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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s|vx2-Cu] kD46Le++B Publisher: Dover Publications
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}D]y -BbA. Publication Date: 1989-06-01
y9Pw'4R ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
<5!)5+G ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
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L[voouaqm =d BK,/ 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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zI= 9 Rating: 5
Q_6v3no1 %RX!Pi}5+g his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
z2i Wr 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).
eRm*+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.
=F% <W7 OIs! ,G| 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…
g;~$xXn 2WS Wfh Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
Mtaky=l8~I Rating: 4
,(B/R8ZF~ V]Kk = 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.
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s@>e siOyp ] 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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aJ J)ZP2+ Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
06 an(& a9 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
6?'; ip 1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
4D[(X=FSU 1.3 Plane Harmonic Waves. Phase Velocity
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z(#CO<C.t 1.5 Group Velocity
79 \SbB 1.6 The Doppler Effect
JSoInR1E Chapter 2 The Vectorial Nature of Light
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)0\D1IFJ 2.3 Linear Polarization
WM0-F@_ 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
lQL /I[} 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
H on,-< 2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
"`V:4uz 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
?NxaJ^ 2.8 The Brewster Angle
%~\I*v04 2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
_6`H `zept 2.10 Phase Changes in Total Internal Reflection
;73{n*a$ 2.11 Reflection Matrix
~3$:C#"Dl Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
;y;UgwAM 3.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition
n{!=g R.v. 3.2 Young’s Experiment
: Vrj[i-{ 3.3 The Michelson Interferometer
&S[>*+}{+ 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
=.IAd< C 3.5 Coherence Time and Coherence Length
^qtJcMK+hq 3.6 Spectral Resolution of a Finite Wave Train. Coherence and Line Width
km,@yU 3.7 Spatial Coherence
^@$T> SB1 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
hdpA& OteR 3.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
p[%B#(]9, Chapter 4 Multiple-Beam Interference
}0 Fu 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
S Q`KR 'E 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
([NS% 4.3 Resolution of Fabry-Perot Instruments
#U6~U6@ 4.4 Theory of Multilayer Films
lrmz 'M' Chapter 5 Diffraction
={I(i6 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
HHZrovA# 5.2 Fundamental Theory
Aj+0R?9tG 5.3 Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
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/< \do 1 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
gFxa UrZA 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
Cp]q>lM" Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
T*#< p; 6.1 General Remarks
~g &Gi)je 6.2 Macroscopic Fields and Maxwell’s Equations
-V52?Hq 6.3 The General Wave Equation
\; zix(N[5 6.4 Propagation of Light in Isotropic Dielectrics. Dispersion
Gu%}B@ 4^ 6.5 Propagation of Light in Conducting Media
AE4>pzB e 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
Zv8G[( 6.7 Propagation of Light in Crystals
b\+9#)Up@ 6.8 Double Refraction at a Boundary
F"a31`L>H 6.9 Optical Activity
~GjM :* 6.10 Faraday Rotation in Solids
9]|G-cyt 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
AA K}t6 6.12 Nonlinear Optics
t8 B==% Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
gX]'RBTb 7.1 Thermal Radiation
74a >}+" 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
5dhT?/qvc 7.3 Modes of Electromagnetic Radiation in a Cavity
T] ?QCf 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
L)_L#]Yy 7.5 Quantization of Cavity Radiation
w]Ci%W( 7.6 Photon Statistics. Planck’s Formula
&uxwz@RC0 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
Ok_)C+o 7.8 Momentum of a Photon. Light Pressure
P26YJMJ' 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
3qq 6X?y* 7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
} "AG X 7.11 Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
n NcmL/( Chapter 8 Optical Spectra
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G `JXi/#` 8.2 Elementary Theory of Atomic Spectra
lISu[{b? 8.3 Quantum Mechanics
d=:&tOCg2 8.4 The Schrödinger Equation
G 8F43!< 8.5 Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom
)-d &XN7 8.6 Radiative Transitions and Selection Rules
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M2y"M ,k4 8.8 Multiplicity in the Spectra of Many-Electron Atoms. Spectroscopic Notation
ZTP&*+d 8.9 Molecular Spectra
-W XZOdUjs 8.10 Atomic-Energy Levels in Solids
AME6Zu3Y Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
;Z}V}B 9.1 Introduction
FrD,)Ad8Q 9.2 Stimulated Emission and Thermal Radiation
oF#]<Z\ 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
6IC/~Woghx 9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
Ov9kD0S 9.5 Laser Oscillation
&B>YiA 9.6 Optical-Resonaor Theory
Q2k y| 9.7 Gas Lasers
@d=4C{g%o 9.8 Optically Pumped Solid-State Lasers
9oJ=:E~CP 9.9 Dye Lasers
*dm?,~f%< 9.10 Semiconductor Diode Lasers
"6 fTZ< 9.11 Q-Switching and Mode Locking
'}T6e1#JV 9.12 The Ring Laser
KRh95B GU Chapter 10 Ray Optics
3 QzHQ U 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
C~a- R# 10.2 Lenses
x'wT%/hp 10.3 Ray Equations
\!,@p e_ 10.4 Ray Matrices and Ray Vectors
c`h/x>f a 10.5 Periodic Lens Waveguides and Opical Resonators
(@1*-4l Appendix I Relativistic Optics
1A b=1g{ 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
Mlr}v^"G 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
xYCX}bksh 1.3 Relativistic Effects in Optics
^gD%#3>X 1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
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-964#>n[ Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
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Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
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yp:_W@ TGe{NUO This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
7I _lTu ( 4#BoS9d2I< 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.
=+j>?Yi ` * =Tf 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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jTJ]: EN idr,s\$> 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.
E)dV;1t h[0,/`qb{ One word of caution, I think some graduate school background in Physics and Math is needed for engineers. I am an engineer (
F! ;0eS"xp 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.
n(#159pZ -Vi"hSsUP Summary: Decent, economical book for optics
/U#{6zeM[, Rating: 4
n)7olP0p w3=Bj 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.
