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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R_KH"`q Wqnc{oq |$ Publisher: Dover Publications
r% _djUd Number Of Pages: 336
:s,Z<^5a)g Publication Date: 1989-06-01
[^)g%|W ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
Qrv<lE1V; ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
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m 5.Zu. Gdw VtqbX 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.
W^Yxny O1lNAcpeM Summary: Best in its class
+vH4MwG$.& Rating: 5
H }!r|nG h8P)%p his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
`uFdwO'DD 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).
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3Gf2_ 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…
\m,PA'nd/ X SDpRo Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
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Ba,`TJ%y |>Vb9:q9Po 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.
Wz h`or j.Hf/vi`z 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!
hM{bavd PsYp xNr The table of contents are not included in the product description, so I add that here:
eavV?\uV% Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
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,U2o 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
\G[ $:nS 1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
^ c<Ve'- 1.3 Plane Harmonic Waves. Phase Velocity
^ y::jK 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
'V {W-W< 1.5 Group Velocity
A<{{iBEI` 1.6 The Doppler Effect
WY/}1X9.% Chapter 2 The Vectorial Nature of Light
&HW9Jn 2.1 General Remarks
fl(wV.Je| 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
tYS06P^< 2.3 Linear Polarization
WLT"ji0w2 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
#4PN "o@ 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
WMdg1J+~ 2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
vQ Cy\Gi 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
y0#2m6u 2.8 The Brewster Angle
L_T5nD^D 2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
$I=~S[p 2.10 Phase Changes in Total Internal Reflection
AKC`TA*E 2.11 Reflection Matrix
yAt ^; Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
f 8~_E 3.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition
wp_0+$ ?s 3.2 Young’s Experiment
A&VG~r $ 3.3 The Michelson Interferometer
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B, 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
QV!up^Zso 3.5 Coherence Time and Coherence Length
v+XJ*N[W 3.6 Spectral Resolution of a Finite Wave Train. Coherence and Line Width
5+'<R8{:, 3.7 Spatial Coherence
Ew N}l 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
iMlWM-wz>O 3.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
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Chapter 4 Multiple-Beam Interference
K-4PI+qQ\ 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
t_^4`dW` 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
Y7|EIAU5Y 4.3 Resolution of Fabry-Perot Instruments
1#x0 q:6 4.4 Theory of Multilayer Films
(zk"~ Ud Chapter 5 Diffraction
(>Em ^(& 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
]9C FIh 5.2 Fundamental Theory
f#;> g 5.3 Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
kmW4:EA% 5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
s<Ziegmw|g 5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
;p //QJB9 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
*w&e\i|7 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
,bi^P> X Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
jd: 6:Fm 6.1 General Remarks
zPO9! ?7| 6.2 Macroscopic Fields and Maxwell’s Equations
HN"Z]/ 5j 6.3 The General Wave Equation
F5<H m_ \: 6.4 Propagation of Light in Isotropic Dielectrics. Dispersion
N7"W{"3D 6.5 Propagation of Light in Conducting Media
.Mbz3;i0 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
]M=&+c>H~ 6.7 Propagation of Light in Crystals
1Mzmg[L8 6.8 Double Refraction at a Boundary
9;{C IMg& 6.9 Optical Activity
)`: UP~)H 6.10 Faraday Rotation in Solids
? 9/G[[( 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
c{|p.hd 6.12 Nonlinear Optics
M%HU4pTW#o Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
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:TbgFQ86~ 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
~ljXzD93Z 7.3 Modes of Electromagnetic Radiation in a Cavity
FrS]|=LJhX 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
M3\AY30L 7.5 Quantization of Cavity Radiation
X S#Qu=,- 7.6 Photon Statistics. Planck’s Formula
b6bHTH0 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
';CNGv - 7.8 Momentum of a Photon. Light Pressure
K+eM 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
-w2/w@& 7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
%b$>qW\*& 7.11 Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
>:-$+I Chapter 8 Optical Spectra
B#A6v0Ta 8.1 General Remarks
|Cv!, ]9:r 8.2 Elementary Theory of Atomic Spectra
K;?+8(H 8.3 Quantum Mechanics
e'~3oqSvR 8.4 The Schrödinger Equation
>MZ/| `[M 8.5 Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom
D.:Zx 8.6 Radiative Transitions and Selection Rules
d]9z@Pd 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
Dt@SqX:~Ee 8.8 Multiplicity in the Spectra of Many-Electron Atoms. Spectroscopic Notation
IGl9 g_1 8 8.9 Molecular Spectra
}j Xfb@`K 8.10 Atomic-Energy Levels in Solids
2y4bw i Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
O.? JmE 9.1 Introduction
[agMfn 9.2 Stimulated Emission and Thermal Radiation
i-1op> Y 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
MgZ/ (X E 9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
L(-4w+ 9.5 Laser Oscillation
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I9^x,F"E] 9.8 Optically Pumped Solid-State Lasers
e\rp)[> ' 9.9 Dye Lasers
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wY ea\^co 9.11 Q-Switching and Mode Locking
W/N7vAx X 9.12 The Ring Laser
6tZI["\ Chapter 10 Ray Optics
W9&=xs6 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
UMi~14& ; 10.2 Lenses
?ub3 5NLa 10.3 Ray Equations
WJi]t9 3 10.4 Ray Matrices and Ray Vectors
7 V>M] 10.5 Periodic Lens Waveguides and Opical Resonators
kh<2BOV Appendix I Relativistic Optics
C!gZN9- 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
Cp N>p.kM 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
" bG2: 1.3 Relativistic Effects in Optics
+`4A$# $+y 1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
WH\d| 1) References
+@ UV?"d Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
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V:M{Nu& Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
hH.G#-JO Rating: 5
x `s> *^ 'u658Tj This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
[g,}gyeS( YSMAd-Ef- 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.
cQ|NJ_ F{1 !D6]JPX 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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K3C <{ #r f1? >h\F8 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.
ICCc./l| z s;JJk^ One word of caution, I think some graduate school background in Physics and Math is needed for engineers. I am an engineer (
CTK;dM'uQ 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.
1 YA% -~ IV-{ve6 Summary: Decent, economical book for optics
X&zi s1A< Rating: 4
g0H[*"hj p_ =z# 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.
