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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n qcq3o*B {LO Pm1K8Y Publisher: Dover Publications
\k.`xG? Number Of Pages: 336
6pt_cpbR Publication Date: 1989-06-01
z)qYW6o% ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
1F^Q* t{ ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
q@|+`>h Binding: Paperback
Oj5UG* g* q# VmE 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.
%ou,|Dww XA>W >| Summary: Best in its class
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'o >)E> >cu%C s=m his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
#z*,CU#S9d 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).
]pax,| +$C 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.
t]yxL l\ RP4/:sO 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…
yn4T!r " H U|.5tP Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
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{3~VLdy -8TJ:#|N 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.
:!`"GaTy d7OygDb < 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!
hi7_jl6 kRp]2^}\s\ The table of contents are not included in the product description, so I add that here:
6>>; fy2 Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
3o<d= @`r 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
-Zt! H%U 1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
_gvFs %J 1.3 Plane Harmonic Waves. Phase Velocity
3nq?Y8yac 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
4CNrIF@ 1.5 Group Velocity
LW %AZkAx 1.6 The Doppler Effect
|Wh3a# Chapter 2 The Vectorial Nature of Light
BuJo W@) 2.1 General Remarks
j js/6sSRk 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
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qpjY &3SI 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
'0<d9OlJ} 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
aA o|3KCs 2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
dGIdSQ~ _ 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
DD| 0 ?i 2.8 The Brewster Angle
a~$XD(w^ 2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
D JP6Z 2.10 Phase Changes in Total Internal Reflection
Av X1* 2.11 Reflection Matrix
/F*Y~>*% 1 Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
R =D]:u<P 3.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition
Ma YU%h0 3.2 Young’s Experiment
] -=L7a 3.3 The Michelson Interferometer
L.Y3/H_ 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
=~#mF<z5 3.5 Coherence Time and Coherence Length
!NXjax\r 3.6 Spectral Resolution of a Finite Wave Train. Coherence and Line Width
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3.7 Spatial Coherence
A ~zn; 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
Y"Cf84E 3.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
P}bIp+ Chapter 4 Multiple-Beam Interference
o2 /:e 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
_:x]' w% 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
R+ * ; [ 4.3 Resolution of Fabry-Perot Instruments
48^- ]}; 4.4 Theory of Multilayer Films
0YH5B 5b Chapter 5 Diffraction
-t`kb*O3` 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
=u.@W98, K 5.2 Fundamental Theory
B}e/MlX3M 5.3 Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
w:&" "'E 5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
e~r/!B5X 5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
^7gG tz2 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
5cSiV7#Y: 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
"TZ q")- Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
-IPo/?} 6.1 General Remarks
wi(Y=?= 6.2 Macroscopic Fields and Maxwell’s Equations
h\s/rZg=r 6.3 The General Wave Equation
&Mh.PzO=b 6.4 Propagation of Light in Isotropic Dielectrics. Dispersion
YI QD 9 6.5 Propagation of Light in Conducting Media
]#tB[G 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
r`H}f#.KR 6.7 Propagation of Light in Crystals
"<,lqIqA; 6.8 Double Refraction at a Boundary
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[FFr}\}bY 6.10 Faraday Rotation in Solids
|/Nh# 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
_~kw^!p>Kr 6.12 Nonlinear Optics
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SFBUX(p Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
1\}vU 7.1 Thermal Radiation
x|H`%Z 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
<Ap_# 7.3 Modes of Electromagnetic Radiation in a Cavity
f|[7LIdh- 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
6$u/N gS 7.5 Quantization of Cavity Radiation
|OeyPD# 7.6 Photon Statistics. Planck’s Formula
L9b.D< 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
l:HQ@FX 7.8 Momentum of a Photon. Light Pressure
Xs 03..S 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
c<lp<{; 7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
m`yvZ4K! 7.11 Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
3CCs_AO Chapter 8 Optical Spectra
uEPp%&D.+ 8.1 General Remarks
i3-5~@M 8.2 Elementary Theory of Atomic Spectra
Z8v\>@?5R 8.3 Quantum Mechanics
g~lv/.CnA+ 8.4 The Schrödinger Equation
V !}I$JiJ 8.5 Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom
,K5K?C$k 8.6 Radiative Transitions and Selection Rules
N$fP\h^AR 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
7B?Y.B 8.8 Multiplicity in the Spectra of Many-Electron Atoms. Spectroscopic Notation
{K^5q{u 8.9 Molecular Spectra
qv!(In >u 8.10 Atomic-Energy Levels in Solids
kmQ:wf: Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
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HqGI. 9.2 Stimulated Emission and Thermal Radiation
l*Cul VX 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
OC ! {8MR 9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
G u;40)gm 9.5 Laser Oscillation
u[a-9^&g 9.6 Optical-Resonaor Theory
E-A9lJWr 9.7 Gas Lasers
x]^d'o:cDP 9.8 Optically Pumped Solid-State Lasers
FFT)m^4p. 9.9 Dye Lasers
lrrTeE* 9.10 Semiconductor Diode Lasers
,NO[Piok 9.11 Q-Switching and Mode Locking
YPK@BmAdE 9.12 The Ring Laser
5'! fi] Z Chapter 10 Ray Optics
z)Rkd0/X 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
Kz'GAm\ 10.2 Lenses
FZ*"^=)`G 10.3 Ray Equations
[P2>KQ\ 10.4 Ray Matrices and Ray Vectors
}8'_M/u\ 10.5 Periodic Lens Waveguides and Opical Resonators
j{C~wy!J Appendix I Relativistic Optics
#2=l\y-# 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
757&bH|a 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
8mX!mYO3c 1.3 Relativistic Effects in Optics
ko%mZ0Y 1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
D+T/ Z ) References
2> a&m> Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
lMv6QL\>' FSuC)Xg Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
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VL#:oyWA I:dUHN+@L5 This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
y dWr& E5 yQJ0",w3o. 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.
" 6,fIsU l;M,=ctB( 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.
yY]x' 'K r^k+D<k[7 Summary: For the price Great
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f]*;O+8$LN d=1\= d/K 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.
N8]DzE0% Y[*. ^l._ One word of caution, I think some graduate school background in Physics and Math is needed for engineers. I am an engineer (
&XNt/bK -? 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.
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.7 .G}z1 Rating: 4
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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.
