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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]7rj/l$ u hnznp1[#@ Publisher: Dover Publications
+/ &_v^sC; Number Of Pages: 336
H`geS Publication Date: 1989-06-01
0pSmj2/,. ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
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2 ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
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<2nZ&M4/s{ np 4+" 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.
Hy R!O> #-GJ&m8 Summary: Best in its class
M G?0>^F Rating: 5
O%ug@& S{ k}#;Uy=5 his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
R9! Uo 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).
2"-S<zM 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.
FP Jd| LE%7DW ( 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…
Q(o!iI:Gts U`]T~9I Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
Kb^>-[Yx Rating: 4
E{2Eoj;gq 1U,1)<z~u 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.
RO3oP1@B (4 %Y HS8 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!
:F?x)"WoQ+ ${8?N:>t The table of contents are not included in the product description, so I add that here:
OK{xu X8u Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
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Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
+L=*:e\j 1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
0W%@gs5d& 1.3 Plane Harmonic Waves. Phase Velocity
8#D:H/ `' 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
%r iK+ 1.5 Group Velocity
W k}AmC 1.6 The Doppler Effect
c c Chapter 2 The Vectorial Nature of Light
NOS>8sy 2.1 General Remarks
U #~;)fZ 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
)}L? ?|# 2.3 Linear Polarization
A4QcQ" 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
&ciN@nJ|$z 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
8_!.!Kde | 2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
JO'>oFv_W 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
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@WKzX 41' 2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
LA[g(i 7 2.10 Phase Changes in Total Internal Reflection
&'' WRgZ} 2.11 Reflection Matrix
y4Er @8I` Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
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O6]. *25 3.2 Young’s Experiment
"Y=+Ls(3o( 3.3 The Michelson Interferometer
;;)`c/$ 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
-ti{6:H8 3.5 Coherence Time and Coherence Length
Ux2U*a ; 3.6 Spectral Resolution of a Finite Wave Train. Coherence and Line Width
1J? dK|% b 3.7 Spatial Coherence
L Z~"VV^ 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
&J !aw 3.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
| / }\6L] Chapter 4 Multiple-Beam Interference
c={Ft* N 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
!JBae2Z 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
LC0d/ hM 4.3 Resolution of Fabry-Perot Instruments
.4l/_4,s_ 4.4 Theory of Multilayer Films
t]-uw-E Chapter 5 Diffraction
xE-7P |2 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
$Q+s/4\ 5.2 Fundamental Theory
-]:G L>b 5.3 Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
x#C@8Bxq= 5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
Ay{t254 / 5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
lHB) b}7E 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
~LQ[4h<J ! 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
eb|i 3. Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
w-$[>R[hw 6.1 General Remarks
G9g6.8*& 6.2 Macroscopic Fields and Maxwell’s Equations
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6.3 The General Wave Equation
,1/}^f 6 6.4 Propagation of Light in Isotropic Dielectrics. Dispersion
NcM >{{8 6.5 Propagation of Light in Conducting Media
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3I 0eW%, 6.7 Propagation of Light in Crystals
l\$ +7| W 6.8 Double Refraction at a Boundary
rbqo"g ` 6.9 Optical Activity
N]YtLa,t 6.10 Faraday Rotation in Solids
>\A8#@1 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
H0"= Vs,n 6.12 Nonlinear Optics
$ex!!rqN| Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
iGXBqUQ: 7.1 Thermal Radiation
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7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
DDd|T;8 7.3 Modes of Electromagnetic Radiation in a Cavity
]=F8p 2w? 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
6yAA~;*5' 7.5 Quantization of Cavity Radiation
nF)uTk 7.6 Photon Statistics. Planck’s Formula
/b,TpuM^ 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
_w ]4~V9 7.8 Momentum of a Photon. Light Pressure
1f (DU4h 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
N6Z{BLZ 7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
s4T}Bs r 7.11 Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
RD<75]**{ Chapter 8 Optical Spectra
8n? kZY$, 8.1 General Remarks
P(om fD4 8.2 Elementary Theory of Atomic Spectra
|Wj;QO$C 8.3 Quantum Mechanics
G.U 5) 4_^ 8.4 The Schrödinger Equation
`&$B3)Eb 8.5 Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom
{fSf q&o 8.6 Radiative Transitions and Selection Rules
!#? kWAU 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
F: 37MUQi 8.8 Multiplicity in the Spectra of Many-Electron Atoms. Spectroscopic Notation
BC\S/5~k 8.9 Molecular Spectra
gd^Js 1Z 8.10 Atomic-Energy Levels in Solids
X21d X`eMN Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
gmSQcN) 9.1 Introduction
8)0 L2KL' 9.2 Stimulated Emission and Thermal Radiation
t0m*PJc F 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
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g.Hio.fVd 9.5 Laser Oscillation
#%S0PL"x U 9.6 Optical-Resonaor Theory
PoD^`()FR{ 9.7 Gas Lasers
QYThW7 S 9.8 Optically Pumped Solid-State Lasers
$R^lo $( 9.9 Dye Lasers
yi!`V. 9.10 Semiconductor Diode Lasers
]re'LC!d 9.11 Q-Switching and Mode Locking
=7ydk"xM* 9.12 The Ring Laser
2'{}<9 Chapter 10 Ray Optics
]7qiUdxt: 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
_|,{ ^m|d 10.2 Lenses
G{c#\?12C 10.3 Ray Equations
.]76!(fWZ 10.4 Ray Matrices and Ray Vectors
xX @FWAj 10.5 Periodic Lens Waveguides and Opical Resonators
oO=o|w|T Appendix I Relativistic Optics
!E& MBAKy 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
CB*/ =Y 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
uMFV% +I 1.3 Relativistic Effects in Optics
. gT4_ 1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
E`@43Nz References
$3\yf?m}q Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
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Ae Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
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93w~.p M#0 @X This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
i7eI=f-Q J_ V,XO 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.
k X8=cL9G am:.NG+ 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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Tb # 4 iH&:Al 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.
k!E"wJkpz 1VfSSO One word of caution, I think some graduate school background in Physics and Math is needed for engineers. I am an engineer (
RG? MRxC 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.
_pSIJ3O my,x9UPs Summary: Decent, economical book for optics
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K/Jk[29"\ u33zceE8 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.
