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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|6`yE]3 -( :2 ?dl:l Publisher: Dover Publications
`"I^nD^t>Y Number Of Pages: 336
2aW&d=!ZV Publication Date: 1989-06-01
3 _:yHwkD ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
U;;vNzcn ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
M ,e_=aq Binding: Paperback
b,D+1' JmWN/mx 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!'6;K ff?:_q+.N Summary: Best in its class
B Gh%3"q Rating: 5
Z?G-~3]e 7O;v5k~iQ his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
"1&C\}.7 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).
j9) Z'L 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~8C7$ 0z %1 @+p f/ 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…
+MGEO+ -2K`:}\y& Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
h/ V0}|b Rating: 4
ZR6KE_ $?(fiFC If you’re studying optics in a college class using Hecht’s classic text, or if you are an engineer who needs an overview of the subject, this is a good practical and economical introduction to the subject. However, be aware that this book is short on two components - details of derivations of mathematical formulas and illustrations. That is not to say they do not exist, it is just to say that at several points during the book I could have been aided in my comprehension by either an illustration or derivation that simply wasn’t there.
f`RcfY t ;wp)E nF There are end of chapter exercises included, and there are solutions to selected odd problems in the back of the book. However, there are no details as to how those solutions were arrived at. If you are an engineer, the only way to really be sure that you understand a subject is to solve problems. Thus I suggest Schaum’s Outline of Optics by Hecht for that task. Often the solutions to problems in that outline are the mathematical details that are missing in this book!
H;G*tje/M P[8`]= The table of contents are not included in the product description, so I add that here:
hi*\5(uH Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
9W 5vp:G 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
Y=x]'3}^ 1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
. AW Re1? 1.3 Plane Harmonic Waves. Phase Velocity
k JlRdt2 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
ka[ ]pY 1.5 Group Velocity
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+[V?3Gdb Chapter 2 The Vectorial Nature of Light
;5q =/ 2.1 General Remarks
zK}$W73W^ 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
`Q, moz 2.3 Linear Polarization
g.s~Ph- G 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
06]J] 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
D5]T.8kX(7 2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
^$6EO) < 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
<lB^>Hfu 2.8 The Brewster Angle
H--(zxK 2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
2J|Wbey 2.10 Phase Changes in Total Internal Reflection
p3\F1]( Z 2.11 Reflection Matrix
w6qx Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
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Rqr 3.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition
mG1=8{o^ 3.2 Young’s Experiment
cIw)ScY 3.3 The Michelson Interferometer
<FRYt-+ 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
3(}W=o I 3.5 Coherence Time and Coherence Length
k129)79 3.6 Spectral Resolution of a Finite Wave Train. Coherence and Line Width
GW]Y gf1t 3.7 Spatial Coherence
# yAt ` 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
2Rc#{A 3.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
]pzf{8% Chapter 4 Multiple-Beam Interference
8)\ ?6C 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
/Pxt f~ $ 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
`$AX!,<!G 4.3 Resolution of Fabry-Perot Instruments
HKP<=<8/O 4.4 Theory of Multilayer Films
}~:`9PV)Z% Chapter 5 Diffraction
MIsjTKE 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
^}a..@|%W 5.2 Fundamental Theory
(ye1t96 5.3 Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
fx_7X15 5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
kbN2d L 5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
Ww{bh -nyq 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
x<>#G~- 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
VA&_dU]* Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
,j:`yB] 4, 6.1 General Remarks
^{T]sv 6.2 Macroscopic Fields and Maxwell’s Equations
LS}u 6\( 6.3 The General Wave Equation
k^w !|%a[ 6.4 Propagation of Light in Isotropic Dielectrics. Dispersion
X/}kNW!q 6.5 Propagation of Light in Conducting Media
0>6J - 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
`k+ci7; 6.7 Propagation of Light in Crystals
4[44Eku\ 6.8 Double Refraction at a Boundary
Eh^c4x 6.9 Optical Activity
[d`J2^z} 6.10 Faraday Rotation in Solids
@!=q.4b 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
jL8.*pfv 6.12 Nonlinear Optics
]]Sz|6 P Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
}Y[xj{ 2$O 7.1 Thermal Radiation
W;4rhZEgd 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
4QARrG% 7.3 Modes of Electromagnetic Radiation in a Cavity
_/;vsQB 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
`a D~\O 7.5 Quantization of Cavity Radiation
:XC~G&HuF6 7.6 Photon Statistics. Planck’s Formula
I q]+O Q 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
\}P3mS"e3 7.8 Momentum of a Photon. Light Pressure
tBd-?+~7 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
+DmfqKKbd 7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
CBN,~wzP* 7.11 Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
K| %.mc s4 Chapter 8 Optical Spectra
s1.EE|h,5 8.1 General Remarks
?12[8 8.2 Elementary Theory of Atomic Spectra
J~Uq' 1? 8.3 Quantum Mechanics
/'' |bIPa 8.4 The Schrödinger Equation
S~()A *5 8.5 Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom
eS-akx^@ 8.6 Radiative Transitions and Selection Rules
Rsd~t_a1 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
6hp>w{+ 8.8 Multiplicity in the Spectra of Many-Electron Atoms. Spectroscopic Notation
^ >JA l<k 8.9 Molecular Spectra
td JA? 8.10 Atomic-Energy Levels in Solids
', ~ Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
/*Iq,"kGz 9.1 Introduction
@( p 9} 9.2 Stimulated Emission and Thermal Radiation
; l`us 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
B6ee\23 9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
o5 LyBUJ 9.5 Laser Oscillation
;}1O\nngR 9.6 Optical-Resonaor Theory
uE] HU 9.7 Gas Lasers
Vl'Gi44)3" 9.8 Optically Pumped Solid-State Lasers
xs,,)jF(u 9.9 Dye Lasers
=\~<##sRJ 9.10 Semiconductor Diode Lasers
o-i9 :AHs 9.11 Q-Switching and Mode Locking
^x2zMB\t 9.12 The Ring Laser
h hWIwR Chapter 10 Ray Optics
A \ARjSdb 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
U/}YpLgdD 10.2 Lenses
c(W s3 10.3 Ray Equations
~ H`m"4zQ 10.4 Ray Matrices and Ray Vectors
+*uaB 10.5 Periodic Lens Waveguides and Opical Resonators
j/ [V< Appendix I Relativistic Optics
^E~F,]dV= 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
W % @r 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
v}\ 4 /u 1.3 Relativistic Effects in Optics
+2xgMN6B@ 1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
|2ImitN0 References
sbv2*fno5 Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
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>#kz Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
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E<RPMd @a This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
:3b.`s(M bT> MZK8b 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.
FD'yT8]" /_ SQKpic 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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ZSWZz8 Rating: 5
L:j3 a\-AGG{2/X 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.
8;Zz25* \)$: One word of caution, I think some graduate school background in Physics and Math is needed for engineers. I am an engineer (
I'`90{I 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.
8Sxk[`qx\K IJ]rVty Summary: Decent, economical book for optics
bog3=Ig- Rating: 4
^'\JI ^XX_ qC'1 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.
