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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xDtJ& 6uFw V\=QAN^ Publisher: Dover Publications
V= +wsc Number Of Pages: 336
v;_k*y[VV$ Publication Date: 1989-06-01
BT3X7Cx ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
|PY*" Ul ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
:tTP3 t5 Binding: Paperback
F Tk`Mq 920 o]Dh=t 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.
Dau'VtzN uJg| Summary: Best in its class
ky^u.+cZ Rating: 5
-h|YS/$f /bBFPrW his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
;v=v4f'+ 1) Title says: introduction. So don’t imagine it covers every equation there is. Get Wolf’s book if you like equations that much.
QV_e6r1t#m 2) Short but concise on
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).
s DF 5 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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fK 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…
iAd3w 6 '{ I YANVT Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
08pG)_L Rating: 4
/^jV-Z` k >aWI 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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>Qba F%s'R 0l 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%T5$:trP JPt0k The table of contents are not included in the product description, so I add that here:
HT@/0MF{J Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
NR@n% p 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
8t$w/#'@ 1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
+. ` I 1.3 Plane Harmonic Waves. Phase Velocity
]"DsZI-glW 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
!JOM+P: 1.5 Group Velocity
7Ns1b(kU 1.6 The Doppler Effect
dh.vZ0v=7 Chapter 2 The Vectorial Nature of Light
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)c"m:3D@ 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
6Pzz= ai< 2.3 Linear Polarization
]DV=/RpJ9B 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
a{deN 9Qn 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
rERHfr`OU 2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
QaAWO 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
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2.8 The Brewster Angle
Bl6> y/ 2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
zwEZ?m! 2.10 Phase Changes in Total Internal Reflection
E qc,/ 2.11 Reflection Matrix
{WYHT6Z Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
n\x@~ SzrX 3.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition
cf7UV6D g 3.2 Young’s Experiment
,f(:i ^iz! 3.3 The Michelson Interferometer
^vQ,t*Uj= 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
i[\`]C{gf 3.5 Coherence Time and Coherence Length
(='e9H!3D 3.6 Spectral Resolution of a Finite Wave Train. Coherence and Line Width
m0(]%Kdw 3.7 Spatial Coherence
qx+ .v2G 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
LE1#pB3TG 3.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
OU /=w pt Chapter 4 Multiple-Beam Interference
@9X+ BdQ U 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
2xEG s Q 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
.dvO Ut I[ 4.3 Resolution of Fabry-Perot Instruments
o(5eb;"yi> 4.4 Theory of Multilayer Films
K:3u/C` Chapter 5 Diffraction
zQNkjQ{mx 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
;I5u"MDHGI 5.2 Fundamental Theory
]g0h7q)79 5.3 Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
<h A1[S} 5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
F=qG +T 5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
4sCzUvI~Y1 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
/eI]!a 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
m [t4XK Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
)^^Eh=Kbj 6.1 General Remarks
ys#V_ysb 6.2 Macroscopic Fields and Maxwell’s Equations
rCTH 5" 6.3 The General Wave Equation
&LD=Zp % 6.4 Propagation of Light in Isotropic Dielectrics. Dispersion
>Y\$9W=t 6.5 Propagation of Light in Conducting Media
pm 4"Q!K 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
gq +| Hr 6.7 Propagation of Light in Crystals
0:SR29(p1 6.8 Double Refraction at a Boundary
i4XE26B;e 6.9 Optical Activity
;*Z.|?3 MM 6.10 Faraday Rotation in Solids
mTsl"A> 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
VYj*LiR 6.12 Nonlinear Optics
`BA,_N |6 Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
Q-qM" 8I 7.1 Thermal Radiation
JO^E x1c 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
PU\?eA 7.3 Modes of Electromagnetic Radiation in a Cavity
@ -ms_Z 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
t;?TXA A 7.5 Quantization of Cavity Radiation
x2M'!VK>n1 7.6 Photon Statistics. Planck’s Formula
"iC*Eoz#. 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
q|N/vkqPz 7.8 Momentum of a Photon. Light Pressure
L,<5 l?u 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
\>%.ktG 7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
OK6c"*<z 7.11 Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
M]RbaXZ9 Chapter 8 Optical Spectra
g+xA 0q W 8.1 General Remarks
L#|, _j=9 8.2 Elementary Theory of Atomic Spectra
x^ J}]5{0 8.3 Quantum Mechanics
-S7y1 ) 7 8.4 The Schrödinger Equation
e_6-+l!f 8.5 Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom
dg?[gD8!4& 8.6 Radiative Transitions and Selection Rules
}z$_=v 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
3 ,QsB<9Is 8.8 Multiplicity in the Spectra of Many-Electron Atoms. Spectroscopic Notation
+$b_,s 8.9 Molecular Spectra
_W3>Km-A=/ 8.10 Atomic-Energy Levels in Solids
$<~o,e-4 Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
.8O. 9.1 Introduction
tsLi5;KA] 9.2 Stimulated Emission and Thermal Radiation
J!5>8I(_wX 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
j?YZOO>X 9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
t5qNfiKC 9.5 Laser Oscillation
C]xKdP Qj% 9.6 Optical-Resonaor Theory
(}|QSf: 9.7 Gas Lasers
t. 7KS: 9.8 Optically Pumped Solid-State Lasers
)225ee> 9.9 Dye Lasers
(q@DBb4 9.10 Semiconductor Diode Lasers
Jp0*Y-*Y 9.11 Q-Switching and Mode Locking
];vEj*jCX 9.12 The Ring Laser
- S ASn Chapter 10 Ray Optics
2[ #7YWs 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
k6p Xc<]8 10.2 Lenses
yd -r7iq 10.3 Ray Equations
'}Tf9L% 10.4 Ray Matrices and Ray Vectors
}aPx28:/ 10.5 Periodic Lens Waveguides and Opical Resonators
!D_Qat Appendix I Relativistic Optics
Do3g^RD# 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
{5$.:Y 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
]4$t'wI. 1.3 Relativistic Effects in Optics
"'@iDq%y 1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
O!3MXmaO References
^hpdre" Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
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*8p Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
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G<S(P@ss D]{#!w(d This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
zJ*|t w4 'mH9 O 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.
uh][qMyLM &at ^~ o 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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K KPQ[3g Rating: 5
*kliI]B F] w;LIP!T# 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.
q1 3bV \fHtk _ One word of caution, I think some graduate school background in Physics and Math is needed for engineers. I am an engineer (
' : } 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.
jO|D # nC [SFX ;v!9 Summary: Decent, economical book for optics
^9{mjy0Q Rating: 4
0""t`y& 7_H J|QB 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.
