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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4iv&!hAc; #0:rBK m, Publisher: Dover Publications
KRM:h`+-.- Number Of Pages: 336
wzF%R {; Publication Date: 1989-06-01
6@x^,SA ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
R:`)*=rL% ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
} 4ZWAzH Binding: Paperback
z~th{4#E ; @Hl+]arU h 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.
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h\!#X0 Summary: Best in its class
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X4JS I%E i !*8@:VI his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
c5Hyja= 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).
Cw l: 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.
B%WkM\\!^ T0@$6&b%\z 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…
YH&q5W,KX ^vJy< Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
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yUN>mD- +OZ\rs 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.
2AW*PDncxP ? ph>:M 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!
lMgPwvs' (3 Z;c_N The table of contents are not included in the product description, so I add that here:
m:c0S8#: Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
VHG}'r9KC% 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
>=8 6*U~ 1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
lHFk~Qp[ 1.3 Plane Harmonic Waves. Phase Velocity
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# itZ~tol 1.5 Group Velocity
LKA/s ~G 1.6 The Doppler Effect
L9]d$ r" Chapter 2 The Vectorial Nature of Light
C%|m[,Gx 2.1 General Remarks
m%b# B>J,n 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
!gcea?I 2.3 Linear Polarization
ZcN#jnb0/ 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
72vp6/;) 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
/I:&P Pff 2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
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-@XOe&q 2.8 The Brewster Angle
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S~>R} = 2.10 Phase Changes in Total Internal Reflection
et/v/Hvw1 2.11 Reflection Matrix
yG;@S8zC Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
!;Ke# E_d 3.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition
aMGyV"6(-6 3.2 Young’s Experiment
i v.G 3.3 The Michelson Interferometer
h@TP = 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
i.^:xZ 3.5 Coherence Time and Coherence Length
ZSr!L@ S 3.6 Spectral Resolution of a Finite Wave Train. Coherence and Line Width
,b:~Vpb1I 3.7 Spatial Coherence
ff]fN:}V 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
-e>Z!0 3.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
l h6N3d Chapter 4 Multiple-Beam Interference
P&yB(M-z 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
+.g j/u y* 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
vO q N=bp 4.3 Resolution of Fabry-Perot Instruments
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/&9R*xNST# Chapter 5 Diffraction
3"sXN)j 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
/.~zk(-&h 5.2 Fundamental Theory
nb ?(zDJ8 5.3 Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
v57<b&p26 5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
Xc4zUEO9 5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
1vS-m x 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
j<R&?* 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
t*)!BZ Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
fe8hgTP| 6.1 General Remarks
C;%dZ 6.2 Macroscopic Fields and Maxwell’s Equations
a }iP +#; 6.3 The General Wave Equation
X3~` ~J 6.4 Propagation of Light in Isotropic Dielectrics. Dispersion
z`p9vlS[ 6.5 Propagation of Light in Conducting Media
aj/+#G2 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
BO8?{~i 6.7 Propagation of Light in Crystals
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+"1-W> HV 6.9 Optical Activity
xSDTO$U8% 6.10 Faraday Rotation in Solids
yivWT;` 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
C=IN " 6.12 Nonlinear Optics
| 9p0" #4u Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
/x4L,UJ= P 7.1 Thermal Radiation
yYP>3]z 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
b cT'!: 7.3 Modes of Electromagnetic Radiation in a Cavity
@}Q!K* 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
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oS} f r? 7.6 Photon Statistics. Planck’s Formula
9 Q *:II 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
i52JY&N 7.8 Momentum of a Photon. Light Pressure
>UV}^OO 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
4?bvJJuf) 7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
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z.+%{_pe Chapter 8 Optical Spectra
j WMTQLE. 8.1 General Remarks
;/kmV~KG 8.2 Elementary Theory of Atomic Spectra
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+1@'2w{ 8.4 The Schrödinger Equation
@yC3a)=$L 8.5 Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom
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-f1lu*3\ 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
~)zxIO! 8.8 Multiplicity in the Spectra of Many-Electron Atoms. Spectroscopic Notation
$=`d[04 8.9 Molecular Spectra
Z~}9^ (qc 8.10 Atomic-Energy Levels in Solids
]h=5d09z Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
_^`V0>Mh: 9.1 Introduction
eKo=g|D 9.2 Stimulated Emission and Thermal Radiation
j)#yyK{k2s 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
Wyow MFp 9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
>;R7r|^k 9.5 Laser Oscillation
((< \VQ,>( 9.6 Optical-Resonaor Theory
b|;h$otC 9.7 Gas Lasers
Pjxj$>&;*j 9.8 Optically Pumped Solid-State Lasers
9XhH*tBn7( 9.9 Dye Lasers
jQ7-M4qO/ 9.10 Semiconductor Diode Lasers
a5/Dz&>j6 9.11 Q-Switching and Mode Locking
#?,"/Btq 9.12 The Ring Laser
tR2%oT>h Chapter 10 Ray Optics
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=''b `T$ 10.2 Lenses
|.$7.8g 10.3 Ray Equations
EziGkbpd@ 10.4 Ray Matrices and Ray Vectors
wAJ= r RI 10.5 Periodic Lens Waveguides and Opical Resonators
B|8|f(tsSa Appendix I Relativistic Optics
[LUqF?K& 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
iq^;c syKb 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
)4.-6F7U? 1.3 Relativistic Effects in Optics
SoHaGQox 1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
!H<%X~| , References
z@V9%xF-3 Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
YpRhl(| P=L@!F+s Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
|sl^4'Ghc Rating: 5
SqdI($F\: cMoJHC,! This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
@; I9e 'KT(;Vof 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.
"Nz@jv? ^ zS ;/% 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.
SJ lE!MK F6b;qb6n Summary: For the price Great
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~*UY[!+4^= Mn<s9ITS- 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.
TtKKU4 yp tmM; Z(9t One word of caution, I think some graduate school background in Physics and Math is needed for engineers. I am an engineer (
R@ /"B?`(f 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.
td23Z1Elk# DL,]iJm Summary: Decent, economical book for optics
#6l(2d Rating: 4
JNJ6HyCU mEkYT 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.
