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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72GX gah ?<Yt lqL Publisher: Dover Publications
.Kv>*__-Q Number Of Pages: 336
NDm@\<MIzB Publication Date: 1989-06-01
h6c8 hp. ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
zU:zzT}|TZ ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
3Wrl _V Binding: Paperback
HWx k>F0 "Q`{+|'=E 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.
iNZ'qMH22 ;_R;P;< Summary: Best in its class
KFor~A# D Rating: 5
iOm ~ r*C:)z .} his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
8)&H=#E 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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w @I2m4Q{O 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…
Jvw~b\ Xw!eB?A Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
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;TD<\1HJT= aSi:(w 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.
O$J'BnPpw ez%RWck There are end of chapter exercises included, and there are solutions to selected odd problems in the back of the book. However, there are no details as to how those solutions were arrived at. If you are an engineer, the only way to really be sure that you understand a subject is to solve problems. Thus I suggest Schaum’s Outline of Optics by Hecht for that task. Often the solutions to problems in that outline are the mathematical details that are missing in this book!
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_tS<\zy@y Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
eC%.xu^ 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
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M 1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
@Ytsb!! 1.3 Plane Harmonic Waves. Phase Velocity
j 9XY%4. 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
g-U'{I5F 1.5 Group Velocity
Pk T&zSQA 1.6 The Doppler Effect
L;I .6<K. Chapter 2 The Vectorial Nature of Light
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#dE #w#=r 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
R!lN m,i 2.3 Linear Polarization
Jg/l<4,K, 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
#! u P >/ 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
cRs Lt/Wr 2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
HUr;ysw 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
b[$%Wg 2.8 The Brewster Angle
2x{@19w)C 2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
B++.tQ=X. 2.10 Phase Changes in Total Internal Reflection
z{bM W^F 2.11 Reflection Matrix
S&}7jRH1 Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
8N4W}YBs 3.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition
C_dsYuQ5R 3.2 Young’s Experiment
@=h%;" 3.3 The Michelson Interferometer
l %=yT6 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
CTp~bGIv!= 3.5 Coherence Time and Coherence Length
P5* :r3> 3.6 Spectral Resolution of a Finite Wave Train. Coherence and Line Width
RQWVj F# 3.7 Spatial Coherence
xY(+[T!OF 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
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3.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
#R4Mv(BG Chapter 4 Multiple-Beam Interference
J?)vsnD.H 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
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/p~"?9b[ i 4.3 Resolution of Fabry-Perot Instruments
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ji? 0;2Y Chapter 5 Diffraction
^+oi|y 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
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5.P 5.2 Fundamental Theory
Q 2cF++Q1 5.3 Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
?{?mAb c 5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
OYzt>hdH 5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
QG ?7L_I 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
`I ,A7b 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
t1b$,jHmKl Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
*_`T*$ 6.1 General Remarks
JaKR#Y$+ ~ 6.2 Macroscopic Fields and Maxwell’s Equations
j WLZ!a3+ 6.3 The General Wave Equation
@ ^a6^*X> 6.4 Propagation of Light in Isotropic Dielectrics. Dispersion
(9*s:)zD- 6.5 Propagation of Light in Conducting Media
0&=2+=[c 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
\=Af AO@ 6.7 Propagation of Light in Crystals
Dx$74~2e 6.8 Double Refraction at a Boundary
wY SvI 6.9 Optical Activity
MVg`6& oH 6.10 Faraday Rotation in Solids
EJj Tf: 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
"Ol;0>$ 6.12 Nonlinear Optics
V]L$ `7G Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
F x4C]S 7.1 Thermal Radiation
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#i-!:6sLA 7.3 Modes of Electromagnetic Radiation in a Cavity
T?!^-PD9* 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
C, n]9 7.5 Quantization of Cavity Radiation
|w- tkkS 7.6 Photon Statistics. Planck’s Formula
2_vE 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
$5GvF1 7.8 Momentum of a Photon. Light Pressure
GC66n1- X 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
WLiY:X(+ | 7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
8R`@edj> 7.11 Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
Z{+h~?63 Chapter 8 Optical Spectra
t!c8 c^HR 8.1 General Remarks
JmrQDO_( 8.2 Elementary Theory of Atomic Spectra
8xj4N%PA 8.3 Quantum Mechanics
}U7>_b2 8.4 The Schrödinger Equation
S+ymdZ)xZ` 8.5 Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom
-))>7skc 8.6 Radiative Transitions and Selection Rules
IE $x2==) 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
EAF<PMb 8.8 Multiplicity in the Spectra of Many-Electron Atoms. Spectroscopic Notation
TSdjX]Kf 8.9 Molecular Spectra
BS;rit : 8.10 Atomic-Energy Levels in Solids
~53E)ilB Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
WEqHL,Uh] 9.1 Introduction
#I%< 1c%XA 9.2 Stimulated Emission and Thermal Radiation
(6 u<w#u 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
G(JvAe]r 9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
e~$MIHBY] 9.5 Laser Oscillation
C@pDX>~2=b 9.6 Optical-Resonaor Theory
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9.10 Semiconductor Diode Lasers
l6xC'c,jg 9.11 Q-Switching and Mode Locking
0MMY{@n 9.12 The Ring Laser
6'(5pt Chapter 10 Ray Optics
~ Cks)mJs 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
\4K 8*` $ 10.2 Lenses
lcJ`OLG 10.3 Ray Equations
a: iIfdd4' 10.4 Ray Matrices and Ray Vectors
3Aa j+=]W 10.5 Periodic Lens Waveguides and Opical Resonators
S#jH2fRo Appendix I Relativistic Optics
}n 6BI}n 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
zVxiCyU 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
x?:WR*5w 1.3 Relativistic Effects in Optics
o1Mb HBb 1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
Br]VCp References
7Yk6C5C Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
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hR[= Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
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=_%:9FnQ0 BTjF^&` This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
w#Nn(!VR A6lf-8nc x 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.
Yr-,0${m N g 'f u| This book gives you a great overview and set of basic foundations for every-day modern optics. I return to it often for little insights and reminders, even after 37 years in the business.
lqX]'gu]\ 7X|&:V.s| Summary: For the price Great
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|+!Jr_ By 8C,?Ai<ro Great book to revise theory on Dual nature of light. Its like a nice handbook on optics. A full blown version would be very even nicer, with a math section to remind ‘old’ engineering like myself.
<6dD{{J]>p }5Y.N7F One word of caution, I think some graduate school background in Physics and Math is needed for engineers. I am an engineer (
M*t@Q|$: 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.
><\mt C9gF2ii|? Summary: Decent, economical book for optics
LE1&atq Rating: 4
z+wV (i97 T%P 0M* 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.
