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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Q 9T/@FX m[aBHA^g Publisher: Dover Publications
F:$*0! Number Of Pages: 336
`L~gERW# Publication Date: 1989-06-01
FYBW3y+AF& ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
M=rH*w{^ ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
]?p 9)d=%< Binding: Paperback
u uaoBf |)KOy~" A complete basic undergraduate-level course in modern optics for students in physics, technology and engineering. The first half deals with classical physical optics; the second, the quantum nature of light. Many applications of the laser to optics are integrated throughout the text. Problems and answers. 170 illustrations.
,"e n7 6(pa2 Summary: Best in its class
t[e`wj+qz Rating: 5
m!Y4+KTwD` C>NLZM T his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
8kdJ;%^N 1) Title says: introduction. So don’t imagine it covers every equation there is. Get Wolf’s book if you like equations that much.
\u4`6EYF ? 2) Short but concise on
key subjects. To do that, you have to skip a lot of intro/background or equations, that’s why there are references and citations (and better bricks/bug killers).
aU\R!Y$/" 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.
a~*wZJ oaac.7.fV 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…
w;b;rHAZ\ R1cOUV,y[/ Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
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/\ x@*RF:\} 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.
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c:J[ 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!
l=&\luNz q2+`a;_S The table of contents are not included in the product description, so I add that here:
m!- R}PQC Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
q<XleC 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
Hb&C; lk 1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
:pJK Z2B, 1.3 Plane Harmonic Waves. Phase Velocity
`g+Kv&546 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
\"7U,y', 1.5 Group Velocity
[,y Yr 1.6 The Doppler Effect
2rGg Chapter 2 The Vectorial Nature of Light
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jvQpf d 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
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bHRRgR`, 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
{Gvv^.H 7 2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
i'YM9* yN 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
X ..<U}e 2.8 The Brewster Angle
Ghf/IXq# 2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
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'H8b+ 2.11 Reflection Matrix
GR,gCtG+L Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
c#zx" ,K 3.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition
'wA4yJ < 3.2 Young’s Experiment
]KM 3G 3.3 The Michelson Interferometer
bLsN?_jy 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
fR&x5Ika0 3.5 Coherence Time and Coherence Length
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;q33t% j 3.7 Spatial Coherence
e_+SBN1`P& 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
jZgCDA8Mr! 3.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
*@ eZt*_ Chapter 4 Multiple-Beam Interference
VQ7A"&hh 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
Yln[ZmK9g 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
-uei nd] 4.3 Resolution of Fabry-Perot Instruments
@5j3[e 4.4 Theory of Multilayer Films
P$v9 Chapter 5 Diffraction
%~I%*=o[ 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
p~yGp] yJ9 5.2 Fundamental Theory
AhU 5.3 Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
ih=O#f| 5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
('6sW/F*ab 5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
UO( ?EELm 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
J-ErG! 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
CwaW> (`v Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
xM:9XhH1 6.1 General Remarks
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}qg.Go 6.3 The General Wave Equation
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.cK<jF@ ' 6.5 Propagation of Light in Conducting Media
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~COd(,ul 6.7 Propagation of Light in Crystals
glomwny 6.8 Double Refraction at a Boundary
-Mzm~@_s] 6.9 Optical Activity
E` b<^l` 6.10 Faraday Rotation in Solids
i4\DSQJ 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
6& KcO:}- 6.12 Nonlinear Optics
Qe;R3D=T; Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
8X# \T /U 7.1 Thermal Radiation
d`3>@*NR< 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
YhO-ecN 7.3 Modes of Electromagnetic Radiation in a Cavity
@a}\]REn 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
aa&\HDh * 7.5 Quantization of Cavity Radiation
@DuSii#.S 7.6 Photon Statistics. Planck’s Formula
;3&HZq6Z ( 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
_ykT(`.# 7.8 Momentum of a Photon. Light Pressure
Xz!O }M{4 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
C/ENJ& 7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
" H| hN 7.11 Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
}CQ)W1mO" Chapter 8 Optical Spectra
(%)<jg1 8.1 General Remarks
j[|mC;y. 8.2 Elementary Theory of Atomic Spectra
^oDSU7j5, 8.3 Quantum Mechanics
v5 I}a7 8.4 The Schrödinger Equation
;uaZp.<um& 8.5 Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom
%Kr f,H 8.6 Radiative Transitions and Selection Rules
S8 Y ti 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
o{OY1 ;=6 8.8 Multiplicity in the Spectra of Many-Electron Atoms. Spectroscopic Notation
)|B3TjH C 8.9 Molecular Spectra
k? !'OHmBL 8.10 Atomic-Energy Levels in Solids
qsHjqK@( Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
l~ZIv 9.1 Introduction
Fjw+D1q. 9.2 Stimulated Emission and Thermal Radiation
jfjT::f>l 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
S3sxK: 9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
=6xxZy[ 9.5 Laser Oscillation
W$`p ,$ .n 9.6 Optical-Resonaor Theory
Pk^W+M_)~ 9.7 Gas Lasers
dPmNX-'7 9.8 Optically Pumped Solid-State Lasers
%YwIR .o 9.9 Dye Lasers
?d Y|,_O 9.10 Semiconductor Diode Lasers
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94xWMX2 9.12 The Ring Laser
A;7At!kK Chapter 10 Ray Optics
u%Ay W 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
kB=\a( 10.2 Lenses
Qn`Fq,uvL 10.3 Ray Equations
cc:,,T /i 10.4 Ray Matrices and Ray Vectors
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W*9*^ Appendix I Relativistic Optics
%Iv*u sXP 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
%Mr^~7nN 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
M1J77 LfS8 1.3 Relativistic Effects in Optics
tQ Ia6c4| 1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
,L$, d References
CQ:38l\`gd Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
b>f{o_ V2IurDE Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
O^sOv!!RH/ Rating: 5
@] @6(To v_I)eac z This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
0%"sOth >%c7|\q[ R It’s a beautifully concise and remarkably clear introduction to the main principles of modern optics - the ones that you are going to need over and over again as you continue into the subject.
d< b ,]. @<C<rB8R This book gives you a great overview and set of basic foundations for every-day modern optics. I return to it often for little insights and reminders, even after 37 years in the business.
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lFbf9s:$B !uSG 1j" y 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.
;lc/FV[/ Q[ MWzsx One word of caution, I think some graduate school background in Physics and Math is needed for engineers. I am an engineer (
LyG&FOf? 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.
rA[wC%% .?)gn]# Summary: Decent, economical book for optics
XY!0yAK(! Rating: 4
Yqb3g(0 dQJ)0!B 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.
