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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+?Cy8Ev? Z^'\()3t Publisher: Dover Publications
ZvT>A#R;l~ Number Of Pages: 336
"lt5gu! `u Publication Date: 1989-06-01
G P %hf{ ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
gJ9"$fIPc ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
v4'kV:;& Binding: Paperback
uPYH3< -/W f iE 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.
1 kvs 2 R?9x!@B V Summary: Best in its class
79d(UG'O Rating: 5
4* E5@{D kQ lwl9 his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
g3{UP]Z71 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).
H=f| X<8 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.
`=,emP&(H& vlEW{B;)Z 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…
5E~^-wX _'L16@q Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
XG C\6?L~ Rating: 4
O&|<2Qr ] cmX f 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.
bJD$!*r\%! |Nj6RB7 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!
Za3}:7`Gu k1zK3I&c_ The table of contents are not included in the product description, so I add that here:
2=0HQXXrq Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
2u!&Te(!9 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
v0E6i!D/ 1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
DC -d@N+ 1.3 Plane Harmonic Waves. Phase Velocity
# C?M- 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
66" 6> 1.5 Group Velocity
$8HiX 6r 1.6 The Doppler Effect
%Pt){9b Chapter 2 The Vectorial Nature of Light
SUUN_w~ 2.1 General Remarks
9:VU tx#}2 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
xb9+- { <J 2.3 Linear Polarization
^ IIy> 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
#eJ<fU6Da 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
Ur>1eN%9' 2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
<9yh:1"X 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
1,bE[_ 2.8 The Brewster Angle
[?KGLUmTAI 2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
"UNFB3 2.10 Phase Changes in Total Internal Reflection
pb)8?1O|s 2.11 Reflection Matrix
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Pn[oo_)s 3.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition
MsP6C)dz 3.2 Young’s Experiment
foQo`}"5 3.3 The Michelson Interferometer
\y=oZk4 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
\ I523$a 3.5 Coherence Time and Coherence Length
9CeR^/i 3.6 Spectral Resolution of a Finite Wave Train. Coherence and Line Width
hp9U 3.7 Spatial Coherence
xSK#ovH2 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
Kob,}NgqZ 3.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
mOn_#2=KF Chapter 4 Multiple-Beam Interference
y*vSt^ 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
NzP71t+ 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
T+$H [ &j 4.3 Resolution of Fabry-Perot Instruments
>5L_t 4.4 Theory of Multilayer Films
LjG^c>[:m Chapter 5 Diffraction
N~mr@rXC 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
G`>]ng 5.2 Fundamental Theory
.\^0RyJE 5.3 Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
uu,F5<y[ 5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
TxP +? 1t 5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
Xzf,S;XV~ 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
#m{* ]mY@ 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
!#O [R S Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
~:bdS 4w 6.1 General Remarks
'"\M` G 6.2 Macroscopic Fields and Maxwell’s Equations
M] /aW 6.3 The General Wave Equation
|9c~kTjK 6.4 Propagation of Light in Isotropic Dielectrics. Dispersion
/]xa}{^B 6.5 Propagation of Light in Conducting Media
cp ltTJFg 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
"yaxHd 6.7 Propagation of Light in Crystals
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gaY&2 6.9 Optical Activity
M }d:B)cz 6.10 Faraday Rotation in Solids
71c[ `h*0{ 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
jBw)8~t Ym 6.12 Nonlinear Optics
$Xu3s~:S Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
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UDg' s 7.3 Modes of Electromagnetic Radiation in a Cavity
1w^wa_q x 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
=W.}& 7.5 Quantization of Cavity Radiation
$El-pMq 7.6 Photon Statistics. Planck’s Formula
.w.:o2L 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
s.}K?)mH 7.8 Momentum of a Photon. Light Pressure
.="X vVdkp 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
:BF ? r 7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
P# ~B @d 7.11 Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
p?rlx#M Chapter 8 Optical Spectra
! = ,4tg` 8.1 General Remarks
_]>1(8_N 8.2 Elementary Theory of Atomic Spectra
N"ga -u 8.3 Quantum Mechanics
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G-Tmk7m 8.5 Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom
RU:Rt' 8.6 Radiative Transitions and Selection Rules
y!77gx?- 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
|:=o\eu& 8.8 Multiplicity in the Spectra of Many-Electron Atoms. Spectroscopic Notation
(hzN(Dh 8.9 Molecular Spectra
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1q;v|F Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
G:=hg6 ' 9.1 Introduction
?0VR2Yb${b 9.2 Stimulated Emission and Thermal Radiation
LmF ,en5 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
#dA$k +3 9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
vjGQ! xF 9.5 Laser Oscillation
)#}>,,S 9.6 Optical-Resonaor Theory
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3yZmW$E. 9.8 Optically Pumped Solid-State Lasers
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@LKQ-<dZG 9.10 Semiconductor Diode Lasers
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EiW|+@1 9.12 The Ring Laser
R2~Tr$: Chapter 10 Ray Optics
4]y)YNQ( 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
@ ! #e\tx 10.2 Lenses
I0)`tQ + 10.3 Ray Equations
)u)=@@k21 10.4 Ray Matrices and Ray Vectors
%fq R 10.5 Periodic Lens Waveguides and Opical Resonators
^/2I)y]W0 Appendix I Relativistic Optics
= ?fz-HB 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
o%$.8)B9F 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
C9 n%!()> 1.3 Relativistic Effects in Optics
7~/ cz_ 1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
@w[i%F,&` References
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| "3<\$[ \c=I!<9 Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
L x^ eaP5 Rating: 5
?{{w[U6NE :]^e-p!z This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
!_<6}:ZB IHl q27O 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.
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#%0V`BS7n Rating: 5
)O]T}eI +K57. n{ 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.
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Ccf/hA#mb 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.
tl i.g bLgH3[{ Summary: Decent, economical book for optics
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kI\m0];KnQ nV;'Up Qw 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.
