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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;<E JQV%fTH S Publisher: Dover Publications
vWRju*Z& Number Of Pages: 336
wT `a3Ymm Publication Date: 1989-06-01
~V&aUDO>/ ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
l% ?T2Fm3> ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
j:k[ 90 Binding: Paperback
R($KSui ?**+e%$$ 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.
"ul {d(K3 2ggdWg7z Summary: Best in its class
IqC]! H0 Rating: 5
29!q!g | K@#(*." his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
odPL {XFj 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).
/wP@2ADB 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.
+)j$|x~(A VCn{mp*h To be fair, the book is not without flaws. One obvious is the name implied recent advances (although different people use modern optics differently), while the book was last revised in 1975. Nonetheless, the key component of modern optics are mostly there, unless you are into cutting edge advances. It might be more appropriate to name it as “intro to physical optics”, then again the author added a section of ray optics at the end of the book…
{P{bOe [* @5\NWR} Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
1jy9lP= Rating: 4
nx8a$vI-TY I3 ,= 0z 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.
c:-!'l$ ! !|O~$2O@ 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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Q@c)' Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
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\'rP_I> 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
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/[Z,MG 1.3 Plane Harmonic Waves. Phase Velocity
dZi(&s 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
c3:,Ab| 1.5 Group Velocity
:lB=L r) 1.6 The Doppler Effect
}RHn)}+ Chapter 2 The Vectorial Nature of Light
EX ?MA6U 2.1 General Remarks
}z\_;\ 7 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
QAvir%Y9Q 2.3 Linear Polarization
6`v7 c !7 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
1 _\;- !t 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
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CAcS~ " 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
e'0{?B 2.8 The Brewster Angle
e XfZ5(na 2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
5dB'&8DX 2.10 Phase Changes in Total Internal Reflection
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*M$0J'-BQ Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
Bx/L<J@ 3.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition
@6mBqcE'? 3.2 Young’s Experiment
l-ct?T_@ 3.3 The Michelson Interferometer
9G+V;0 Q 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
h"_~7 jq" 3.5 Coherence Time and Coherence Length
9(6I<]# 3.6 Spectral Resolution of a Finite Wave Train. Coherence and Line Width
``OD.aY^s 3.7 Spatial Coherence
\hhmVt@@ 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
>y[oP!- |P 3.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
L{(QpgHZ Chapter 4 Multiple-Beam Interference
?r?jl;A& 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
tQ H+)* 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
^4,a 8` 4.3 Resolution of Fabry-Perot Instruments
(cN}Epi(D 4.4 Theory of Multilayer Films
iVG-_RsKK Chapter 5 Diffraction
JaK}| 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
m < 3Ao^I+ 5.2 Fundamental Theory
"g' jPwFG 5.3 Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
7vAB q( 5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
|7X:Tf J 5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
LE*h9( ( 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
,:??P1 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
.!G94b Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
=k/IaFg 6w 6.1 General Remarks
DqX {'jj 6.2 Macroscopic Fields and Maxwell’s Equations
mExVYp h 6.3 The General Wave Equation
I dXZoY 6.4 Propagation of Light in Isotropic Dielectrics. Dispersion
4H|(c[K; 6.5 Propagation of Light in Conducting Media
!OT-b>*w 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
nv0]05.4 6.7 Propagation of Light in Crystals
T' LIrf 6.8 Double Refraction at a Boundary
* 1Od-3 6.9 Optical Activity
J,zO2572u 6.10 Faraday Rotation in Solids
i:u1s"3~ 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
L3n_ 5| 6.12 Nonlinear Optics
gS:A'@& Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
2'5 ]~ 7.1 Thermal Radiation
j%y$_9a7 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
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m+#iR}*1L 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
z k O<-w 7.5 Quantization of Cavity Radiation
VMCLHpSfW 7.6 Photon Statistics. Planck’s Formula
k%E2n:|* 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
Fr%d}g 7.8 Momentum of a Photon. Light Pressure
=IUUeFv +r 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
\#rIQOPl? 7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
Qu7T[ < 7.11 Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
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>5j<4 ShW 8.1 General Remarks
v*9<c{ a 8.2 Elementary Theory of Atomic Spectra
K X}Rr 7a 8.3 Quantum Mechanics
P9S2?Q 8.4 The Schrödinger Equation
^qC;Nh4F 8.5 Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom
gq" gUaz 8.6 Radiative Transitions and Selection Rules
l983vKr 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
#rY sj-2 8.8 Multiplicity in the Spectra of Many-Electron Atoms. Spectroscopic Notation
] >+PnP35G 8.9 Molecular Spectra
JXw^/Y$ 8.10 Atomic-Energy Levels in Solids
gl]E_%tH Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
ua OKv.% 9.1 Introduction
y B3; 9.2 Stimulated Emission and Thermal Radiation
NHl|x4Zpw 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
A.D{. a 9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
!wWJ^Oz= 9.5 Laser Oscillation
E"L2&. 9.6 Optical-Resonaor Theory
EaWS. eK 9.7 Gas Lasers
z.CywME<)t 9.8 Optically Pumped Solid-State Lasers
w=}uwvn NX 9.9 Dye Lasers
e5OsI Vtjr 9.10 Semiconductor Diode Lasers
[|lB5gi4t! 9.11 Q-Switching and Mode Locking
/'hC i]b@v 9.12 The Ring Laser
|Xw/E) jA Chapter 10 Ray Optics
_ ib"b# 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
%J8|zKT5t 10.2 Lenses
<&!v1yR 10.3 Ray Equations
p2N:; lXM 10.4 Ray Matrices and Ray Vectors
r)T: 7zy 10.5 Periodic Lens Waveguides and Opical Resonators
>+mD$:L Appendix I Relativistic Optics
>OP+^^oZ< 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
;P;((2_X9 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
h1(j2S`: 1.3 Relativistic Effects in Optics
(70 8H_ 1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
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{>"NyY Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
Uh'#izm[l :aG#~-Q Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
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3* This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
720)Vz T \3Q&~j It’s a beautifully concise and remarkably clear introduction to the main principles of modern optics - the ones that you are going to need over and over again as you continue into the subject.
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$W5E 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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5VO;s1 Rating: 5
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:u> 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.
{} Bf O}[PJfvBHo One word of caution, I think some graduate school background in Physics and Math is needed for engineers. I am an engineer (
w0ZLcND{ 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.
k Sc{^-<R HK)cKzG[s! Summary: Decent, economical book for optics
SSBg?H 'T Rating: 4
;Efcw[< ,+;:3gRk9 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.
