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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p;[.&o J 5i$P$ R Publisher: Dover Publications
uUl ;}W Number Of Pages: 336
ldG 8hK Publication Date: 1989-06-01
*{JD= ua ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
b`wT*& ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
FpttH?^ Binding: Paperback
% jUZc:06 GDj_+G;tO\ 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.
}+ W5Snx "6 e3Mj\ Summary: Best in its class
^=I[uX-3ue Rating: 5
-vT$UP r& RJ'z his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
+Km xo4p 1) Title says: introduction. So don’t imagine it covers every equation there is. Get Wolf’s book if you like equations that much.
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key subjects. To do that, you have to skip a lot of intro/background or equations, that’s why there are references and citations (and better bricks/bug killers).
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9vDE 3) This is an intro book but also serves well as a refresher. This is intermediate level to advanced level for non-physicists, as it assumes good understanding of calculus.
w6 Y+Y;,'f fk#Ggp< To be fair, the book is not without flaws. One obvious is the name implied recent advances (although different people use modern optics differently), while the book was last revised in 1975. Nonetheless, the key component of modern optics are mostly there, unless you are into cutting edge advances. It might be more appropriate to name it as “intro to physical optics”, then again the author added a section of ray optics at the end of the book…
11$v~<M Q1h v2*/U Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
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=lF G4F~V' 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.
r|jBKq~ ;r;>4+zn\ 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!
Cn9MboXX .<P@6Jq The table of contents are not included in the product description, so I add that here:
e?aSM Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
X bV?= 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
/[3!kW 1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
a.<!>o<t: 1.3 Plane Harmonic Waves. Phase Velocity
I7ySm12} 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
lZ+ 1 A0e 1.5 Group Velocity
Mf:x9# 1.6 The Doppler Effect
HV3D$~g F Chapter 2 The Vectorial Nature of Light
yEr vgf 2.1 General Remarks
D@mqfi(x 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
zpc m`z 2.3 Linear Polarization
Yh % 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
7_7^&.Hh 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
RML'C:1 2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
ku5g`h o 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
U&tR1v' 2.8 The Brewster Angle
4p&SlJ 2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
RG_)<U/B 2.10 Phase Changes in Total Internal Reflection
H ~qY7t 2.11 Reflection Matrix
H% c{ }F Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
0xutG/-&N 3.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition
5a l44[ 3.2 Young’s Experiment
xeHqC9Ou 3.3 The Michelson Interferometer
7w"YCRKh 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
Kib?JRYt 3.5 Coherence Time and Coherence Length
q->46{s| 3.6 Spectral Resolution of a Finite Wave Train. Coherence and Line Width
20uR? /|@ 3.7 Spatial Coherence
=>h~<88#5 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
_nnl+S>K 3.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
p&\x*~6u Chapter 4 Multiple-Beam Interference
z3}4 +~ ~ 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
lO|H:7 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
HaamLu 4.3 Resolution of Fabry-Perot Instruments
Y|i!\Ae 4.4 Theory of Multilayer Films
; ,&1 Chapter 5 Diffraction
=mk7'A>l 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
`Tf<w+H 5.2 Fundamental Theory
0r\hX6 k 5.3 Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
WxLILh 5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
IF*kLl? 5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
tU7eW#"w 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
!*xQPanL 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
<tTn$<b Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
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6.1 General Remarks
=M9Od7\J 6.2 Macroscopic Fields and Maxwell’s Equations
:U;Z Bs3 6.3 The General Wave Equation
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HPj7i;?O 6.5 Propagation of Light in Conducting Media
_zO, VL 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
M:(k7a+[^ 6.7 Propagation of Light in Crystals
VuW&Cn Z 6.8 Double Refraction at a Boundary
^Sr`)vP 6.9 Optical Activity
Im_`q\i 6.10 Faraday Rotation in Solids
Wc_Ph40C<_ 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
M+^+u 1QQ0 6.12 Nonlinear Optics
i_&&7. Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
7<?v!vQ}- 7.1 Thermal Radiation
P z +8u&~p 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
FyQ^@@ 7.3 Modes of Electromagnetic Radiation in a Cavity
'bg%9} 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
H p" :r%) 7.5 Quantization of Cavity Radiation
!NYc!gYD 7.6 Photon Statistics. Planck’s Formula
'gE_xn7j 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
{ l LUZM 7.8 Momentum of a Photon. Light Pressure
zUxF"g-W 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
TO)wjF_ 7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
e :.Xs 7.11 Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
15gI-Qb Chapter 8 Optical Spectra
PHD$E s 8.1 General Remarks
F:M3^I 8.2 Elementary Theory of Atomic Spectra
>UuLSF} 8.3 Quantum Mechanics
c6 6Iy " 8.4 The Schrödinger Equation
/^0Hi4+\ 8.5 Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom
{{=7 mbc 8.6 Radiative Transitions and Selection Rules
c{#lKD<7 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
`^afbW 8.8 Multiplicity in the Spectra of Many-Electron Atoms. Spectroscopic Notation
M d_\9G .e 8.9 Molecular Spectra
P*(lc: 8.10 Atomic-Energy Levels in Solids
K)0 6][ , Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
\"P lM!0du 9.1 Introduction
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/sdkQ{J!. 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
F{f "xM 9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
e[n T'e 9.5 Laser Oscillation
#!y|cP~;I 9.6 Optical-Resonaor Theory
XUUS N 9.7 Gas Lasers
v?h#Ym3e< 9.8 Optically Pumped Solid-State Lasers
fwxyZBr 9.9 Dye Lasers
R_ 4600 9.10 Semiconductor Diode Lasers
Mk[_yqoCO 9.11 Q-Switching and Mode Locking
Jp5~iC2d 9.12 The Ring Laser
{q8V Chapter 10 Ray Optics
~Cj+6CrT 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
OjeM#s#N! 10.2 Lenses
UXa3>q> 10.3 Ray Equations
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=UNzjmP503 10.5 Periodic Lens Waveguides and Opical Resonators
+5);" 71 Appendix I Relativistic Optics
59T:{d;~ 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
t_@%4Wn!1L 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
`t ZvIy* 1.3 Relativistic Effects in Optics
ycCEXu2F 1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
zc,fJM References
<r 3F*S= Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
&&(sZG w 31YzTbl[H Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
2lHJ&fck< Rating: 5
N9:xtrJ]_J tq>QZEg This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
}L@!TWR-Qu -jFt4Q7}8 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.
#xE" ]; [al$7R& This book gives you a great overview and set of basic foundations for every-day modern optics. I return to it often for little insights and reminders, even after 37 years in the business.
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P ",~8Aci( Rating: 5
.wS' Xn& = ?T'@C Great book to revise theory on Dual nature of light. Its like a nice handbook on optics. A full blown version would be very even nicer, with a math section to remind ‘old’ engineering like myself.
~++y4N B8Q C8@SuJ One word of caution, I think some graduate school background in Physics and Math is needed for engineers. I am an engineer (
M_UhFY=' I have a Phd, therefore it was easy for to me follow as I was reading), so I look at things slightly differently than Physicists.
+&-/$\" S1;#5 8 Summary: Decent, economical book for optics
OZL U>LU Rating: 4
@y)-!MHN(8 kUn55 l 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.
