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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I W|1)8d Vzrp9&loY Publisher: Dover Publications
z 2V_nkI Number Of Pages: 336
7^8<[8 Publication Date: 1989-06-01
r#.\5aQ t ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
dJg72?"ka ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
s2+s1%^Ll Binding: Paperback
b!|c:mE9| W [W}:@KZ 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.
#`2*V 8BJ&"y8H Summary: Best in its class
4~{q=-]V Rating: 5
yX8$LOjE V-iY2YiR his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
RnkrI~x 1) Title says: introduction. So don’t imagine it covers every equation there is. Get Wolf’s book if you like equations that much.
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key subjects. To do that, you have to skip a lot of intro/background or equations, that’s why there are references and citations (and better bricks/bug killers).
b jJ2 12 J 3) This is an intro book but also serves well as a refresher. This is intermediate level to advanced level for non-physicists, as it assumes good understanding of calculus.
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? To be fair, the book is not without flaws. One obvious is the name implied recent advances (although different people use modern optics differently), while the book was last revised in 1975. Nonetheless, the key component of modern optics are mostly there, unless you are into cutting edge advances. It might be more appropriate to name it as “intro to physical optics”, then again the author added a section of ray optics at the end of the book…
wN! 5[N" 6d3-GMUQ Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
vvG#O[| O Rating: 4
O% kX=6 j kIgEF2d* If you’re studying optics in a college class using Hecht’s classic text, or if you are an engineer who needs an overview of the subject, this is a good practical and economical introduction to the subject. However, be aware that this book is short on two components - details of derivations of mathematical formulas and illustrations. That is not to say they do not exist, it is just to say that at several points during the book I could have been aided in my comprehension by either an illustration or derivation that simply wasn’t there.
. ),m7"u| :AB$d~${M> There are end of chapter exercises included, and there are solutions to selected odd problems in the back of the book. However, there are no details as to how those solutions were arrived at. If you are an engineer, the only way to really be sure that you understand a subject is to solve problems. Thus I suggest Schaum’s Outline of Optics by Hecht for that task. Often the solutions to problems in that outline are the mathematical details that are missing in this book!
2^7VDqLc 4jl-? The table of contents are not included in the product description, so I add that here:
5zF7yvS.w Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
;HeUD5Nt6F 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
Hi<5jl 1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
qMe$ Qr8 1.3 Plane Harmonic Waves. Phase Velocity
p9)'nU'\t 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
W`-AN}C# 1.5 Group Velocity
< J Q vuC 1.6 The Doppler Effect
T/&4lJ^2l^ Chapter 2 The Vectorial Nature of Light
v [ 4 J0 2.1 General Remarks
<OEu 4,~: 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
W]rK* Dc 2.3 Linear Polarization
5l"v : Px 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
1 yN/+Rq 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
>{^&;$G+* 2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
/K 9T n 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
0)'^vJe 2.8 The Brewster Angle
/r Hd9^Y 2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
/-l 7GswF 2.10 Phase Changes in Total Internal Reflection
#yv_Eb 02 2.11 Reflection Matrix
ZLJfSnB Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
PI#xRKt 3.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition
y-93 >Y 3.2 Young’s Experiment
=:zmF]j9 3.3 The Michelson Interferometer
!(soMv 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
O# E]a<N ` 3.5 Coherence Time and Coherence Length
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39QAj& 3.7 Spatial Coherence
G.,dP +i 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
VMUK|pC4 K 3.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
r-+ .Ax4L" Chapter 4 Multiple-Beam Interference
+tNu8M@xFo 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
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]N^a/&} * 4.3 Resolution of Fabry-Perot Instruments
nxP>IfSA 4.4 Theory of Multilayer Films
/ ,z4tf Chapter 5 Diffraction
^E8XPK]-~ 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
$4y;F] 5.2 Fundamental Theory
\4`~ J@5Y 5.3 Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
'@h5j6:2 5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
EC2KK)=n} 5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
JZP>`c21y] 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
#]'# \d#i 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
vl<W`)' Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
|>(;gr/5( 6.1 General Remarks
t3.;W/0_ 6.2 Macroscopic Fields and Maxwell’s Equations
X/fk&Cp 6.3 The General Wave Equation
w ^?uBeqR 6.4 Propagation of Light in Isotropic Dielectrics. Dispersion
:e 5)Q=lX 6.5 Propagation of Light in Conducting Media
gf^"s fNk 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
vl 8Ums} + 6.7 Propagation of Light in Crystals
y_:i'Ri. 6.8 Double Refraction at a Boundary
o })k@-oL 6.9 Optical Activity
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#`rvL6W q} 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
oO-kO!59y 6.12 Nonlinear Optics
F'DO46 Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
4~8++b1/; 7.1 Thermal Radiation
pt&(c[ 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
GpV"KVJJ/ 7.3 Modes of Electromagnetic Radiation in a Cavity
q[#2` 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
#8G (r9 7.5 Quantization of Cavity Radiation
~{hcJ:bI 7.6 Photon Statistics. Planck’s Formula
/pZ]:.A 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
b/:&iG; 7.8 Momentum of a Photon. Light Pressure
^b=9{.5 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
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% ]Gm Chapter 8 Optical Spectra
."<mL}Fi( 8.1 General Remarks
p9ligs7V' 8.2 Elementary Theory of Atomic Spectra
ORhe?E] 8.3 Quantum Mechanics
C~F do0D 8.4 The Schrödinger Equation
AOhfQ:E 4 8.5 Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom
8jW"8~Y#0 8.6 Radiative Transitions and Selection Rules
y<bA Y_-[ 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
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%y {#fZHc 8.9 Molecular Spectra
8{ aS$V" 8.10 Atomic-Energy Levels in Solids
-z9-f \ Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
| X/ QSL 9.1 Introduction
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Z?yMy zT 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
$gU6=vN1# 9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
#;59THdtPk 9.5 Laser Oscillation
pBV_'A}ioh 9.6 Optical-Resonaor Theory
c|8[$_2 9.7 Gas Lasers
AvF:$ kG 9.8 Optically Pumped Solid-State Lasers
M8 oCh 9.9 Dye Lasers
dYdZt<6W<( 9.10 Semiconductor Diode Lasers
`,XCD-R^ 9.11 Q-Switching and Mode Locking
d?G ~k[C!a 9.12 The Ring Laser
.}W#YN$ Chapter 10 Ray Optics
m %A h]x; 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
#jAlmxN 10.2 Lenses
9~ 8 A> 10.3 Ray Equations
z DDvXz 10.4 Ray Matrices and Ray Vectors
Gzxq] Mg 10.5 Periodic Lens Waveguides and Opical Resonators
x _&=IyU0j Appendix I Relativistic Optics
7'g'qUW+~ 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
'|mVY; i[ 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
[\(}dnj: 1.3 Relativistic Effects in Optics
d7 )&Z: 1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
%$K2 $dq5 References
n\8;4]n Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
=SJw CT0; G RV#f06 Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
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2%Bq[SMuN R[Y]B$XO This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
Vs h7>|@ 88\0opL- 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.
8YNii-pl CG!/Lbd 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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VJ1(|v{D4[ Rating: 5
rv>K0= t0 K:Mm?28s 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.
qI-q%]l M>H4bU( One word of caution, I think some graduate school background in Physics and Math is needed for engineers. I am an engineer (
_jkH}o ' 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.
"Uy==~ }1 <_ Summary: Decent, economical book for optics
q:A{@kFq_ Rating: 4
`uRf*- L`E^BuP/ 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.
