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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1j\aH&)GH Publisher: Dover Publications
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&,i~ cG? Publication Date: 1989-06-01
nN3$\gHp8i ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
O4No0xeWo ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
q6wr=OWD Binding: Paperback
`!G7k ]$M<]w,IJ2 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.
*o' 4,+=am cg j.e Summary: Best in its class
M;Wha;%E" Rating: 5
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P+ his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
ACjf\4Q 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).
2 [!Mx&^ 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.
HXJ9xkrr (tl}q3U 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…
)9 P&= ex?\ c" Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
t#<KxwhcN Rating: 4
u8OxD T+RZ 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.
L8V3BH7B `<j_[(5yb 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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vZajT!h Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
zfjTQMaxh 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
jxy1 1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
ggou*;' 1.3 Plane Harmonic Waves. Phase Velocity
&.*uc|{ 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
G^Xd- 7 GQ 1.5 Group Velocity
@+^c"=d1S 1.6 The Doppler Effect
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Dw |3Z 2.1 General Remarks
]0D9N" 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
z };ZxN 2.3 Linear Polarization
B DpF } 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
Z~3u:[x"; 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
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!*P&Eat 2.8 The Brewster Angle
|5 xz l 2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
k UHie 2.10 Phase Changes in Total Internal Reflection
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%yaG,;>U Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
PZ34 *q 3.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition
6.Bh3p 3.2 Young’s Experiment
vF>gU_gz. 3.3 The Michelson Interferometer
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j??tmo 3.5 Coherence Time and Coherence Length
m.V,I}J.q 3.6 Spectral Resolution of a Finite Wave Train. Coherence and Line Width
g 2'x#%ET 3.7 Spatial Coherence
G\1J _al 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
9Q@*0 - 3.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
nC~fvyd<P Chapter 4 Multiple-Beam Interference
6;JP76PD 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
y`b\;kd 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
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C|6{fd4? 4.4 Theory of Multilayer Films
T _ ~KxQ Chapter 5 Diffraction
Dq`~XS* 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
'\L0xw4 5.2 Fundamental Theory
UE)fUTS 5.3 Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
J v<$*TVS0 5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
d~<QAh#rG 5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
@*_ZoO7{ 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
gPUo25@pn* 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
2 `5=0E1k Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
1#D<ZN 6.1 General Remarks
B+Q+0tw*i 6.2 Macroscopic Fields and Maxwell’s Equations
NQ!<f\m4n 6.3 The General Wave Equation
,xj3w#`zaf 6.4 Propagation of Light in Isotropic Dielectrics. Dispersion
OMd# ^z 6.5 Propagation of Light in Conducting Media
hrT%XJl 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
M;qb7Mu 6.7 Propagation of Light in Crystals
wA r~< 6.8 Double Refraction at a Boundary
K_##-6> 6.9 Optical Activity
+\U]p_Fo3 6.10 Faraday Rotation in Solids
DoG%T(M!a9 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
V5X i '= 6.12 Nonlinear Optics
b8cV nP Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
)]A 9~ H 7.1 Thermal Radiation
M,JA;a, _ 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
A^cU$V%?W 7.3 Modes of Electromagnetic Radiation in a Cavity
fkBLrw 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
,|iy1yg( 7.5 Quantization of Cavity Radiation
IM$0#2\ 7.6 Photon Statistics. Planck’s Formula
WQ.i$ID/ 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
^vn\4 7.8 Momentum of a Photon. Light Pressure
?C~X@sq 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
nF j- <! 7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
UnjNR[= 7.11 Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
*pK lA&_ Chapter 8 Optical Spectra
?k::tNv0 8.1 General Remarks
T\cR2ZT~ 8.2 Elementary Theory of Atomic Spectra
TC@bL<1 8.3 Quantum Mechanics
wlL8X7+: 8.4 The Schrödinger Equation
s<d!+< 8.5 Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom
N Z)b:~a 8.6 Radiative Transitions and Selection Rules
W CoF{ * 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
r!~(R+,c 8.8 Multiplicity in the Spectra of Many-Electron Atoms. Spectroscopic Notation
Lb^(E- 8.9 Molecular Spectra
,wlbIl~ 8.10 Atomic-Energy Levels in Solids
p EkOSG Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
e^ Aa! 9.1 Introduction
k%^<}s@ 9.2 Stimulated Emission and Thermal Radiation
]DU61Z"v?b 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
t5n2eOy~T 9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
PC[cHgSYU 9.5 Laser Oscillation
IyT ?-R 9.6 Optical-Resonaor Theory
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s1Okoxh/!V 9.8 Optically Pumped Solid-State Lasers
_l<| 1nH 9.9 Dye Lasers
&:q[-K@! 9.10 Semiconductor Diode Lasers
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}R`Irxv4 9.12 The Ring Laser
w'|&5cS Chapter 10 Ray Optics
7:h<`_HT(X 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
||`qIElAW, 10.2 Lenses
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*[VEF 10.4 Ray Matrices and Ray Vectors
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(GnVwJ<v9V Appendix I Relativistic Optics
ckAsGF_B~! 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
9E^~#j@Zr 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
m:b^,2"g 1.3 Relativistic Effects in Optics
y%2%^wF 1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
8i[".9}G\ References
6hLNJ Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
j= FMYd8$y 1Jl{1;c Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
qP qy4V. ; Rating: 5
_IC,9bbg ([[ )Ub$U This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
!8we8)7 8g.AT@ ,Q 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.
Is<x31R >6XDX=JVI 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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lH; NP$e-" 1 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.
W^003*m~~K 2 wGF-V One word of caution, I think some graduate school background in Physics and Math is needed for engineers. I am an engineer (
^=Q8 ]W_* 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.
wH+FFXGJs zjea4>!A2 Summary: Decent, economical book for optics
^GE^Q\&D& Rating: 4
FwXKRZa (QhG xuC 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.
