I e!KIU 3.2 Young’s Experiment
UusAsezm: 3.3 The Michelson Interferometer
b$2=w^* 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
{ZUk!o>m@ 3.5 Coherence Time and Coherence Length
nIH(2j 3.6 Spectral Resolution of a Finite Wave Train. Coherence and Line Width
@IL@|Srs8 3.7 Spatial Coherence
,GWa3.&.d 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
<w&'E6mU 3.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
9{u/|,rq1 Chapter 4 Multiple-Beam Interference
xpa+R^D5G 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
@%g:'^/ 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
<2* +Y|Lk2 4.3 Resolution of Fabry-Perot Instruments
kX V 4.4 Theory of Multilayer Films
C=c&.-Nb9 Chapter 5 Diffraction
@{V`g8P> 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
%w_MR C 5.2 Fundamental Theory
="T}mc 5.3 Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
h(2{+Y+ 5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
p!DdX 5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
OY"BaSEOw} 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
tQj=m_ 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
ft8 Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
$I`,nN 6.1 General Remarks
v*excl~ 6.2 Macroscopic Fields and Maxwell’s Equations
2;:]Q.g 6.3 The General Wave Equation
S%p,.0_ 6.4 Propagation of Light in Isotropic Dielectrics. Dispersion
)cN=/i 6.5 Propagation of Light in Conducting Media
V13^SVM 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
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f: q2JgX 6.8 Double Refraction at a Boundary
!h&h;m/c 6.9 Optical Activity
1|*% 6.10 Faraday Rotation in Solids
/L,iF?7 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
]mBlXE:Z 6.12 Nonlinear Optics
El`G<esX Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
+S V!QMIg 7.1 Thermal Radiation
,DKW_F| 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
Uwiy@ T Z 7.3 Modes of Electromagnetic Radiation in a Cavity
eJOo~HIWQ 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
<c` ,fd8 7.5 Quantization of Cavity Radiation
_uh@fRyh 7.6 Photon Statistics. Planck’s Formula
;).QhHeg> 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
;XY#Jl>tg 7.8 Momentum of a Photon. Light Pressure
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% |}7YH41 7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
sN[q. M? 7.11 Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
w2"]%WS % Chapter 8 Optical Spectra
4>=Y@z 8.1 General Remarks
n-9X<t|*?a 8.2 Elementary Theory of Atomic Spectra
+],2smd@N 8.3 Quantum Mechanics
yOjTiVQ9 8.4 The Schrödinger Equation
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o,1Fzdh6( 8.6 Radiative Transitions and Selection Rules
tV.96P;)/9 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
hEF n> 8.8 Multiplicity in the Spectra of Many-Electron Atoms. Spectroscopic Notation
#"-w;T%b 8.9 Molecular Spectra
x@@k_'~t% 8.10 Atomic-Energy Levels in Solids
YWhS< }^ Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
9OF(UF gS 9.1 Introduction
$<wU>X 9.2 Stimulated Emission and Thermal Radiation
+]Bx4r?p 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
~xZ )btf 9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
%c c<>Hi 9.5 Laser Oscillation
ctC! b{S"@ 9.6 Optical-Resonaor Theory
+fF4]WF P 9.7 Gas Lasers
jK=-L#hz 9.8 Optically Pumped Solid-State Lasers
4s&koH(x 9.9 Dye Lasers
C"}]PW 9.10 Semiconductor Diode Lasers
Xo4K!U>TzZ 9.11 Q-Switching and Mode Locking
YsjTC$Tx, 9.12 The Ring Laser
5|[\Se# Chapter 10 Ray Optics
`_e 1LEH 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
EJrQ9"x&n 10.2 Lenses
"6'# L, 10.3 Ray Equations
*O-si%@] 10.4 Ray Matrices and Ray Vectors
@6DV?VL 10.5 Periodic Lens Waveguides and Opical Resonators
| w^nCsv Appendix I Relativistic Optics
8>^O]5Wo`X 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
Ps MCs|* 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
;(Qm<JAa 1.3 Relativistic Effects in Optics
5@Lz4 ` 1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
oY%NDTVN References
` Axn Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
F_%&,"$ F U~:9EEx Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
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a@ This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
au 1(.( 3m`y?Dd 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.
A =k{Rl{LA 5SY( :! 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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Ik|nL#JH] <[Gk hPfZ 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.
Y f(QU`w_ >H?{=H+/# One word of caution, I think some graduate school background in Physics and Math is needed for engineers. I am an engineer (
]q@6&]9 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.
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5Y97?n+6 Rating: 4
2^7VDqLc HI30 -$9 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.
