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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WS!:w'rzr %`M IGi# Publisher: Dover Publications
rwJCVk F Number Of Pages: 336
L[|($vQ" Publication Date: 1989-06-01
(mNNTMe ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
6D=9J %; ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
uuD|%-Ng Binding: Paperback
hLv~ N} am'11a@* 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.
isG8S(}IW& ]#7{ x Summary: Best in its class
!T'`L{Sj Rating: 5
2@A%;f0Q zF)&o} his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
K Wq&< X5 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).
V1P]mUs{1 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.
'P:u/Sq?m Ao0p=@Y 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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<GV-l |#>:@{X< Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
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f"{ |c@% mm l`,t8 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.
U diogXZ 8JFns-5 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!
A"V($:>U }Ai_peO0a The table of contents are not included in the product description, so I add that here:
=o!1}'1 }} Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
F v <^\q 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
:r BPgrt 1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
m\0Xh* 1.3 Plane Harmonic Waves. Phase Velocity
7xhBdi[ dQ 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
v!>(1ROQ.= 1.5 Group Velocity
#Ns]l< 1.6 The Doppler Effect
KkIgyLM Chapter 2 The Vectorial Nature of Light
=(3Yj[>st 2.1 General Remarks
H,{W rWA 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
xa=Lu?t%< 2.3 Linear Polarization
JZo18^aD"' 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
TI<?h(*R_ 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
G0izZW c 2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
ev{;}2~V 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
4eRV?tE9 2.8 The Brewster Angle
a(eKb2 CX 2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
.:b&$~< 2.10 Phase Changes in Total Internal Reflection
j@Ta\a-,x 2.11 Reflection Matrix
<73dXTZ0 Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
P4VMGP 3.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition
B&M-em= 3.2 Young’s Experiment
r= J+ 3.3 The Michelson Interferometer
F?Fs x)2k 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
p9(|p Z 3.5 Coherence Time and Coherence Length
,(@J Ntx 3.6 Spectral Resolution of a Finite Wave Train. Coherence and Line Width
+wHrS}I#g 3.7 Spatial Coherence
% $*WdK# 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
e! B>M{ 3.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
Y6Mp[= Chapter 4 Multiple-Beam Interference
P&=H<^yd 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
- _KO}_ 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
[wO|P{8\" 4.3 Resolution of Fabry-Perot Instruments
Bw{enf$vR 4.4 Theory of Multilayer Films
*M]@}'N Chapter 5 Diffraction
SJJ[y"GvD 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
y"L 7.B 5.2 Fundamental Theory
o?O> pK 5.3 Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
WSKub n?7B 5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
(>R 5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
B*3<(eI 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
qj #C8Tc7 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
j(>~:9I` Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
;S5J"1)O~ 6.1 General Remarks
XZ&cTjNB& 6.2 Macroscopic Fields and Maxwell’s Equations
"8#EA<lsS 6.3 The General Wave Equation
H5)8TR3La 6.4 Propagation of Light in Isotropic Dielectrics. Dispersion
k0(_0o 6.5 Propagation of Light in Conducting Media
Pe,:FIp, 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
/)-OK7x 6.7 Propagation of Light in Crystals
_pN:p7l( 6.8 Double Refraction at a Boundary
SmUj8?6" 6.9 Optical Activity
2N}U B=J 6.10 Faraday Rotation in Solids
E |K|AdL 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
Pl\r|gS; 6.12 Nonlinear Optics
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'~\\:37+ 7.1 Thermal Radiation
GD -cP5$ 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
_)%Sz"g^Ix 7.3 Modes of Electromagnetic Radiation in a Cavity
4c'F.0^ 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
Q {:=z6& 7.5 Quantization of Cavity Radiation
Re<@ .d 7.6 Photon Statistics. Planck’s Formula
c. eUlr_ { 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
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^B!c L~S*I 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
8:sQB% BB 7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
H 2JKQm_ 7.11 Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
6 .'j \ Chapter 8 Optical Spectra
%nV6#pr 8.1 General Remarks
Q`m9I 8.2 Elementary Theory of Atomic Spectra
Tv6HPD$[ 8.3 Quantum Mechanics
?e#bq] 8.4 The Schrödinger Equation
L:_GpZ_ 8.5 Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom
WdZ_^ 8.6 Radiative Transitions and Selection Rules
w\zNn4B})A 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
r T"3^,, 8.8 Multiplicity in the Spectra of Many-Electron Atoms. Spectroscopic Notation
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UGD B4S 8.10 Atomic-Energy Levels in Solids
[e f&|Pi- Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
?P% -p 9.1 Introduction
vs%d}]v 9.2 Stimulated Emission and Thermal Radiation
:LxsiDrF[ 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
^5n#hSqZ=M 9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
s P~;i qk 9.5 Laser Oscillation
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9.6 Optical-Resonaor Theory
TFG0~"4Cz 9.7 Gas Lasers
Y.b? .)u& 9.8 Optically Pumped Solid-State Lasers
^e{]WH? 9.9 Dye Lasers
' +f(9/ 9.10 Semiconductor Diode Lasers
AaLbJYuKd 9.11 Q-Switching and Mode Locking
ZKTY1JW_ 9.12 The Ring Laser
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>K!$@ ]2F 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
| r,{# EE 10.2 Lenses
`rest_vu 10.3 Ray Equations
_A~>?gJ;, 10.4 Ray Matrices and Ray Vectors
O<P(UT" 10.5 Periodic Lens Waveguides and Opical Resonators
_ -|+k Appendix I Relativistic Optics
x8o/m$[,=u 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
/d*[za'0 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
)8`i%2i= 1.3 Relativistic Effects in Optics
f 7b6!R;z_ 1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
]YrgkC35 References
( _3QZ Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
m Eg3.| sLd%m+*p Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
i<{:J -U| Rating: 5
~5o2jTNy`p : ?j]W2+kR This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
9I [k3 f XSuJ<G It’s a beautifully concise and remarkably clear introduction to the main principles of modern optics - the ones that you are going to need over and over again as you continue into the subject.
.aQ8I1~ *Ksk1T+> This book gives you a great overview and set of basic foundations for every-day modern optics. I return to it often for little insights and reminders, even after 37 years in the business.
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'?Xf(6o1 5fy{! Great book to revise theory on Dual nature of light. Its like a nice handbook on optics. A full blown version would be very even nicer, with a math section to remind ‘old’ engineering like myself.
NQcNY= a Z8f>t1Q One word of caution, I think some graduate school background in Physics and Math is needed for engineers. I am an engineer (
c-* *~tb( I have a Phd, therefore it was easy for to me follow as I was reading), so I look at things slightly differently than Physicists.
B9wQ;[gQB T>|Y_3YO_a Summary: Decent, economical book for optics
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XZ<8M}Lg |$C fm} 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.
