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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V<Z[ nq rn<PR* Publisher: Dover Publications
=Zi2jL?On Number Of Pages: 336
gx %|Pgd Publication Date: 1989-06-01
>JiltF7H0 ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
BJ% eZ. ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
?O>V%@ Binding: Paperback
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~`i4V 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.
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7b<yVP;{ Rating: 5
d/i`l* ">#wOm+ + his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
!?|Th5e 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).
o7| eMe?<t 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.
S#+h$UVh ]CoeSA`j 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…
dPhQ :sd> V7/I >^X Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
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'Fmvu Yb E-6|cz 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.
^<e.]F25M tg{H9t U; 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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u,&^&0K, Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
nw-I|PVTNa 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
]MxC_V+ P` 1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
# 5f-`~^C{ 1.3 Plane Harmonic Waves. Phase Velocity
t^w"w`v\u 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
B[KJ R?> 1.5 Group Velocity
KN* 1.6 The Doppler Effect
uvrB5=u Chapter 2 The Vectorial Nature of Light
/kfgx{jZ 2.1 General Remarks
E2m8UBS 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
kkQVNphc 2.3 Linear Polarization
)a-Du$kd 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
92 [; Y 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
}2e? ?3 2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
.C--gQpIv 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
/oriW;OF 2.8 The Brewster Angle
7x @A%2 J 2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
6U dov pl 2.10 Phase Changes in Total Internal Reflection
UX dUO@ 2.11 Reflection Matrix
>k'c' 7/ Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
l6d$V 9A 3.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition
?:)]h c 3.2 Young’s Experiment
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3.3 The Michelson Interferometer
ypy68_xyW 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
CO`_^7o9( 3.5 Coherence Time and Coherence Length
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; d J1 3.7 Spatial Coherence
1~PV[2a 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
THS.GvT9[ 3.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
Iu <?&9t Chapter 4 Multiple-Beam Interference
^pYxKU_O 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
& 9<+;*/ 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
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' hs2RSq 4.4 Theory of Multilayer Films
TTKs3iTXz Chapter 5 Diffraction
I= & stsH 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
*3?'4"B{8 5.2 Fundamental Theory
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5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
^3UGV*Ypk 5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
sNLs\4v 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
[xGf,;Z 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
[DF,^4g Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
MerFZd 1 6.1 General Remarks
R R]CW 6.2 Macroscopic Fields and Maxwell’s Equations
`-p:vq` 6.3 The General Wave Equation
EUxG Aj$- 6.4 Propagation of Light in Isotropic Dielectrics. Dispersion
Ipf =ZD 6.5 Propagation of Light in Conducting Media
^G.B+dG@`x 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
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t$De/Uq 6.8 Double Refraction at a Boundary
z& fwE$Nm 6.9 Optical Activity
=,UWX3`f 6.10 Faraday Rotation in Solids
,d {"m)r< 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
s[w6FXt 6.12 Nonlinear Optics
~W{2 Jd Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
|563D#?c R 7.1 Thermal Radiation
E/%9jDTQ 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
7*?}: 7.3 Modes of Electromagnetic Radiation in a Cavity
)s%[T-uKi 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
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iT%} $Lu~ 7.6 Photon Statistics. Planck’s Formula
p{j.KI s7 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
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:R~MO& 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
~ x ]jB 7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
bp~g;h*E2 7.11 Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
FW21 U< Chapter 8 Optical Spectra
\Hn>oonph 8.1 General Remarks
xo7Kn+ Kl 8.2 Elementary Theory of Atomic Spectra
3 U7 *>H 8.3 Quantum Mechanics
_Nqt21sL 8.4 The Schrödinger Equation
ZOZ+ Y\uU 8.5 Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom
D F* :_B ) 8.6 Radiative Transitions and Selection Rules
t},/}b 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
]3X@_NYj 8.8 Multiplicity in the Spectra of Many-Electron Atoms. Spectroscopic Notation
2fWTY0 8.9 Molecular Spectra
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~Hr} ] Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
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UOx kO 9.2 Stimulated Emission and Thermal Radiation
''0fF_ P 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
u[DfzH 9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
'*"vkgN 9.5 Laser Oscillation
6jC`8l: 9.6 Optical-Resonaor Theory
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):b$xNn 9.8 Optically Pumped Solid-State Lasers
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4*Hgv:0?kI 9.10 Semiconductor Diode Lasers
4\4FolsK 9.11 Q-Switching and Mode Locking
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2 AO~HxF Chapter 10 Ray Optics
$h*L=t( 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
A m>c d; 10.2 Lenses
paD !Z0v& 10.3 Ray Equations
)'6DNa[y 10.4 Ray Matrices and Ray Vectors
mj KS{ 10.5 Periodic Lens Waveguides and Opical Resonators
3%%o?8E S Appendix I Relativistic Optics
Y]B)'[=h 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
z$?~Y(EY 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
"saUai4z 1.3 Relativistic Effects in Optics
UH TvCc 1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
&GB:|I'%7 References
u (em&M Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
'U\<IL#U hNH'XQxO Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
Y}#J4i0b* Rating: 5
[&#/]Ul' i03w 1pSH, This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
VrxQc qPr` <7j8 7 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.
D0% Ug> b-{=s + : 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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M>i9 i -dU /Q2mMSK1h 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.
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#p y[ 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.
o .qf _A o'f?YZ$. Summary: Decent, economical book for optics
7:)n$,31FW Rating: 4
8p@Piy{p TiO"xMX 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.
