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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vw>j J YUWn ;# Publisher: Dover Publications
?uL eFD Number Of Pages: 336
u ,. 3 Publication Date: 1989-06-01
p<Z3tD;Z ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
WN]<q`. ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
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= "ts`> !RvRGRSyF 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.
j{ ++6<tr +~zXDBS9 Summary: Best in its class
sN=6 gCau Rating: 5
F" +o@9] K,ej%Vtz his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
#s-iy+/1oN 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).
Dh| w^Q 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.
C@\{ehG &?,U_)x/ 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…
)$GIN/i \*vHB`.,ey Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
?i\;:<e4 Rating: 4
m|tC24 v5}X+' 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.
-Yi,_#3{ zt24qTKL 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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d hPKHrS Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
EV M7Q> 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
gJN0!N' 1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
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;zTuKex~ 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
d[gl]tj9 1.5 Group Velocity
-;(Q1) & 1.6 The Doppler Effect
'=E9En#@ Chapter 2 The Vectorial Nature of Light
5/><$06rq 2.1 General Remarks
{BBw$m, o 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
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[4Ll0GSp 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
V)M1YZV{ 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
q-$`k 2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
Oft arD 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
,*id'=S 2.8 The Brewster Angle
#EO1`9f48x 2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
<Cpp?DW_ 2.10 Phase Changes in Total Internal Reflection
6SM:x]`##, 2.11 Reflection Matrix
B/f0P(7 Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
fN%j J-[d 3.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition
>>Ar$ 3.2 Young’s Experiment
hi2sec|;< 3.3 The Michelson Interferometer
J :d of: q 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
0 *%& > 3.5 Coherence Time and Coherence Length
z$lF)r:Bc 3.6 Spectral Resolution of a Finite Wave Train. Coherence and Line Width
>Q E{O.Z 3.7 Spatial Coherence
ihe(F 7\U 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
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f|EUqu%E Chapter 4 Multiple-Beam Interference
1MsWnSvzf 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
!eR3@%4 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
ITJ q 4.3 Resolution of Fabry-Perot Instruments
_, AzJ^ 4.4 Theory of Multilayer Films
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W_M'.1 t 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
W`rNBfG> 5.2 Fundamental Theory
sRHA."A!8 5.3 Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
P'Q$d+F, 5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
+t)n;JHN 5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
_W!p8cB 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
'(+<UpG_Q} 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
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m`? MV\^ 6.1 General Remarks
6R UrF 6.2 Macroscopic Fields and Maxwell’s Equations
; ;s* Ohh 6.3 The General Wave Equation
#Doq P: 6.4 Propagation of Light in Isotropic Dielectrics. Dispersion
5r {;CKKz 6.5 Propagation of Light in Conducting Media
#C*8X+._y 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
9.O8/0w7LV 6.7 Propagation of Light in Crystals
Bvjl-$m!v 6.8 Double Refraction at a Boundary
\(U Kd v 6.9 Optical Activity
+#J,BKul 6.10 Faraday Rotation in Solids
Vn=qV3OE] 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
neF]=uCWnT 6.12 Nonlinear Optics
4pU >x$3$ Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
`\| ssC8u 7.1 Thermal Radiation
`D5HC 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
i7[uLdQ 7.3 Modes of Electromagnetic Radiation in a Cavity
]<uQ.~ 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
AN:@f Z 7.5 Quantization of Cavity Radiation
)QiQn=Ce 7.6 Photon Statistics. Planck’s Formula
K!AAGj` 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
JOn yrks 7.8 Momentum of a Photon. Light Pressure
rEZ8eeB[3 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
C&\5' [* 7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
8G%yB}pa 7.11 Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
S*)1|~pRvQ Chapter 8 Optical Spectra
Tsb{25`+ 8.1 General Remarks
I 8 8.2 Elementary Theory of Atomic Spectra
'Yy&G\S 8.3 Quantum Mechanics
xgsjm) ) 8.4 The Schrödinger Equation
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2 - !L _W( 8.6 Radiative Transitions and Selection Rules
* v%rMU7, 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
M .} 7pJ7f 8.8 Multiplicity in the Spectra of Many-Electron Atoms. Spectroscopic Notation
c8 K3 .&P6 8.9 Molecular Spectra
{4 >mc'dv 8.10 Atomic-Energy Levels in Solids
TB6m0qX ( Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
X*oMFQgP 9.1 Introduction
s=I'e/"7 9.2 Stimulated Emission and Thermal Radiation
;)0w:Zn/[ 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
` :{B(+6 9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
eDO!^.<5 9.5 Laser Oscillation
7Ob *Yv=[ 9.6 Optical-Resonaor Theory
:B *}^g 9.7 Gas Lasers
w]j+9-._ 9.8 Optically Pumped Solid-State Lasers
&.i^dO^} 9.9 Dye Lasers
:q##fG 'm/ 9.10 Semiconductor Diode Lasers
JMBK{J K> 9.11 Q-Switching and Mode Locking
pj|pcv ^ 9.12 The Ring Laser
s0UF ym 8 Chapter 10 Ray Optics
l?E a# 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
q!'rz 10.2 Lenses
c/W=$ 3 10.3 Ray Equations
|Y i)"- 10.4 Ray Matrices and Ray Vectors
]ekk }0 10.5 Periodic Lens Waveguides and Opical Resonators
e59dVFug.U Appendix I Relativistic Optics
`xS{0P{uj 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
Doze8pn 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
(AY9oei> 1.3 Relativistic Effects in Optics
=H7xD"'%R 1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
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}$su4A@0 2+ 8# H. Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
0O!cN_l| Rating: 5
yTM{|D]$( FXKF\1`( H This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
~o3Hdd_#}N W\*-xf|"d 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.
ig"uXs $.6K!x{( 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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dBC bL.! 6w3R'\9 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.
j{VGClb=T Weoj|0|t One word of caution, I think some graduate school background in Physics and Math is needed for engineers. I am an engineer (
-XoP ia2 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.
}Sy xPXs dHnR_. Summary: Decent, economical book for optics
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-OZ 5vH0 _S0+;9fhY 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.
