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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zuMO1s .*:h9AE7vo Publisher: Dover Publications
jr:drzr{I Number Of Pages: 336
oSmjs Publication Date: 1989-06-01
:l;,m}#@ ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
gW}} 5Xq ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
+[_gyLN<5b Binding: Paperback
&1~Re.* B v4D!7 t&v" 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.
AoIc9E lEX 0 JyqCb l Summary: Best in its class
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@ct#s:t , 8~dz his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
XHZLW h"gS 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).
sSV^5 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.
H6{Rd+\Z Z@u ;Z[@ 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…
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b5g"g 8 TI#7 Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
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4L!e=>as"1 PB@-U.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.
tpE3|5dZF 6kC)\ uy 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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f)WPOTEY Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
4 #G3ew 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
sE}sE=\ 1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
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?n Y/, q& 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
F\:{}782u 1.5 Group Velocity
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noFh p Chapter 2 The Vectorial Nature of Light
(KZUvsS k 2.1 General Remarks
nMeS CX 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
,I= O"z>9 2.3 Linear Polarization
80cm6?,xu 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
%bN"bxv^ 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
=g 1 D; 2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
r!>es;R8 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
%uF:) 2.8 The Brewster Angle
aL{EkiR 2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
E#m76]vkCU 2.10 Phase Changes in Total Internal Reflection
V.+DP 2.11 Reflection Matrix
\A~4\um Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
-g~iE]x6Y 3.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition
Fv<]mu 3.2 Young’s Experiment
g}^4^88=a 3.3 The Michelson Interferometer
x>'?IJZ 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
S".owe$\ 3.5 Coherence Time and Coherence Length
s 8C:QC 3.6 Spectral Resolution of a Finite Wave Train. Coherence and Line Width
~rp.jd 0l 3.7 Spatial Coherence
N <ja 6Ac 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
] rKH|i 3.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
T m0?[[3hC Chapter 4 Multiple-Beam Interference
[Q7`RB 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
TZ)(ZKX*R 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
jD$;q7fB 4.3 Resolution of Fabry-Perot Instruments
V>DXV-%&C 4.4 Theory of Multilayer Films
PsacXZNs\N Chapter 5 Diffraction
"bL P3 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
"~B~{ _<j 5.2 Fundamental Theory
!x+MVJ] 5.3 Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
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7m vSo350 5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
]KfghRUH 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
3XM Bu* 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
f'8B[&@L Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
9_I[o.q 6.1 General Remarks
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1v+JCOy 6.3 The General Wave Equation
+F#=`+V 6.4 Propagation of Light in Isotropic Dielectrics. Dispersion
3^uL`ETm@ 6.5 Propagation of Light in Conducting Media
ufH uI* 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
btJ ,dpir 6.7 Propagation of Light in Crystals
}?\#_BCjx( 6.8 Double Refraction at a Boundary
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/r #b 6.10 Faraday Rotation in Solids
Nn~tb2\vk 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
T<w*dX7F0K 6.12 Nonlinear Optics
$fq-wl-= Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
<T4 7kL I 7.1 Thermal Radiation
^^20v wq 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
TW;|G'}$ 7.3 Modes of Electromagnetic Radiation in a Cavity
h+ `J=a|\ 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
"H/2r]?GT 7.5 Quantization of Cavity Radiation
TZvBcNi 7.6 Photon Statistics. Planck’s Formula
eWqVh[ 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
b7F3]W<`& 7.8 Momentum of a Photon. Light Pressure
zM3H@;}m 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
0`aHwt/F 7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
P"[ifs p 7.11 Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
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*)}Ap4[ 8.1 General Remarks
8VBkI Ygb 8.2 Elementary Theory of Atomic Spectra
;@=@N9q K 8.3 Quantum Mechanics
|TNi Ky 8.4 The Schrödinger Equation
U>3%!83kF 8.5 Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom
59"Nn\}3gE 8.6 Radiative Transitions and Selection Rules
*IjdN,wox 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
=X%R*~!#Of 8.8 Multiplicity in the Spectra of Many-Electron Atoms. Spectroscopic Notation
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]e#,\})Br 8.10 Atomic-Energy Levels in Solids
W}<M?b4tP Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
@5dB b+0J 9.1 Introduction
^HOwN<}`# 9.2 Stimulated Emission and Thermal Radiation
.lNnY 8< 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
~I8"l@H> 9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
ajcPt] f 9.5 Laser Oscillation
gn4g 43 9.6 Optical-Resonaor Theory
hCOy\[2$ 9.7 Gas Lasers
lhW#IiX 9.8 Optically Pumped Solid-State Lasers
)KTWLr; 9.9 Dye Lasers
4IGQ,RTB 9.10 Semiconductor Diode Lasers
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4u{ E D( 9.12 The Ring Laser
#7cf 8y Chapter 10 Ray Optics
4,R\3`b 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
:Z7"c`6L!~ 10.2 Lenses
K_w0+oY a 10.3 Ray Equations
$HR(| {piZ 10.4 Ray Matrices and Ray Vectors
zN 729wK 10.5 Periodic Lens Waveguides and Opical Resonators
Hi4@! ] Appendix I Relativistic Optics
SjNwT[.nr7 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
)oz-<zW 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
.-1{,o/&Q 1.3 Relativistic Effects in Optics
6m;wO r 1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
5e~{7{ References
wTgx(LtH Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
gC,0+Y~ zxynEdO Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
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w!GU~0~3[ }1^ tK(Am This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
Kw5+4R(5 O<H@:W #k It’s a beautifully concise and remarkably clear introduction to the main principles of modern optics - the ones that you are going to need over and over again as you continue into the subject.
m= beB\= N%M>,wT This book gives you a great overview and set of basic foundations for every-day modern optics. I return to it often for little insights and reminders, even after 37 years in the business.
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xr7<(: d kosJ]q'U Great book to revise theory on Dual nature of light. Its like a nice handbook on optics. A full blown version would be very even nicer, with a math section to remind ‘old’ engineering like myself.
;] `NR vng8{Mx90* One word of caution, I think some graduate school background in Physics and Math is needed for engineers. I am an engineer (
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b3HTCO-,fC #.t$A9' Summary: Decent, economical book for optics
4@V <Suw Rating: 4
YaE['a <x h'@592 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.
