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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]DvO:tM :%JC^dV( Publisher: Dover Publications
H@l}[hkP Number Of Pages: 336
QM5 .f+/ Publication Date: 1989-06-01
aV`&L,Q)7E ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
/u`3VOn ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
>p])it[q&$ Binding: Paperback
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O/O=> 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.
'R9g7,53R W~ U Lc 9 Summary: Best in its class
`7+j0kV) Rating: 5
C;Ic Y-~~,Yl~ his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
td{O}\s7D 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).
yg;_.4TpIO 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.
Y\+KoR' ; R4e&^tI@* 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…
( 0Naf p" `% Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
>0Ev#cX4 Rating: 4
C+K =[ e kQrW%\3 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-PT22 DB`QsiC ) 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!
~^N]y b WxGSv#u The table of contents are not included in the product description, so I add that here:
XTq m] Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
:Dl% _ l 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
W W " i 1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
.~=HgOJ 1.3 Plane Harmonic Waves. Phase Velocity
$v} <' 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
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Di=9m HC 1.6 The Doppler Effect
qJ8-9^E,L Chapter 2 The Vectorial Nature of Light
|G=[5e^s[ 2.1 General Remarks
BH@b1} 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
PI|`vC|yy& 2.3 Linear Polarization
h ? #@~ 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
Xt,X_o2m|] 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
)QY![&k}1z 2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
kJ=L2g>W<. 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
])y{BlZ 2.8 The Brewster Angle
IS]{}Y\3H 2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
.Gb +\E{M 2.10 Phase Changes in Total Internal Reflection
;?IT)sNY 2.11 Reflection Matrix
(TSqc5^H Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
AR L 3.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition
*M~.3$NN 3.2 Young’s Experiment
fk5XvL 3.3 The Michelson Interferometer
J(h3]J/Yw 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
uhn%lV] 3.5 Coherence Time and Coherence Length
M V +i{] 3.6 Spectral Resolution of a Finite Wave Train. Coherence and Line Width
;Gm>O7"|@ 3.7 Spatial Coherence
w;yx<1f 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
]1fZupM^6 3.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
EIX\O6* Chapter 4 Multiple-Beam Interference
Li`hdrO'ii 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
g0#q "v55 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
%my 4.3 Resolution of Fabry-Perot Instruments
rS~qi}4X 4.4 Theory of Multilayer Films
rm+v( & Chapter 5 Diffraction
P M~*|(fA 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
JmWR{du 5.2 Fundamental Theory
Sa]Ek* 5.3 Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
W\ULUK 5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
T_L6 t66I 5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
Fu0 .~w 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
6 S*zzJ.0K 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
=Nl5{qYz^& Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
V;*p L1 6.1 General Remarks
2uu[52H8d% 6.2 Macroscopic Fields and Maxwell’s Equations
nN{dORJlx 6.3 The General Wave Equation
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]Ti $ztJ 6.5 Propagation of Light in Conducting Media
aG3 k4 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
p~>_T7ze 6.7 Propagation of Light in Crystals
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>_#)3K1 y8 6.9 Optical Activity
+rQg7a} 6.10 Faraday Rotation in Solids
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mq`5w)S)\o 6.12 Nonlinear Optics
:c;_a-69 Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
gg Cr- 7.1 Thermal Radiation
>6K4b/.5 w 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
M]0^ ind 7.3 Modes of Electromagnetic Radiation in a Cavity
RV]a% mVlM 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
<lx^aakk! 7.5 Quantization of Cavity Radiation
T{ nQjYb? 7.6 Photon Statistics. Planck’s Formula
%<S7 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
C5B=N A c 7.8 Momentum of a Photon. Light Pressure
LV=^jsQ5 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
R"Y?iZ ed3 7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
JFJIls 7.11 Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
-RC v7U` Chapter 8 Optical Spectra
(6#M9XL 8.1 General Remarks
B? TpBd 8.2 Elementary Theory of Atomic Spectra
vcO sq#UW 8.3 Quantum Mechanics
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gN\*Y 8.5 Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom
4^ MSX+zt 8.6 Radiative Transitions and Selection Rules
w&+\Wo;([b 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
NV(fN-L 8.8 Multiplicity in the Spectra of Many-Electron Atoms. Spectroscopic Notation
(.oaMA"B 8.9 Molecular Spectra
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Uk"Y/Ddm Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
E~69^ cd 9.1 Introduction
_3 KZME 9.2 Stimulated Emission and Thermal Radiation
=u[rOU{X"W 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
^OjvL6 A/p 9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
.='3bQ(UZ4 9.5 Laser Oscillation
g(aNyn 9.6 Optical-Resonaor Theory
2:/u2K 9.7 Gas Lasers
8 +L7E- 9.8 Optically Pumped Solid-State Lasers
J{^n=X9M0J 9.9 Dye Lasers
<q1'Li)_R 9.10 Semiconductor Diode Lasers
~e+0c'n\ 9.11 Q-Switching and Mode Locking
'@S,V/jy0z 9.12 The Ring Laser
ylT6h_z1[Y Chapter 10 Ray Optics
S]. Ft/+H 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
F42TKPN^uu 10.2 Lenses
ax;{MfsK 10.3 Ray Equations
_p$"NNFN 10.4 Ray Matrices and Ray Vectors
XzN-slu! 10.5 Periodic Lens Waveguides and Opical Resonators
&KOO&, Appendix I Relativistic Optics
(, d/ JnP 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
+0dQORo 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
&,_?>.\[< 1.3 Relativistic Effects in Optics
d{iL?>' ?^ 1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
^$ 8Vh =D References
1riBvBT Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
SAQs {M w64.R4 e Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
<?nB,U Rating: 5
rS=tcB O L F8Pb;I This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
k>$FT ` /bu'6/!` It’s a beautifully concise and remarkably clear introduction to the main principles of modern optics - the ones that you are going to need over and over again as you continue into the subject.
li 1v 4 QR|XV%$ 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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D8q3TyCj% Rating: 5
JO}#f+w} ?' TA!MR 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.
XX*'N+ <[/PyNYK One word of caution, I think some graduate school background in Physics and Math is needed for engineers. I am an engineer (
$hyqYp"/; 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.
-qs(2^ r94j+$7 Summary: Decent, economical book for optics
Dl>* L Rating: 4
T-hU+(+hg d'x<- l9 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.
