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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Orb('Z,-3 u?OyvvpH Publisher: Dover Publications
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ZyJdz+L{@V Publication Date: 1989-06-01
X*Ibk-PUM ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
mkA1Sh{hX> ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
$6W o$c% Binding: Paperback
j%2l%Mx( + _=&7 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.
(J c} K :UjF<V Summary: Best in its class
&f}a` /{@ Rating: 5
O!0YlIvWv X[Lwx.Ly8 his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
\#(3r1( 1) Title says: introduction. So don’t imagine it covers every equation there is. Get Wolf’s book if you like equations that much.
>~;MQDU5*Y 2) Short but concise on
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).
d?j_L`?+ 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.
8Ol#-2>k$ #= tWjInm 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…
x%acWeV5 ;#3l&HRKH1 Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
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pEc|h*p8 B{\cV-X$0 If you’re studying optics in a college class using Hecht’s classic text, or if you are an engineer who needs an overview of the subject, this is a good practical and economical introduction to the subject. However, be aware that this book is short on two components - details of derivations of mathematical formulas and illustrations. That is not to say they do not exist, it is just to say that at several points during the book I could have been aided in my comprehension by either an illustration or derivation that simply wasn’t there.
K `=O!; 9uV'# sR There are end of chapter exercises included, and there are solutions to selected odd problems in the back of the book. However, there are no details as to how those solutions were arrived at. If you are an engineer, the only way to really be sure that you understand a subject is to solve problems. Thus I suggest Schaum’s Outline of Optics by Hecht for that task. Often the solutions to problems in that outline are the mathematical details that are missing in this book!
EhEUkZE3 ) R)>/P{ A-P The table of contents are not included in the product description, so I add that here:
&kR + 7 Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
zp "Lp>i 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
B8+J0jdg6% 1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
Dc,h( 2 1.3 Plane Harmonic Waves. Phase Velocity
K;%P_f/KJP 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
4!'1o`8vs 1.5 Group Velocity
X coV27 1.6 The Doppler Effect
zTDB]z!A Chapter 2 The Vectorial Nature of Light
8 |>$M 2.1 General Remarks
[dG&"%5vD 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
,o $F~KPu 2.3 Linear Polarization
8MHYk>O~{G 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
j2V"w&>b} 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
`[hc{ynO| 2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
{1RI!#[\ 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
{K\l3_=5qb 2.8 The Brewster Angle
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Fai_v{&? 2.10 Phase Changes in Total Internal Reflection
_[zZm* 2.11 Reflection Matrix
uFseO9F.2 Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
V3%"z 3.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition
~ H [ 3.2 Young’s Experiment
8@Zg@>, 3.3 The Michelson Interferometer
"7 v/ - 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
i$~2pr 3.5 Coherence Time and Coherence Length
^Eu]i 3.6 Spectral Resolution of a Finite Wave Train. Coherence and Line Width
i/ED_<_ Vg 3.7 Spatial Coherence
\;al@yC=T 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
! N\<QRb\q 3.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
pGQP9r% Chapter 4 Multiple-Beam Interference
9`83cL 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
BCDmce`=l 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
lHRs3+ 4.3 Resolution of Fabry-Perot Instruments
2K^D%U 4.4 Theory of Multilayer Films
kq;1Ax0 { Chapter 5 Diffraction
H . F-mm 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
~r/"w'dB 5.2 Fundamental Theory
UDjmXQ2, 5.3 Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
}6;K+INT 5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
42`%D 5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
uvN Lm]* 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
7Hgh n"ol 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
$;kFu JF Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
^?pf.E!F` 6.1 General Remarks
:O`7kZ]=n 6.2 Macroscopic Fields and Maxwell’s Equations
4o+SSS 6.3 The General Wave Equation
kEQ 1&9 6.4 Propagation of Light in Isotropic Dielectrics. Dispersion
AYhWeI+ 6.5 Propagation of Light in Conducting Media
"I[a ]T}/ 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
U3Fa.bC6} 6.7 Propagation of Light in Crystals
2nNBX2 o&_ 6.8 Double Refraction at a Boundary
B,Pbm|U1 6.9 Optical Activity
9Fo00"q 6.10 Faraday Rotation in Solids
r]e1a\)r 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
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6.12 Nonlinear Optics
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Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
[v@3|@ 7.1 Thermal Radiation
]><K8N3Z 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
C`G+b{o 7.3 Modes of Electromagnetic Radiation in a Cavity
r7Vt,{4/ 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
`SFA`B)[5@ 7.5 Quantization of Cavity Radiation
'eyzH[l,( 7.6 Photon Statistics. Planck’s Formula
vY 0EffZ 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
#&V7C YJ 7.8 Momentum of a Photon. Light Pressure
OQ lmzg 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
7a$K@iWU 7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
D4@ ).% 7.11 Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
YmrrZ&]q Chapter 8 Optical Spectra
o,-p[1b 8.1 General Remarks
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5j8aMnv s 8.3 Quantum Mechanics
Dno]N 8.4 The Schrödinger Equation
nt 9LBea 8.5 Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom
PK C}!>2 8.6 Radiative Transitions and Selection Rules
mu#I F'|b 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
z3n273W>6 8.8 Multiplicity in the Spectra of Many-Electron Atoms. Spectroscopic Notation
ZmLA 4 < 8.9 Molecular Spectra
u+5&^"72, 8.10 Atomic-Energy Levels in Solids
+9^V9]{Vo Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
Z\lJE>1 9.1 Introduction
_GhP{ C$ 9.2 Stimulated Emission and Thermal Radiation
~Q+E" " 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
0W_olnZ 9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
P O*;V<^ 9.5 Laser Oscillation
@A B}r1E2 9.6 Optical-Resonaor Theory
}3 825 9.7 Gas Lasers
FT F`-}Hz 9.8 Optically Pumped Solid-State Lasers
:VkuK@Th ` 9.9 Dye Lasers
G ' 1K6 9.10 Semiconductor Diode Lasers
&i(\g7%U 9.11 Q-Switching and Mode Locking
?\Bm>p% + 9.12 The Ring Laser
H=/ ; Chapter 10 Ray Optics
zIzL7oD 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
0 ~a9gBG 10.2 Lenses
|o@xWs@m 10.3 Ray Equations
v pg*J/1[ 10.4 Ray Matrices and Ray Vectors
>='y+ 68 10.5 Periodic Lens Waveguides and Opical Resonators
QZh#& Qf; Appendix I Relativistic Optics
&GfDo4$ 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
^P!(* k#T 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
La2f]+sV 1.3 Relativistic Effects in Optics
T1-.+&< 1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
(DIM t-wz References
vE~>9 Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
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$m[# 3 l cX'n8/3 Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
.5^7Jwh Rating: 5
kC_Kb&Q0 M?S&@\}c This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
XLgp.w; 9#>t% IF~ 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.
tLE7s_^ 9 cIKi#Bl 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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{3* Ne / I&J> 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.
6M#}& Gv b Y2:g ) One word of caution, I think some graduate school background in Physics and Math is needed for engineers. I am an engineer (
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8C=8Wjm TFZxk Summary: Decent, economical book for optics
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==Ah& ){4^ 5M&<tj/[a0 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.
