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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HxL uJ ,lFzL3'_0x Publisher: Dover Publications
bm Kvvq Number Of Pages: 336
$`t2SD Publication Date: 1989-06-01
z\K % ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
$`0,N_C<} ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
F4Cq 85# Binding: Paperback
tO"AeZe%| fJ\ u 8 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.
~HtD] |7 0XyPG Summary: Best in its class
`G*fx=N Rating: 5
)2Y]A^ Y 0 EA3> $; his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
'C:i5?zh(q 1) Title says: introduction. So don’t imagine it covers every equation there is. Get Wolf’s book if you like equations that much.
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key subjects. To do that, you have to skip a lot of intro/background or equations, that’s why there are references and citations (and better bricks/bug killers).
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9 uX 15a |^ F$Ta 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…
mU||(;I ~ySsv Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
Y2g% {keo Rating: 4
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{5+6 9&:G. aouYPxA` 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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eO Z ~p Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
N\CHIsVm> 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
[~n |R Oo 1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
C 8d9 (u 1.3 Plane Harmonic Waves. Phase Velocity
7+6I~&x!Lz 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
%[ o($a$ 1.5 Group Velocity
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_C'VC#Sy Chapter 2 The Vectorial Nature of Light
8'v:26 2.1 General Remarks
[V5,1dmkI 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
?dCJv_w 2.3 Linear Polarization
h]VC<BD6S 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
sLK$H|%>m 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
G('UF1F 2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
7Q&S []) 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
:8?l=B9("g 2.8 The Brewster Angle
D8$4P T0u 2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
9h6siK(F 2.10 Phase Changes in Total Internal Reflection
V.ae 5@; 2.11 Reflection Matrix
}5B\: *yW Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
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3.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition
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$ ]^Io)}f@ 3.3 The Michelson Interferometer
~cfvL*~ 5 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
5 <7sVd. 3.5 Coherence Time and Coherence Length
1h{7d LA 3.6 Spectral Resolution of a Finite Wave Train. Coherence and Line Width
n KjT&R 3.7 Spatial Coherence
[Z!oVSCZD% 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
sAF= "u B 3.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
iN5[x{^t Chapter 4 Multiple-Beam Interference
D28> e 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
!0v3Lu ~j 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
>.hDt9@4 4.3 Resolution of Fabry-Perot Instruments
]Z [0xs 4.4 Theory of Multilayer Films
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Chapter 5 Diffraction
Y&$puiH-j 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
i\o * =+{r 5.2 Fundamental Theory
6E_YUk?KW 5.3 Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
= L{-Hu/j 5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
Qzv& 5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
d$n<^ ~Z 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
g) IW9q2 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
,!P} Y[| Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
.(yJ+NU 6.1 General Remarks
lLU8eHf\ 6.2 Macroscopic Fields and Maxwell’s Equations
bE3mOml 6.3 The General Wave Equation
Nc? '} , 6.4 Propagation of Light in Isotropic Dielectrics. Dispersion
g3(LDqB'. 6.5 Propagation of Light in Conducting Media
vXG?8Q 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
{~ XnmBs 6.7 Propagation of Light in Crystals
x1}Ono3"T 6.8 Double Refraction at a Boundary
A!R'/m'VG 6.9 Optical Activity
v D(:?M 6.10 Faraday Rotation in Solids
d *#.(C9^ 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
#RHt;SFx 6.12 Nonlinear Optics
Xx \,<8Xn Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
buhbUmQ2 7.1 Thermal Radiation
2W#^^4^ + 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
QuC_sFP10 7.3 Modes of Electromagnetic Radiation in a Cavity
tjx|;m7 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
#)O^aac29 7.5 Quantization of Cavity Radiation
!-ZY _ 7.6 Photon Statistics. Planck’s Formula
'"'RC O 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
Fqh./@o 7.8 Momentum of a Photon. Light Pressure
$xjfW/k? M 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
zMd><U QP{ 7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
-"?~By}<C 7.11 Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
s^Xs*T@~h Chapter 8 Optical Spectra
<5}j(jxz} 8.1 General Remarks
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Tr;.O?@{t} 8.3 Quantum Mechanics
{SD%{ 8.4 The Schrödinger Equation
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8.5 Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom
}w8yYI 8.6 Radiative Transitions and Selection Rules
$8SSu|O+ x 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
&>QxL d# 8.8 Multiplicity in the Spectra of Many-Electron Atoms. Spectroscopic Notation
^Y5I OX: 8.9 Molecular Spectra
v5U'ky : 8.10 Atomic-Energy Levels in Solids
?CcX>R-/ Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
4;eD}g 9.1 Introduction
r 3KNRr@ 9.2 Stimulated Emission and Thermal Radiation
16 \)C/* 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
%5 nEyZOq 9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
Hi*|f!,H? 9.5 Laser Oscillation
C [d1n#@r 9.6 Optical-Resonaor Theory
o$V0(1N 9.7 Gas Lasers
WNKg>$M 9.8 Optically Pumped Solid-State Lasers
#9~,d<H 9.9 Dye Lasers
{F S)f 9.10 Semiconductor Diode Lasers
, KU%"{6 9.11 Q-Switching and Mode Locking
8Op^6rX4 9.12 The Ring Laser
?/-WH?1I Chapter 10 Ray Optics
E'5KJn;_7 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
J@}PyS q 10.2 Lenses
sLXM$S MBh 10.3 Ray Equations
?~ E"! 10.4 Ray Matrices and Ray Vectors
"?l z[K> 10.5 Periodic Lens Waveguides and Opical Resonators
h.KgHMV` Appendix I Relativistic Optics
w5
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Gf:dN_e6. 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
j+{cc: h"X 1.3 Relativistic Effects in Optics
kM&- t&7 1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
I,HtW ), References
DS>&|zF5l Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
Oh>hy Y)} NGkx g: Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
YRr,{[e Rating: 5
pV_zePyOn ,J-|.ER-> This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
2FV@ ?x0po V2M4g It’s a beautifully concise and remarkably clear introduction to the main principles of modern optics - the ones that you are going to need over and over again as you continue into the subject.
CR%h$+dzy S<*IoZ?T 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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CSq|R-@< U Rating: 5
N- knhA dv3u<X 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.
Ip=QtNW3\ ",Vx.LV One word of caution, I think some graduate school background in Physics and Math is needed for engineers. I am an engineer (
6Nh GTLI 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.
w?^[* _Y >~Tn%u< Summary: Decent, economical book for optics
v1X[/ \;U Rating: 4
9+s&|XS* ?eX/vqk 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.
