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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tkPi)QR C]cT*B^ Publisher: Dover Publications
LFM5 W&? Number Of Pages: 336
( =/L#Yg_ Publication Date: 1989-06-01
btz3f9 ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
52R.L9Ai ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
+q?0A ^C> Binding: Paperback
^WYG? /{4 v@1Jh ns 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.
^|12~d_.T {.8)gVBmA Summary: Best in its class
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8i$`oMv[y b0CaoSWo his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
[B;Ek \ 5W 1) Title says: introduction. So don’t imagine it covers every equation there is. Get Wolf’s book if you like equations that much.
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key subjects. To do that, you have to skip a lot of intro/background or equations, that’s why there are references and citations (and better bricks/bug killers).
FrM~6A_ 3) This is an intro book but also serves well as a refresher. This is intermediate level to advanced level for non-physicists, as it assumes good understanding of calculus.
c] 9CN *1]k&#s To be fair, the book is not without flaws. One obvious is the name implied recent advances (although different people use modern optics differently), while the book was last revised in 1975. Nonetheless, the key component of modern optics are mostly there, unless you are into cutting edge advances. It might be more appropriate to name it as “intro to physical optics”, then again the author added a section of ray optics at the end of the book…
:h dh$}y T{xo_u{Q Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
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F&j|Y>m jsht2]iq3K 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.
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J'DMW 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!
1ORi]` *G"#.YvE The table of contents are not included in the product description, so I add that here:
KvOI)" 0( Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
L. ?dI82c 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
Mp}NUQHE 1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
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~4gKA D 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
$ aBSr1 1.5 Group Velocity
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D??/=`|8 2.1 General Remarks
5!fW&O i Y 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
eTHh 2.3 Linear Polarization
AdW7 vn 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
&Y2P! \\2 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
m)w- mc 2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
RxG./GY 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
OvG |= 2.8 The Brewster Angle
y{P9k8v!z 2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
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()JDjzQT 2.11 Reflection Matrix
Y}z?I%zL Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
H5t`E^E 3.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition
5ml}TSMu' 3.2 Young’s Experiment
l[{}ZKZ 3.3 The Michelson Interferometer
J, >PLQAa 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
4u7>NQUDu 3.5 Coherence Time and Coherence Length
bd;f@)X 3.6 Spectral Resolution of a Finite Wave Train. Coherence and Line Width
/h R]aw 3.7 Spatial Coherence
<cjTn:w 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
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'~a$f;: Dv Chapter 4 Multiple-Beam Interference
M&-/ &>n! 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
wajhFBJ 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
>:|q J$J. 4.3 Resolution of Fabry-Perot Instruments
be@uHikp;v 4.4 Theory of Multilayer Films
S`.-D+.68 Chapter 5 Diffraction
T+!kRigN~P 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
?QVI'R:Z? 5.2 Fundamental Theory
Wb xksh:)Q 5.3 Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
#0H[RU? 5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
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z|H>jit+ 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
~cw wB{ 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
Z_+No :F7I Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
c>.X c[H 6.1 General Remarks
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(DAJ( r~ 6.3 The General Wave Equation
,BAF?} 04= 6.4 Propagation of Light in Isotropic Dielectrics. Dispersion
Ba~Iy2\x 6.5 Propagation of Light in Conducting Media
gu& oCT 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
5!*a,$S 6.7 Propagation of Light in Crystals
]aL}&GlHt 6.8 Double Refraction at a Boundary
h (2k;M^s 6.9 Optical Activity
0k [6 6.10 Faraday Rotation in Solids
E~^' w.1 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
M+:wa@K l 6.12 Nonlinear Optics
g.s oN qt= Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
Df^S77&c! 7.1 Thermal Radiation
bux-t3g7+ 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
L~~Yh{< 7.3 Modes of Electromagnetic Radiation in a Cavity
>j3N-;o@? 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
Z]d]RL&r 7.5 Quantization of Cavity Radiation
iSHl_/I< 7.6 Photon Statistics. Planck’s Formula
@Iu-F4YT 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
:_ox8xS4 7.8 Momentum of a Photon. Light Pressure
w4a7c 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
~O-8 h0d3 7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
t`B']Ac;T 7.11 Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
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5{Wl(jwb 8.2 Elementary Theory of Atomic Spectra
FO$Tn+\ 6 8.3 Quantum Mechanics
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(P-<9y@ 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
Ip0q&i<6 8.8 Multiplicity in the Spectra of Many-Electron Atoms. Spectroscopic Notation
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4a C#Cv:0 Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
(i 8 t^ 9.1 Introduction
}__ +[- 9.2 Stimulated Emission and Thermal Radiation
J^4k} 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
@AOiZOH 9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
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m@ YL Z 9.7 Gas Lasers
~@JC1+ 9.8 Optically Pumped Solid-State Lasers
{W]jVh p 9.9 Dye Lasers
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j$6}r 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
SCij5il% 10.2 Lenses
>q`X%&l_ 10.3 Ray Equations
$]FWpr%) 10.4 Ray Matrices and Ray Vectors
zu#o<6E{ 10.5 Periodic Lens Waveguides and Opical Resonators
e 3K Appendix I Relativistic Optics
1*fA >v 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
2olim1 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
~"k'T9Q BY 1.3 Relativistic Effects in Optics
c+JlM1p@ 1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
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KVuv%? Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
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k B` Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
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kbY@Y,:w VZ8L9h<{" This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
jkq+j^ $dR%8@.H It’s a beautifully concise and remarkably clear introduction to the main principles of modern optics - the ones that you are going to need over and over again as you continue into the subject.
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^|Y!NHYH$Z Rating: 5
c\ Dv3bF iaB5t<t1r 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.
U&6f}=v C rhrlEf@ One word of caution, I think some graduate school background in Physics and Math is needed for engineers. I am an engineer (
<\5{R@A*6 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.
157X0&EX hXCDlCO Summary: Decent, economical book for optics
+"!IVHY Rating: 4
;>~iCF k]? mWh:,[o 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.
