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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kW0|\ 23?\jw3w Publisher: Dover Publications
$ "1Unu&P Number Of Pages: 336
/yPFts_q Publication Date: 1989-06-01
@8E mY,{; ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
h}r* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
0h/gqlTK1 Binding: Paperback
`T7gfb%1-3 R_ymTB}<t( 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.
F^.w:ad9< (jd)sf6Tj[ Summary: Best in its class
MkgeECMf Rating: 5
,e$]jC<sv2 &6<>hqR^ his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
t0h @i` 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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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.Wq@(ZoA 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.
$*w]]b$Dn cK4Q! l6O 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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Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
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{:BAh 5e| XgL-t~_ 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.
Z Bjy Q4h e/hA> 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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nAIV]9RAZ% Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
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Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
VqGmZ|+8 1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
{=mf/3.r 1.3 Plane Harmonic Waves. Phase Velocity
ln4gkm< ]t 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
qd$Y"~Mco 1.5 Group Velocity
\GhL{Awv&a 1.6 The Doppler Effect
2..b/ Chapter 2 The Vectorial Nature of Light
[ u7p:?WDW 2.1 General Remarks
Wy1#K)LRb 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
_~~:@fy 2.3 Linear Polarization
=nPIGI72VO 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
7Nx5n< 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
>%Rb}Ki4 2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
mHCp^g4Q 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
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"< [ 'W( 2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
tg =ClZ- 2.10 Phase Changes in Total Internal Reflection
fLkZ'~e! 2.11 Reflection Matrix
dxHKXw Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
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d Jy f.VJ 3.2 Young’s Experiment
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,liFo.kT8% 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
H'2&3v 3.5 Coherence Time and Coherence Length
o[Ojl .r< 3.6 Spectral Resolution of a Finite Wave Train. Coherence and Line Width
B=)&43)\ 3.7 Spatial Coherence
{2jetX`@h 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
EJC{!06L'/ 3.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
)@lZ~01~d Chapter 4 Multiple-Beam Interference
y[QQopy4: 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
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q8&2M 4.3 Resolution of Fabry-Perot Instruments
cyYsz'i m 4.4 Theory of Multilayer Films
dL{zU4iUR Chapter 5 Diffraction
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Kf=6l#J7 5.2 Fundamental Theory
Y:o\qr!Y 5.3 Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
U|tUX)9O 5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
]M^ k~Xa 5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
4)- ?1?) 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
^d6}rtG 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
NMaZ+g!t( Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
^eF%4DUC; 6.1 General Remarks
]rwHr;. 6.2 Macroscopic Fields and Maxwell’s Equations
bcx,K b 6.3 The General Wave Equation
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] oOSL=~c 6.5 Propagation of Light in Conducting Media
M1nH!A~o 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
++>HU{ 6.7 Propagation of Light in Crystals
~yX8p7qr 6.8 Double Refraction at a Boundary
^a>3U l{ 6.9 Optical Activity
?E>(zV1D/ 6.10 Faraday Rotation in Solids
\!-I Y 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
.\Z/j 6.12 Nonlinear Optics
d6(R-k#B Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
g+( Cs 7.1 Thermal Radiation
{@1;kG 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
uGXN ciEp` 7.3 Modes of Electromagnetic Radiation in a Cavity
-4 *94< 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
&# [w* t(A 7.5 Quantization of Cavity Radiation
h?Y-> !' 7.6 Photon Statistics. Planck’s Formula
R N, 5>.w 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
4lM)ZDg 7.8 Momentum of a Photon. Light Pressure
X667*L^ 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
E&; [E 7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
[A DSGnw 7.11 Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
Uz4 !O Chapter 8 Optical Spectra
cj[a^ ZH 8.1 General Remarks
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S['rfD>9 8.3 Quantum Mechanics
%-nYK3 8.4 The Schrödinger Equation
n'?AZ4&z 8.5 Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom
OM>,1;UH] 8.6 Radiative Transitions and Selection Rules
,(&p "O": 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
Uzi.CYVs% 8.8 Multiplicity in the Spectra of Many-Electron Atoms. Spectroscopic Notation
dnwTD\) , 8.9 Molecular Spectra
Ym% $!# 8.10 Atomic-Energy Levels in Solids
96(3ilAt Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
sn!E$ls3O 9.1 Introduction
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kA .U 2 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
KF .O>c87& 9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
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"_f~8f`y 9.6 Optical-Resonaor Theory
v3*y43 9.7 Gas Lasers
OfE>8*RI4 9.8 Optically Pumped Solid-State Lasers
QLPb5{>KDS 9.9 Dye Lasers
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~cf*Oq Chapter 10 Ray Optics
]\JLlQ}#H 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
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h&| S* 10.5 Periodic Lens Waveguides and Opical Resonators
mi';96 Appendix I Relativistic Optics
x]Pp|rHj 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
p{vGc-zP . 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
*2T"lpl 1.3 Relativistic Effects in Optics
2FV O@D 1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
Vr ^UEu.w? References
/Kd9UQU Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
+QW | 8b R/WbcQ) Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
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{i^F4A@=Z " *bP @W This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
3 a\De(; \[J\I 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.
5Ic'6AIz yg^ 4<A 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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u~~H'*EM c;B: o 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.
?8/T#ox BO,xA -+ One word of caution, I think some graduate school background in Physics and Math is needed for engineers. I am an engineer (
?u4t; 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.
dJ 9v/k_ <~Oy3#{ Summary: Decent, economical book for optics
V q[4RAd^P Rating: 4
?Q[b1: ;Lm t ch;_7? 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.
