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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y?OP- 27y O | H: Publisher: Dover Publications
wqo:gW_ Number Of Pages: 336
$e+sqgU Publication Date: 1989-06-01
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ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
E7$&:xqx ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
M hN;GMH Binding: Paperback
~kZdep^] *s4|'KS2o 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.
M">v4f&K1! HJ&P[zV^ Summary: Best in its class
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7/v his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
FW-I|kK. 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).
P}4&J ^ 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.
EL~$7 J }r,M (Zr To be fair, the book is not without flaws. One obvious is the name implied recent advances (although different people use modern optics differently), while the book was last revised in 1975. Nonetheless, the key component of modern optics are mostly there, unless you are into cutting edge advances. It might be more appropriate to name it as “intro to physical optics”, then again the author added a section of ray optics at the end of the book…
l\Ozy ( eKgc Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
JX0M3|I= Rating: 4
:UdW4N- W'4/cO If you’re studying optics in a college class using Hecht’s classic text, or if you are an engineer who needs an overview of the subject, this is a good practical and economical introduction to the subject. However, be aware that this book is short on two components - details of derivations of mathematical formulas and illustrations. That is not to say they do not exist, it is just to say that at several points during the book I could have been aided in my comprehension by either an illustration or derivation that simply wasn’t there.
jf3Zy :*K hF$`=hE,F~ 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!
+0Q \dHqCQ The table of contents are not included in the product description, so I add that here:
:$D*ab^^P Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
kgo#JY-4 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
CE3l_[c 1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
8C{&i5kj\E 1.3 Plane Harmonic Waves. Phase Velocity
m%L!eR 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
&m3 -][ !n 1.5 Group Velocity
\=0;EI -j 1.6 The Doppler Effect
Wx0i_ HFR Chapter 2 The Vectorial Nature of Light
b d 1^ 2.1 General Remarks
<%^ /uS 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
x;[ . ZzQ 2.3 Linear Polarization
eKr>>4,-P 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
qe. QF."y 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
:-{"9cgF R 2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
_s;y0$O 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
Rs=Fcvl 2.8 The Brewster Angle
1>e30Ri,g 2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
jV2H61d 2.10 Phase Changes in Total Internal Reflection
=%|`gZ 2.11 Reflection Matrix
i ~Tt\UA> Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
OH@"]Nc~ 3.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition
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|*?N#0s5h 3.3 The Michelson Interferometer
Yh9 5W 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
30HUY?'K 3.5 Coherence Time and Coherence Length
yu6~: $%H 3.6 Spectral Resolution of a Finite Wave Train. Coherence and Line Width
!`_ f 3.7 Spatial Coherence
\oPe" k= 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
cx:_ 5GF 3.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
437Wy+Q|e Chapter 4 Multiple-Beam Interference
8sj2@d 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
0se%|Z|8 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
K#A& 4.3 Resolution of Fabry-Perot Instruments
Ij(dgY 4.4 Theory of Multilayer Films
@_`r*Tb)dM Chapter 5 Diffraction
q.J6'v lj/ 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
3}}/,pGSc 5.2 Fundamental Theory
<qR$ `mLN 5.3 Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
hp)>Nzdx 5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
nC3+Zka 5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
L9/'zhiZBx 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
ZJ{DW4 #t 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
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<l1/lm<# 6.1 General Remarks
])?dqgwa 6.2 Macroscopic Fields and Maxwell’s Equations
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oI -Fr0! 6.4 Propagation of Light in Isotropic Dielectrics. Dispersion
Mh`^-*c? 6.5 Propagation of Light in Conducting Media
ai;!Q%B#Q 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
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p+P@I7V 6.8 Double Refraction at a Boundary
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6.10 Faraday Rotation in Solids
aKMX-?%t4 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
~"S5KroN 6.12 Nonlinear Optics
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~jw:4sG 7.1 Thermal Radiation
*?Eu{J){7% 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
cPIy D?c 7.3 Modes of Electromagnetic Radiation in a Cavity
L\ysy2E0 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
KeyKLkg> 7.5 Quantization of Cavity Radiation
.:H'9QJg 7.6 Photon Statistics. Planck’s Formula
O#i gH 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
}|h-=T ' 7.8 Momentum of a Photon. Light Pressure
{Q/@ Y.~< 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
!& c%!* 7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
M}jl \{ 7.11 Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
c Mi9 Z] Chapter 8 Optical Spectra
K/( LF} 8.1 General Remarks
+PYR 8.2 Elementary Theory of Atomic Spectra
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,dba:D= l 8.4 The Schrödinger Equation
TPb&";4ROf 8.5 Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom
2;]tIt d1 8.6 Radiative Transitions and Selection Rules
Q \X_JZ 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
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B fCib]V9C 8.9 Molecular Spectra
6Hc25NuQZ 8.10 Atomic-Energy Levels in Solids
akw:3 +` Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
WL% T nux 9.1 Introduction
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_6FDuCVD- 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
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&\?{%xj 9.5 Laser Oscillation
jM*wm~4>@ 9.6 Optical-Resonaor Theory
C t /6< 9.7 Gas Lasers
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Qvny$sr2 9.9 Dye Lasers
l$BKE{rg 9.10 Semiconductor Diode Lasers
~l+~ MB 9.11 Q-Switching and Mode Locking
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>y+j!)\ Chapter 10 Ray Optics
M]\"]H? 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
JmF`5 10.2 Lenses
IKp(KlA 10.3 Ray Equations
ziW[qH { 10.4 Ray Matrices and Ray Vectors
$o\U q 10.5 Periodic Lens Waveguides and Opical Resonators
6O5E4 = Appendix I Relativistic Optics
AO$aW y I 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
j@Us7Q)A( 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
*|+ ~V/# 1.3 Relativistic Effects in Optics
x2i`$iNhmP 1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
n;b 9f|&z References
f2|On6/ Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
iEFS>kL8e [0+5 Gx Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
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43J8 PMY qmnCa&C9 This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
/` x|-9 uuh vd h= It’s a beautifully concise and remarkably clear introduction to the main principles of modern optics - the ones that you are going to need over and over again as you continue into the subject.
.>zkS*oX4z b!37:V\#} This book gives you a great overview and set of basic foundations for every-day modern optics. I return to it often for little insights and reminders, even after 37 years in the business.
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!as< UH"\ }\ui} \ Great book to revise theory on Dual nature of light. Its like a nice handbook on optics. A full blown version would be very even nicer, with a math section to remind ‘old’ engineering like myself.
; Wr,VU] Z42v@?R.!W One word of caution, I think some graduate school background in Physics and Math is needed for engineers. I am an engineer (
}Lwj~{ I have a Phd, therefore it was easy for to me follow as I was reading), so I look at things slightly differently than Physicists.
"=!Q Sb h$zPQ""8 Summary: Decent, economical book for optics
@p2dXJeR< Rating: 4
'E8dkVlI M/sqOhg 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.
