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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c?@T 1h4 ~ _ !F01s Publisher: Dover Publications
42qYg(t Z Number Of Pages: 336
q?ix$nKOv Publication Date: 1989-06-01
vz!s~cAt ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
Kx%Sku<F' ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
G2FXrkU Binding: Paperback
]H1I,`=@ (V HL{rj 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.
>_LDMs[-p qQH]`#P Summary: Best in its class
5;{H &O9Q Rating: 5
$ O5UyKI wLH] <k his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
D~\$~&_]= 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).
YGsWu7dG 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.
)[|3ZP` >MvDVPi~+ 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…
Y"wUt & <(-hx+^ Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
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Z :]1 TGf S 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.
,xx R \} :EA\)@^$R 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!
Xqm::1(-( I2nhqJy^ The table of contents are not included in the product description, so I add that here:
+o51x'Ld* Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
Ht4 ;5?/y 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
GF^071]G 1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
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>cCR2j,r 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
KkE9KwZ]W 1.5 Group Velocity
ez6EjU k 1.6 The Doppler Effect
}B.H|*uO Chapter 2 The Vectorial Nature of Light
x3"#POp 2.1 General Remarks
[`):s= FC 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
M )2`+/4 2.3 Linear Polarization
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,5 * eX 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
v3jg~ "! 2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
\<)9?M : 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
PuZ f/um 2.8 The Brewster Angle
<N9[?g) 2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
7[}x P#Z 2.10 Phase Changes in Total Internal Reflection
ID G}ZlG 2.11 Reflection Matrix
4 sT88lG4n Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
;h jwD 3.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition
9amaL~m 3.2 Young’s Experiment
\ 0f{ S40 3.3 The Michelson Interferometer
TTTPxO, 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
dp* u9z~NA 3.5 Coherence Time and Coherence Length
A?pbWt ~} 3.6 Spectral Resolution of a Finite Wave Train. Coherence and Line Width
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OUNd@o 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
= ^5Alb a/ 3.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
9Q+'n$s0^ Chapter 4 Multiple-Beam Interference
]f({`&K5 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
LMAE)]N 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
>\Ww;1yV 4.3 Resolution of Fabry-Perot Instruments
ikSt"}/hd 4.4 Theory of Multilayer Films
]@Uq=?% Chapter 5 Diffraction
I]EbodAyZ, 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
Gnq?"</ 5.2 Fundamental Theory
aiu5}%U 5.3 Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
#I bp( 5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
e!=kWc 5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
dKxyA"@ 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
L>R P-x> 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
EpX&R,Rxk Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
[ S>2ASj 6.1 General Remarks
_zw G\I|Q 6.2 Macroscopic Fields and Maxwell’s Equations
%s(k_|G+4 6.3 The General Wave Equation
N#a$t& 6.4 Propagation of Light in Isotropic Dielectrics. Dispersion
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vz7J-CH 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
q;][5 6.7 Propagation of Light in Crystals
hj.a&% 6.8 Double Refraction at a Boundary
8;+B*+%@n 6.9 Optical Activity
j4uvS! 6.10 Faraday Rotation in Solids
? }U( 3 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
%*0 ^0wz 6.12 Nonlinear Optics
h* u Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
7O J'){R$ 7.1 Thermal Radiation
70Wgg ty 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
2-Ej 4I~ 7.3 Modes of Electromagnetic Radiation in a Cavity
k@3Q|na 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
.G#8a1# 7.5 Quantization of Cavity Radiation
< F.hZGss7 7.6 Photon Statistics. Planck’s Formula
}%_ b$ 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
~3WF,mW 7.8 Momentum of a Photon. Light Pressure
P<a)25be/ 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
io-![^{ 7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
W g<(ms dj 7.11 Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
HTS%^<u Chapter 8 Optical Spectra
[Q/TlO t5 8.1 General Remarks
42(Lb'G 8.2 Elementary Theory of Atomic Spectra
8)10o,#L 8.3 Quantum Mechanics
;E 3>ay6m8 8.4 The Schrödinger Equation
IV\'e} 8.5 Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom
w.YiO5|y 8.6 Radiative Transitions and Selection Rules
dE4L=sTEsy 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
q$B>|y U 8.8 Multiplicity in the Spectra of Many-Electron Atoms. Spectroscopic Notation
uYs5f.! ` 8.9 Molecular Spectra
#0P$M!% 8.10 Atomic-Energy Levels in Solids
C, ARXW1 Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
G <i@ 5\# 9.1 Introduction
% B5wH_p 9.2 Stimulated Emission and Thermal Radiation
P;qN(2L/=< 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
Vt".%d/`7 9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
#AL=f'2=f 9.5 Laser Oscillation
'kL#] 9.6 Optical-Resonaor Theory
]d Gw2y 9.7 Gas Lasers
I uMQ9 & 9.8 Optically Pumped Solid-State Lasers
!y@NAa0 9.9 Dye Lasers
mUdOX7$c> 9.10 Semiconductor Diode Lasers
0 ;AA / 9.11 Q-Switching and Mode Locking
6i.-6>< / 9.12 The Ring Laser
Rld!,t Chapter 10 Ray Optics
XF;ES3 d 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
~,oMz<iMV 10.2 Lenses
;7 E7!t^ 10.3 Ray Equations
N`L0Vd 10.4 Ray Matrices and Ray Vectors
I+[>I =ewa 10.5 Periodic Lens Waveguides and Opical Resonators
>aj7||K Appendix I Relativistic Optics
:7!0OVQla\ 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
pgE}NlW 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
=F]FP5V 1.3 Relativistic Effects in Optics
KLitg6&P 1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
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{MCi<7j<? Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
XINu=N(g O&4SCVZp Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
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:UF%K>k2 C/vI EYG4 This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
\eT5flC zMm#Rhn 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.
QxVq^H !Wy6/F@ Z 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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p?) ;eJtV/ Rating: 5
:D%"EJ j3{I /m 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.
a!< 8\vzg LcSX *MC One word of caution, I think some graduate school background in Physics and Math is needed for engineers. I am an engineer (
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Sa?ksD2IaB (Pf+0,2 Summary: Decent, economical book for optics
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k.vBj~xU K]s[5 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.
