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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{n &K 'jv[Gcss3L Publisher: Dover Publications
e=b>:n Number Of Pages: 336
j~+<~2%c Publication Date: 1989-06-01
E\U6n ""] ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
l V[d`%( ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
_c}@Fi+E Binding: Paperback
!f~ =p \k?uh+xl 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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8nOMyNpy~M 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).
:Mz$~o< 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.
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k 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…
VV/6~jy0 m&)5QX Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
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t7 |uZHKK nBs%k!RR 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.
Kj R ^6v J( *Q t 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!
k/+ -Tq; 2ye^mJ17 The table of contents are not included in the product description, so I add that here:
:+;AXnDM~ Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
?haN ;n6' 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
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[jl'5l d 1.3 Plane Harmonic Waves. Phase Velocity
b& .j>= 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
:>gzWVE< 1.5 Group Velocity
I8r5u=PH 1.6 The Doppler Effect
[uxhdR`T Chapter 2 The Vectorial Nature of Light
jg8j>" Vj> 2.1 General Remarks
@fR^":.h 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
y7#$:+jQv 2.3 Linear Polarization
b#p)bcz!I 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
@NMFurm 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
a`5ODW+ 2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
x2B~1edf 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
sY__ak!> 2.8 The Brewster Angle
uLV@D r 2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
aVv$k 2.10 Phase Changes in Total Internal Reflection
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@MIBW)P< Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
wCiDvHF5+C 3.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition
(p<QRb:&Z 3.2 Young’s Experiment
:5X1Tr= A 3.3 The Michelson Interferometer
ND[u$N+5x" 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
3ThCY` 3.5 Coherence Time and Coherence Length
/3D!,V , 3.6 Spectral Resolution of a Finite Wave Train. Coherence and Line Width
D*+uH;ws 3.7 Spatial Coherence
&wR dUIc 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
ZN!OM)@:! 3.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
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X%W_cb2 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
sGIY\% 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
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"Y@rNm Bj 4.4 Theory of Multilayer Films
")|3ZB7>* Chapter 5 Diffraction
eUvIO+av 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
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<,qJ% kc 5.3 Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
U," lOG' 5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
% zE_Q 5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
<{ @? c 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
$Gb] K{e 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
Tj@}O:q7: Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
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6U;pYWht 6.2 Macroscopic Fields and Maxwell’s Equations
<>G WS W 6.3 The General Wave Equation
\&\_[ y8U 6.4 Propagation of Light in Isotropic Dielectrics. Dispersion
F/9]{H 6.5 Propagation of Light in Conducting Media
IdTeue 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
"sF&WuW| 6.7 Propagation of Light in Crystals
h: :'s&| 6.8 Double Refraction at a Boundary
U#G[#sd> K 6.9 Optical Activity
f !t2a// 6.10 Faraday Rotation in Solids
ul~>eZ 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
|M|'S~z 6.12 Nonlinear Optics
M fUG@ Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
N#{d_v^H?d 7.1 Thermal Radiation
/km ^IH 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
b Jt397 7.3 Modes of Electromagnetic Radiation in a Cavity
]c{Zh?0 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
a 9z|ef 7.5 Quantization of Cavity Radiation
:)}iWKAse 7.6 Photon Statistics. Planck’s Formula
:$d3}TjsA+ 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
B`OggdE 7.8 Momentum of a Photon. Light Pressure
xB:,l'\G 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
uyP)5, 7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
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!\Jj}iX3_ Chapter 8 Optical Spectra
tr"iluwGc 8.1 General Remarks
Z!=/[,b 8.2 Elementary Theory of Atomic Spectra
a$Eqe_ 8.3 Quantum Mechanics
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I1U {t 8.5 Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom
yrO'15TB 8.6 Radiative Transitions and Selection Rules
+]H9:ARI 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
ghd~p@4 8.8 Multiplicity in the Spectra of Many-Electron Atoms. Spectroscopic Notation
V1Dwh @iS 8.9 Molecular Spectra
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#6'oor X Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
K^t M$l\ 9.1 Introduction
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G T#hqt'1x 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
I z~#G6]M 9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
e8 gJ }8Fj 9.5 Laser Oscillation
6XUc J0 9.6 Optical-Resonaor Theory
*%(8z~(\ 9.7 Gas Lasers
1C+Y|p?KA 9.8 Optically Pumped Solid-State Lasers
'-3AWBWI1 9.9 Dye Lasers
&H,5f # 9.10 Semiconductor Diode Lasers
/Ik_U?$* 9.11 Q-Switching and Mode Locking
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OQaM4 7" Chapter 10 Ray Optics
o!L1Qrh 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
,eO OV@3C 10.2 Lenses
6~?7CK 10.3 Ray Equations
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1B= vr Gq 10.5 Periodic Lens Waveguides and Opical Resonators
3;~1rw=$< Appendix I Relativistic Optics
*MW)APw= 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
.g DWv 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
sR,]eo<p& 1.3 Relativistic Effects in Optics
S6,AY(V 1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
<`5>;Xn= References
53P\OG^G` Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
!uLAW_~ n l Xg8t^G Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
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* c7kB}/ +l@H[r;$ This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
OGg9e z*ZEw 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.
7&X U]I 7!w@u6Q 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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(G<"nnjK Rating: 5
[ik D4p= &>0= v 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.
t&:'A g.G "5Oog< One word of caution, I think some graduate school background in Physics and Math is needed for engineers. I am an engineer (
p.TR1BHw 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.
mu)?SGpyE u /JEQz1 Summary: Decent, economical book for optics
UoPd>q4Uj Rating: 4
"UKX~}8T SP Og' 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.
