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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vq s~a7E-P {#%xq]r_ Publisher: Dover Publications
Z])_E 6. Number Of Pages: 336
{eXYl[7n Publication Date: 1989-06-01
aYgJTep>r ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
}*'ha=`J ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
F[u%t34' Binding: Paperback
-b$OHFL c aP 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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(2li:1j Rating: 5
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SoX V 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).
7j:{rCp3J 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.
~Hs{(7 ddP,_.0 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…
2FzS_\":I w#T , g9 Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
l:eN u}{& Rating: 4
CiuN26> !d\GD8|4 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.
uE j6A +][P*/ Ek 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!
{ 9 ".o, ra>`J _ The table of contents are not included in the product description, so I add that here:
,7P^]V1 Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
~-`02 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
d* $<%J 1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
tTH %YtG 1.3 Plane Harmonic Waves. Phase Velocity
QNXxpoS# 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
3(+#^aw 1.5 Group Velocity
\NU [DHrMP 1.6 The Doppler Effect
mj=|oIMwT Chapter 2 The Vectorial Nature of Light
n *~ 2.1 General Remarks
wF8\ 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
9/Dt:R3QU 2.3 Linear Polarization
v{ n}%akc 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
3 \r@f_p 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
g i'agB^ 2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
.4> s2 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
&|}IBu :T 2.8 The Brewster Angle
]? (F'& 2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
5Kj4! Ai 2.10 Phase Changes in Total Internal Reflection
ATM:As:<@ 2.11 Reflection Matrix
b U ]N^og^ Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
;Ia1L{472m 3.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition
O/9%"m:i 3.2 Young’s Experiment
|HG b.^f? 3.3 The Michelson Interferometer
<C%-IZv$ 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
jHlOP,kc 3.5 Coherence Time and Coherence Length
"jO3Y/>S 3.6 Spectral Resolution of a Finite Wave Train. Coherence and Line Width
,'CWt]OS' 3.7 Spatial Coherence
3D{4vMm X 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
6bKO;^0 3.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
Hu8atlpo Chapter 4 Multiple-Beam Interference
v\(m"|4(i 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
k(z<Bm 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
4c[)}8\ 4.3 Resolution of Fabry-Perot Instruments
MW$H/ :3 4.4 Theory of Multilayer Films
U?fN3 Chapter 5 Diffraction
#A9_A%_.h 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
iWM7, =1+ 5.2 Fundamental Theory
Mp"ci+Iu 5.3 Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
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ht3T{ 4qCS 5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
iW1ih Q X 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
QeeC 2 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
Di<J6xu Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
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M1 ]6lg[si 6.2 Macroscopic Fields and Maxwell’s Equations
&1 E~ \8U 6.3 The General Wave Equation
`bZU&A(`Be 6.4 Propagation of Light in Isotropic Dielectrics. Dispersion
MAe<.D HY 6.5 Propagation of Light in Conducting Media
@=NVOJy}c 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
5m.KtnT) 6.7 Propagation of Light in Crystals
G:c8` *5Q 6.8 Double Refraction at a Boundary
HS6Imi 6.9 Optical Activity
4ZJT[zi 6.10 Faraday Rotation in Solids
SXBQ 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
3H'nRK}, 6.12 Nonlinear Optics
#Emff VtY Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
sb|3|J6= 7.1 Thermal Radiation
>! Ap/{2 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
/ }X suH 7.3 Modes of Electromagnetic Radiation in a Cavity
R8[i XXjku 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
o%+A<Ri 7.5 Quantization of Cavity Radiation
kyx SIQ^ 7.6 Photon Statistics. Planck’s Formula
Naf`hE9 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
I*W9VhI OV 7.8 Momentum of a Photon. Light Pressure
&@W4^- 9 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
5G'&9{oB 7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
Sz|Y$, 7.11 Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
g/ l0}% Chapter 8 Optical Spectra
/;<e. 8.1 General Remarks
762o~vY6$ 8.2 Elementary Theory of Atomic Spectra
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k?["F%)I 8.4 The Schrödinger Equation
HTUYv U*- 8.5 Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom
zY+t ,2z 8.6 Radiative Transitions and Selection Rules
i|c`M/) h: 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
TDl!qp @ 8.8 Multiplicity in the Spectra of Many-Electron Atoms. Spectroscopic Notation
HTDyuq s 8.9 Molecular Spectra
jA-5X?!In 8.10 Atomic-Energy Levels in Solids
vfJ3idvo*w Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
+e0dV_T_> 9.1 Introduction
5:l *Ib:s7 9.2 Stimulated Emission and Thermal Radiation
uXQ7eXX 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
7O8V1T t 9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
''(fH$pY 9.5 Laser Oscillation
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Y ( 1L>4 9.8 Optically Pumped Solid-State Lasers
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ZVdsxo < 9.10 Semiconductor Diode Lasers
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Chapter 10 Ray Optics
Jt-X mGULB 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
h/ LR+XX! 10.2 Lenses
Gut J_2f^9 10.3 Ray Equations
/<(*/P,> 10.4 Ray Matrices and Ray Vectors
Z:_m}Ya| 10.5 Periodic Lens Waveguides and Opical Resonators
e;A^.\SP Appendix I Relativistic Optics
^MW\ t4pZ 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
%aj7-K6:t 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
+A8=R%&b)[ 1.3 Relativistic Effects in Optics
="3a%\ 1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
1<LC8?wt References
g.[+yzuE6 Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
Bs+c2 R -1jjB1 Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
v87$NQvwQ Rating: 5
S|K |rDr0n >AR Tr'B This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
6 QN1+MwB YPF&U4C N 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.
sg3h i"Im KY4d+~2 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.
`4VO&lRm R&6n?g6@/V Summary: For the price Great
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b7 , i Td-n9 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.
jg~_'4f# r #LnDseW One word of caution, I think some graduate school background in Physics and Math is needed for engineers. I am an engineer (
Z:I*y7V- 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.
WwW" fkv $Llt a,ULE Summary: Decent, economical book for optics
OI~}e,[2z Rating: 4
C= >B_EO .|T2\M 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.
