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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XV'fW~j\ =ex '22 Publisher: Dover Publications
FXo2Y]K3`L Number Of Pages: 336
J Lb6C 52 Publication Date: 1989-06-01
Ih1|LR/c ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
0W>9'Rw ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
:[M[( Binding: Paperback
c#b:3dXx9 B(l-}| m_ 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.
2:$ k s%;<O:x8o Summary: Best in its class
@<_`2eW'/R Rating: 5
,M3z!=oIGn :k46S<R E his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
AH.9A_dG 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).
-cNx1et 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.
FoPginZ]J G5Q!L;3HZ 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…
8o)L,{yl m%QqmTH Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
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>Csbjf6 X9~m8c){z 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.
f|xLKcOP z^s ST 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!
bdV3v` [V@yRWI The table of contents are not included in the product description, so I add that here:
dDKqq(9(` Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
Rq7p 29w 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
#Y[H8TW 1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
/BH.>R4`A 1.3 Plane Harmonic Waves. Phase Velocity
0 15Owi 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
a ]1i/3/ 1.5 Group Velocity
;mO,3dV 1.6 The Doppler Effect
7unA"9=[4V Chapter 2 The Vectorial Nature of Light
qmmv7== 2.1 General Remarks
|*Ot/TvG 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
6b:DJ 2.3 Linear Polarization
MWq$AK] 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
]Sta]}VQ 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
$(>f8)Uku( 2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
I$ N7pobh 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
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ItK 2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
j%M @# 2.10 Phase Changes in Total Internal Reflection
<q7s`,rG 2.11 Reflection Matrix
~eo^`4O{{ Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
3t 3.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition
IYNM U\s 3.2 Young’s Experiment
0|2%# E 3.3 The Michelson Interferometer
jA2ofC 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
ci7~Ke wJ* 3.5 Coherence Time and Coherence Length
\ j]~>9 3.6 Spectral Resolution of a Finite Wave Train. Coherence and Line Width
w 67x l 3.7 Spatial Coherence
*4#on> 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
(G5T%[/U 3.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
Y}/jR6hK Chapter 4 Multiple-Beam Interference
?1m ,SK 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
DyI2Ye 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
q<}PM 4.3 Resolution of Fabry-Perot Instruments
~'f8L #[ M 4.4 Theory of Multilayer Films
EHWv3sR- Chapter 5 Diffraction
x_ySf!ih 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
A*Q[k 9B 5.2 Fundamental Theory
eH=c|m]!P 5.3 Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
/s-d? 5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
-~'k P /E^ 5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
'aPCb`^;w 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
5 TET<f6R 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
h ]C2 8=N Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
Bi_J5 If 6.1 General Remarks
6 ZHv,e`? 6.2 Macroscopic Fields and Maxwell’s Equations
L` [F~$| 6.3 The General Wave Equation
ZPYH#gC& T 6.4 Propagation of Light in Isotropic Dielectrics. Dispersion
u.&|CF- 6.5 Propagation of Light in Conducting Media
Q}z{AZ 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
QAXYrRu 6.7 Propagation of Light in Crystals
9<qx!-s2rr 6.8 Double Refraction at a Boundary
-CElk[u 6.9 Optical Activity
_&mc8ftT 6.10 Faraday Rotation in Solids
Fs9W>*( 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
Rc%PZ}es 6.12 Nonlinear Optics
N('3oy#8 Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
7X:hIl 7.1 Thermal Radiation
O &\< F T5 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
;Yu>82o.: 7.3 Modes of Electromagnetic Radiation in a Cavity
< |dj^.^ 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
L3>4t: 8 7.5 Quantization of Cavity Radiation
\"bLE0~ 7.6 Photon Statistics. Planck’s Formula
eb7UoZw 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
q]?+By-0 7.8 Momentum of a Photon. Light Pressure
E $&;]a 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
I ,z"_[^G 7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
}amE6 7.11 Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
dff#{ Chapter 8 Optical Spectra
'T{p dEn8u 8.1 General Remarks
_6 /Qp`s 8.2 Elementary Theory of Atomic Spectra
tQCj)Ms 'X 8.3 Quantum Mechanics
p|;o5j{ 8.4 The Schrödinger Equation
gTyW#verh$ 8.5 Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom
}(rzH}X@ 8.6 Radiative Transitions and Selection Rules
{!tOI 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
'U*udkn 2] 8.8 Multiplicity in the Spectra of Many-Electron Atoms. Spectroscopic Notation
fIlIH 8.9 Molecular Spectra
ILIRI[7 ( 8.10 Atomic-Energy Levels in Solids
2PI #ie4 Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
{8W |W2o$! 9.1 Introduction
R3cG<MjmK 9.2 Stimulated Emission and Thermal Radiation
R =QM; 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
Cb<~i 9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
?/ ^VOj4& 9.5 Laser Oscillation
@nW'(x( 9.6 Optical-Resonaor Theory
fV v$ K& 9.7 Gas Lasers
?~]>H A: 9.8 Optically Pumped Solid-State Lasers
2@4MC`& 9.9 Dye Lasers
=I{S;md 9.10 Semiconductor Diode Lasers
^r%i3 9.11 Q-Switching and Mode Locking
~'|&{-< 9.12 The Ring Laser
Vc{/o=1 u Chapter 10 Ray Optics
mrX}\p 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
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&AN%Qh I 10.3 Ray Equations
.Pqj6Ko9 10.4 Ray Matrices and Ray Vectors
g9! d pP 10.5 Periodic Lens Waveguides and Opical Resonators
,\Z8*Jr3Q Appendix I Relativistic Optics
UYl JO{|a 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
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/P7" 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
#`2GAM];7 1.3 Relativistic Effects in Optics
:s ? y, 1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
L'zdsa}Et References
=] 6_{#Z< Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
X/K| WOO6 9? v) Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
I*%&)H j~ Rating: 5
G`&'Bt{Z* I]s:Ev [~ This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
`7+tPbjs 6S` ,j 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.
(%=lq#, 0R.Gjz*Q 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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`1DU b7< Rating: 5
_AA`R`p; '&&~IB4ud 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.
*NKC \aV`0 a .B\=3xn One word of caution, I think some graduate school background in Physics and Math is needed for engineers. I am an engineer (
N$L&|4r 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.
9QO!vx ~W5>;6f\ Summary: Decent, economical book for optics
gqKC 4'G0 Rating: 4
Z.Lx^h+U &ij^FAM 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.
