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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fMy7pXa_ Publication Date: 1989-06-01
)L<NW{ ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
D`V03}\- ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
9Y3_.qa(. Binding: Paperback
glm29h F QQj)"XJ29 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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c R*D)'/tl :dc>\kUIv his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
P|Dw +lQj 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).
hQv~C4Wfrf 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.
<j+DY@* cQ} ,q+GR~ 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…
:?S1#d_ ~xer ZQgc Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
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4"nb>tA Z%E;*R2+:> 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.
8M <q-sn4B omevF>b; 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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[+\=x[q Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
UzTFT:\ 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
j ^-E,YMC 1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
q$L=G 1.3 Plane Harmonic Waves. Phase Velocity
roSdcQTeT 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
P:,' 1.5 Group Velocity
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S:aAR*<6 Chapter 2 The Vectorial Nature of Light
I|8'#QX 2.1 General Remarks
V3r 1|{Z( 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
ek\8u`GC 2.3 Linear Polarization
3M\~#> 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
h8B:}_Cu 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
-FftEeo7 2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
pBl'SQccp 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
(&t741DN| 2.8 The Brewster Angle
Fjch<gAofS 2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
n,/eT,48` 2.10 Phase Changes in Total Internal Reflection
=;A p+} 2.11 Reflection Matrix
N1/)F k-z Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
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@-ps[b`z 3.2 Young’s Experiment
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gCfAy=-,V 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
]z3!hgTj 3.5 Coherence Time and Coherence Length
@{/GdB,} 3.6 Spectral Resolution of a Finite Wave Train. Coherence and Line Width
mqe83 k% 3.7 Spatial Coherence
}.*"ezaZw 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
9n 9Z 3.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
&BTgISYi Chapter 4 Multiple-Beam Interference
nY y%=B|> 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
[.:SV|AF# 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
o E/g) m% 4.3 Resolution of Fabry-Perot Instruments
KTL q~Ru 4.4 Theory of Multilayer Films
y#tuwzE Chapter 5 Diffraction
]+4Qso FNt 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
]6s7?07m4 5.2 Fundamental Theory
LL% Aw)Q` 5.3 Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
["O/%6b9+ 5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
n1!hfu7@s 5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
.kwz$b+h 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
WX~: Y,l+u 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
V Ioqn$ Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
w1 ;:B%!H 6.1 General Remarks
-%f$$7 6.2 Macroscopic Fields and Maxwell’s Equations
:)JIKP%$\) 6.3 The General Wave Equation
: ;l9to 6.4 Propagation of Light in Isotropic Dielectrics. Dispersion
/Uxp5 b h 6.5 Propagation of Light in Conducting Media
Y6W#u iqk 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
0nOkQVMk> 6.7 Propagation of Light in Crystals
X 8/9x-E_ 6.8 Double Refraction at a Boundary
y-#{v.|L 6.9 Optical Activity
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g}@W9'! 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
4C:-1gu7 6.12 Nonlinear Optics
?58,Ja Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
&JUHm_wd&S 7.1 Thermal Radiation
:<}1as! eo 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
[d d KC)tA 7.3 Modes of Electromagnetic Radiation in a Cavity
wmV7g7t6 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
vM3 b\y p 7.5 Quantization of Cavity Radiation
y V.E+~y 7.6 Photon Statistics. Planck’s Formula
L/Tsq= 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
<ztcCRov 7.8 Momentum of a Photon. Light Pressure
_s{;9&qX] 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
]`+J!G, 7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
Ty&O k* 7.11 Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
g$/C-j4A[ Chapter 8 Optical Spectra
{u}d`%_.M 8.1 General Remarks
PP*', D3 8.2 Elementary Theory of Atomic Spectra
^QG;:.3v 8.3 Quantum Mechanics
n= F|bW 8.4 The Schrödinger Equation
B+VD53 V 8.5 Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom
BT *z^Z H 8.6 Radiative Transitions and Selection Rules
6lAHB*` 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
cM ?i _m 8.8 Multiplicity in the Spectra of Many-Electron Atoms. Spectroscopic Notation
Z>l%:;H 8.9 Molecular Spectra
D[H #W[ 8.10 Atomic-Energy Levels in Solids
N+N98~Y`P Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
2%Mgg,/ ~ 9.1 Introduction
zk++#rB 9.2 Stimulated Emission and Thermal Radiation
9 $&$Fe 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
kVRh/<s 9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
e+~Q58oD 9.5 Laser Oscillation
P->.eo#VG 9.6 Optical-Resonaor Theory
OF1fS\P<> 9.7 Gas Lasers
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"?HDv WP=w 9.11 Q-Switching and Mode Locking
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o4t6NDa 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
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V44M=c7E 10.3 Ray Equations
#d* )W3e2{ 10.4 Ray Matrices and Ray Vectors
/id rb c 10.5 Periodic Lens Waveguides and Opical Resonators
\- f^C}m Appendix I Relativistic Optics
h0z>dLA#2 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
yx\I&\i 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
Yw6^(g8 1.3 Relativistic Effects in Optics
BM>'w,$KL 1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
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i_{b *o_an D.ERt )l> Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
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ZnNl3MKV zDoh p 5, This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
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($3 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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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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SCL8.%z D Rating: 5
[X^Oxs We)l_>G 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.
_^MkC} 8 `Kb"`}`_vm One word of caution, I think some graduate school background in Physics and Math is needed for engineers. I am an engineer (
^W%#Elf) 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.
AI,Jy%62/ c]PG5f xf Summary: Decent, economical book for optics
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,LodP%%UV L_O*?aaZ 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.
