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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KQb&7k . Y3~z# < Publisher: Dover Publications
J)y g<*/3 Number Of Pages: 336
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ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
}aVzr}! ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
-BI!ZsC ' Binding: Paperback
R&6@*Nn +6l# hO7h 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.
NOwd'iU 9G2 rV k Summary: Best in its class
q2J |koT Rating: 5
Q0 Do B uF|_6~ g his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
#:N#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.
L fc y#3! 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).
_ q1\8y 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.
Zk lpnL*! *P9" 1K + 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…
$ 0K@= 7ms T [xIn+w Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
{]8|\CcY? Rating: 4
P(Rl/e yRM LQr!0p.i" 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.
"_LqIW1 L7aVj&xM 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!
.%7Le|Fb" L~)8Q(f The table of contents are not included in the product description, so I add that here:
Cw(yp u Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
:L+ xEL 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
X e_djy'8 1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
r5UV BV8T 1.3 Plane Harmonic Waves. Phase Velocity
1 eV&oN# 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
F (."nUrf 1.5 Group Velocity
EV Z1Z 1.6 The Doppler Effect
m:`M&Xs& Chapter 2 The Vectorial Nature of Light
gg rYf* 2.1 General Remarks
F)X`CG ;t 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
Kw;gQk~R! 2.3 Linear Polarization
<z2.A/L 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
/ [49iIzC 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
x:~XZX\mwH 2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
`?R{sNr . 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
0M&n3s{5I 2.8 The Brewster Angle
#oa>Z.?_V 2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
SPd EO3 2.10 Phase Changes in Total Internal Reflection
w G7>2*( 2.11 Reflection Matrix
w.aEc}@(^ Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
Ri`6X_x U 3.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition
/bo=,%wJ[ 3.2 Young’s Experiment
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3.3 The Michelson Interferometer
5EVypw?]x 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
"5k 6 FV 3.5 Coherence Time and Coherence Length
kiN,N]-V 3.6 Spectral Resolution of a Finite Wave Train. Coherence and Line Width
7?uDh'utt 3.7 Spatial Coherence
(!5Pl`:j" 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
S .x>w/ 3.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
i~v[3 e9y7 Chapter 4 Multiple-Beam Interference
LXxQI(RO 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
) V>OND 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
W?aP%D"(i 4.3 Resolution of Fabry-Perot Instruments
4.wrY6+V 4.4 Theory of Multilayer Films
T-ST M"~% Chapter 5 Diffraction
]ne bL{}5 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
56c[$ q 5.2 Fundamental Theory
yv]|Ce@8A 5.3 Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
.'H$|"( v 5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
L )\<7 5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
n!~ $Z/ 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
p.8 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
!L pjTMYs Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
|4pl}:g/Z 6.1 General Remarks
B=n90XO | 6.2 Macroscopic Fields and Maxwell’s Equations
r^msJ|k8[ 6.3 The General Wave Equation
BH~zeJ*Pr 6.4 Propagation of Light in Isotropic Dielectrics. Dispersion
6S n&; ap 6.5 Propagation of Light in Conducting Media
sUc[!S:/ 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
"\}h 6.7 Propagation of Light in Crystals
Qb)c>r 6.8 Double Refraction at a Boundary
. 70=x H 6.9 Optical Activity
~F,Y BX 6.10 Faraday Rotation in Solids
e_3jyA@ v 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
Twd*HH 6.12 Nonlinear Optics
*My9r.F5o Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
`@1e{ ?$ 7.1 Thermal Radiation
LprGsqr: 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
J!~kqNI 7.3 Modes of Electromagnetic Radiation in a Cavity
1QD4 9) 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
=X5w=(& 7.5 Quantization of Cavity Radiation
LVdR,'lS 7.6 Photon Statistics. Planck’s Formula
AD`5:G 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
Uvc$&j^k 7.8 Momentum of a Photon. Light Pressure
m='}t \= 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
{j`8XWLZZN 7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
S} ,Cz 7.11 Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
^J hs/HV Chapter 8 Optical Spectra
/8l@n dZf 8.1 General Remarks
rA? < \* 8.2 Elementary Theory of Atomic Spectra
T _UJ?W 8.3 Quantum Mechanics
(j@c946z"" 8.4 The Schrödinger Equation
JCBX?rM/ 8.5 Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom
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#*y.C[^5{ 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
uZ3do|um 8.8 Multiplicity in the Spectra of Many-Electron Atoms. Spectroscopic Notation
@VIY=qh 8.9 Molecular Spectra
M1NdlAAf 8.10 Atomic-Energy Levels in Solids
m6K7D([f Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
EHhc2^e 9.1 Introduction
rloxM~7!,) 9.2 Stimulated Emission and Thermal Radiation
Srmr `[i 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
. IY@Q 9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
,66(*\xT 9.5 Laser Oscillation
p&<n_b 9.6 Optical-Resonaor Theory
d(RMD 9.7 Gas Lasers
NV(jp'i~ 9.8 Optically Pumped Solid-State Lasers
C|IHRw`[ 9.9 Dye Lasers
u ]O}Ub` 9.10 Semiconductor Diode Lasers
E24}?t^| 9.11 Q-Switching and Mode Locking
8Ara^Xh}q 9.12 The Ring Laser
TTa3DbF p% Chapter 10 Ray Optics
[!3cWJCt 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
<=6F=u3PtU 10.2 Lenses
$iy!:Did 10.3 Ray Equations
-^`s#0( y^ 10.4 Ray Matrices and Ray Vectors
yN `&o ya 10.5 Periodic Lens Waveguides and Opical Resonators
c C) < Y#1 Appendix I Relativistic Optics
A ep](je 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
b~ * iL!< 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
N Czabl 1.3 Relativistic Effects in Optics
h~qvd--p0 1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
kxEq_FX References
[9 :9<#?o^ Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
>}NnzZ >+;} "J Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
,/V~T<FI Rating: 5
Uea2WJpX . bUmT ! This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
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2g5 4<G*e 8q6Le {G 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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0(u}z !U P B4I 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^; /@: +.^pAz U}R One word of caution, I think some graduate school background in Physics and Math is needed for engineers. I am an engineer (
B+R|fQ 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.
$}S0LZ_H M3!;u%~} s Summary: Decent, economical book for optics
p^w)@^f Rating: 4
izl-GitP 0d:t=LKw) 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.
