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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9bcyPN Hb AMoow! Publisher: Dover Publications
M_.,c Vk Number Of Pages: 336
DneSzq O"o Publication Date: 1989-06-01
b=QGbFf ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
2}#wd J` ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
':R3._tw\ Binding: Paperback
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q 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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+D-+}&o W Rating: 5
gc8PA_bFz Y /ac}q his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
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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).
}v$=mLy 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.
n\ ',F 46?F+,Rzl 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…
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AoOG[to7 Rating: 4
16> >4U:Y jnKM6%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.
q fH~h g ${?ex nb$ 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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ut5 !2t$c Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
W*DIW;8p 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
~md |k 1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
?nSp?m; 1.3 Plane Harmonic Waves. Phase Velocity
E+c 3KqM 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
|tJ%:`DGw 1.5 Group Velocity
MJ/%$ 1.6 The Doppler Effect
]%Yis =v Chapter 2 The Vectorial Nature of Light
i7FR78^ 2.1 General Remarks
].f,3it g& 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
+G[HZ,FL 2.3 Linear Polarization
(cA|N0 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
WAmoKZw 2 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
9-iB?a7{. 2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
~q |e];tA 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
+e4<z%1 2.8 The Brewster Angle
utl= O 2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
Tl 7:}X<? 2.10 Phase Changes in Total Internal Reflection
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x)wt.T?eL Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
e c[[OIO 3.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition
v*fc5"3eO 3.2 Young’s Experiment
z*~ PY At 3.3 The Michelson Interferometer
0#{ ]!>R 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
7>@/*S{X 3.5 Coherence Time and Coherence Length
n@,eZ ! 3.6 Spectral Resolution of a Finite Wave Train. Coherence and Line Width
;A B ,:* 3.7 Spatial Coherence
z==} ~|5 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
cB F%])! 3.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
Wk6&TrWlY Chapter 4 Multiple-Beam Interference
x&/Syb 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
+Y]*>afG 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
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.-~% w 4.4 Theory of Multilayer Films
kCjI`=7$[ Chapter 5 Diffraction
>upUY(3& 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
d?y\~< 5.2 Fundamental Theory
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y$9 t!cx 5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
WJ4UJdf' 5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
54cgX)E[x 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
rZQH B[^3 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
C{,] 1X6g Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
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',s7h" 6.3 The General Wave Equation
:9q^ 6.4 Propagation of Light in Isotropic Dielectrics. Dispersion
5N+(Gv[`" 6.5 Propagation of Light in Conducting Media
s ^R2jueR 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
5f@YrTO[@ 6.7 Propagation of Light in Crystals
4m!3P"$ 6.8 Double Refraction at a Boundary
H08YM P>dc 6.9 Optical Activity
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2co{9LM 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
(Ha}xwA~( 6.12 Nonlinear Optics
|/\1nWD Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
FH(+7Lz4; 7.1 Thermal Radiation
@5V Z 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
5d{Ggg{s 7.3 Modes of Electromagnetic Radiation in a Cavity
H>X1(sh#} 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
%_O>Hy|p 7.5 Quantization of Cavity Radiation
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)^#Zg8L 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
"hY^[@7 W 7.8 Momentum of a Photon. Light Pressure
V="f)'S$ 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
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rB|:r\Z(jG 7.11 Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
~cj:AI F Chapter 8 Optical Spectra
MJpTr5Vs 8.1 General Remarks
ibUPd."W 8.2 Elementary Theory of Atomic Spectra
Xtnmh)'K~# 8.3 Quantum Mechanics
9] ,"AjD 8.4 The Schrödinger Equation
\J&#C(pn 8.5 Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom
Dohe(\C@ 8.6 Radiative Transitions and Selection Rules
<% uZwk># 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
r9*H-V $ 8.8 Multiplicity in the Spectra of Many-Electron Atoms. Spectroscopic Notation
T sW6 w 8.9 Molecular Spectra
.h^Ld,Chj 8.10 Atomic-Energy Levels in Solids
NVZNQ { Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
P,=J"%a - 9.1 Introduction
Qh%vh ;|^ 9.2 Stimulated Emission and Thermal Radiation
3"D00~ 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
~M1%,] 9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
Yx c > +mx 9.5 Laser Oscillation
y+R$pz X 9.6 Optical-Resonaor Theory
#| E. y^IC 9.7 Gas Lasers
\ jdO,-( 9.8 Optically Pumped Solid-State Lasers
ZaindX{.1 9.9 Dye Lasers
Cms"OkN 9.10 Semiconductor Diode Lasers
IFoN<<7/2$ 9.11 Q-Switching and Mode Locking
c2:kZxT 9.12 The Ring Laser
)3 ">%1R Chapter 10 Ray Optics
bGO_y]Pc 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
|q)Q <%VS' 10.2 Lenses
|]b/5s;> 10.3 Ray Equations
io_64K+K 10.4 Ray Matrices and Ray Vectors
&`W,'qD$ 10.5 Periodic Lens Waveguides and Opical Resonators
aKr4E3` Appendix I Relativistic Optics
~36XJ 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
uRh H_c-6C 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
Ll48)P{+}V 1.3 Relativistic Effects in Optics
me\)JCZpb{ 1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
s_kd@?=`x References
Yr0i9Qow Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
sRI8znus :\We =oX Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
<rxem(PPu Rating: 5
>pHvBFa3G P ^+>QJ1 This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
* OFT)S Py<vN! 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.
e{S`iO "+Rm4_ 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.
Z6pDQ^Ii K 2v)"|T) Summary: For the price Great
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||NCVGJG zaPR>:r0 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.
P~>nlm82] l]cQ7g5 One word of caution, I think some graduate school background in Physics and Math is needed for engineers. I am an engineer (
"<b84?V5 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.
JDlIf wu' 60po Summary: Decent, economical book for optics
oWOZ0]H1 Rating: 4
Fd'L:A~ d^>s e'ya 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.
