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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'^e0Ud, ( VfwLo># Publisher: Dover Publications
- Sx0qi'% Number Of Pages: 336
_a fciyso Publication Date: 1989-06-01
hH#lTye ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
z/)$D ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
gAj0ukX5 Binding: Paperback
.#" 1bRWpZ DQ%`v = A complete basic undergraduate-level course in modern optics for students in physics, technology and engineering. The first half deals with classical physical optics; the second, the quantum nature of light. Many applications of the laser to optics are integrated throughout the text. Problems and answers. 170 illustrations.
@5 1z-T dr.**fGYde Summary: Best in its class
Rq"VB.ef&{ Rating: 5
0 4P.p6 K *TnUQ his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
_cR6ik zW( 1) Title says: introduction. So don’t imagine it covers every equation there is. Get Wolf’s book if you like equations that much.
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key subjects. To do that, you have to skip a lot of intro/background or equations, that’s why there are references and citations (and better bricks/bug killers).
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(A 3) This is an intro book but also serves well as a refresher. This is intermediate level to advanced level for non-physicists, as it assumes good understanding of calculus.
I+*osk BQ).`f";d To be fair, the book is not without flaws. One obvious is the name implied recent advances (although different people use modern optics differently), while the book was last revised in 1975. Nonetheless, the key component of modern optics are mostly there, unless you are into cutting edge advances. It might be more appropriate to name it as “intro to physical optics”, then again the author added a section of ray optics at the end of the book…
"&@gX_% xT:qe Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
4tbw*H5!5 Rating: 4
C(f$!~M4b mluW=fE 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.
}*0,>w> < }<#W/ 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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The table of contents are not included in the product description, so I add that here:
"(Mvl1^BT Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
o^8*aH)I>Y 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
Jw2B&)k/ 1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
yZ?xt't n 1.3 Plane Harmonic Waves. Phase Velocity
d#E(~t(^ 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
65'`uuPx 1.5 Group Velocity
Lc58l V= 1.6 The Doppler Effect
lt }r}HM+ Chapter 2 The Vectorial Nature of Light
< 9=zP/Q 2.1 General Remarks
z`c%?_E K 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
/TzNdIv 2.3 Linear Polarization
.UNF~}^H 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
_2NN 1/F5 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
m k#>Dpy? 2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
sGXp}{E9 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
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1 , m\Q_ 2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
n/u i<&( 2.10 Phase Changes in Total Internal Reflection
CW.&Y?>Tv 2.11 Reflection Matrix
>L#];| Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
<]Ij(+J; 3.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition
?R dmKA 3.2 Young’s Experiment
`Af{H/qiI 3.3 The Michelson Interferometer
qXXYF>Z- 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
D-'i G%)kA 3.5 Coherence Time and Coherence Length
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p w0Px 3.7 Spatial Coherence
u)<Ysx8G 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
*rS9eej 3.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
8:Z@ lp^ Chapter 4 Multiple-Beam Interference
ck(CA(_ 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
;n% ]* v 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
qzuQq94k 4.3 Resolution of Fabry-Perot Instruments
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17J} uXA Chapter 5 Diffraction
~5lKL5w 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
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!F=|*j 5.3 Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
N BV}4 5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
!7 ei1 5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
>t 1_5 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
z7O Z4R: 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
J xA ^DH Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
'"!z$i~G= 6.1 General Remarks
"6NFe!/Y$* 6.2 Macroscopic Fields and Maxwell’s Equations
utYnaeQcn 6.3 The General Wave Equation
vGx?m@ 6.4 Propagation of Light in Isotropic Dielectrics. Dispersion
k98< s 6.5 Propagation of Light in Conducting Media
FY 1},sq 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
w 8eG; 6.7 Propagation of Light in Crystals
hgTM5*fD} 6.8 Double Refraction at a Boundary
:BewH?Ku 6.9 Optical Activity
' hwV 6.10 Faraday Rotation in Solids
.Q=2WCv0 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
[;>zq Ny 6.12 Nonlinear Optics
_ n-VgP Rn Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
&{-oA_@ 7.1 Thermal Radiation
)GiFkG 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
eT7!a']x 7.3 Modes of Electromagnetic Radiation in a Cavity
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%8}WX@SB 7.5 Quantization of Cavity Radiation
_&k'j)rg 7.6 Photon Statistics. Planck’s Formula
` jD8(}_ 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
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)LXoey!aZ 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
^ l]]qdNr 7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
N<#S3B?. 7.11 Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
=yk Rki Chapter 8 Optical Spectra
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#~bU}[{ 8.2 Elementary Theory of Atomic Spectra
@+0@BO1 2 8.3 Quantum Mechanics
q7 %=`l 8.4 The Schrödinger Equation
N.fQ7z=Z(M 8.5 Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom
y1,?ZWTayr 8.6 Radiative Transitions and Selection Rules
2ru*#Z#( 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
LG/=+[\{E 8.8 Multiplicity in the Spectra of Many-Electron Atoms. Spectroscopic Notation
c]AKeq ] 8.9 Molecular Spectra
dXA{+<!! 8.10 Atomic-Energy Levels in Solids
`l[6rf_. Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
kcq9p2zKv 9.1 Introduction
F]K$u <U 9.2 Stimulated Emission and Thermal Radiation
hYP6z^ 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
{#dp-5V 9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
Mr5('9% 9.5 Laser Oscillation
_Ewy^;S%L 9.6 Optical-Resonaor Theory
! # ,- 9.7 Gas Lasers
B|]t\(~$ [ 9.8 Optically Pumped Solid-State Lasers
7AGZu?1]M 9.9 Dye Lasers
38x [A d4% 9.10 Semiconductor Diode Lasers
JEK%yMj 9.11 Q-Switching and Mode Locking
)V[w:= * 9.12 The Ring Laser
U<ku_(2"# Chapter 10 Ray Optics
j:rs+1bc 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
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.NV)hg)|cZ 10.3 Ray Equations
C&gOA8nf 10.4 Ray Matrices and Ray Vectors
9}%~w(P 10.5 Periodic Lens Waveguides and Opical Resonators
yBYuDfeZ Appendix I Relativistic Optics
g[=\KrTSg 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
JqVBT+: 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
mFgb_Cd 1.3 Relativistic Effects in Optics
$4 $?M [ 1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
s]nGpA[! References
?{@!!te@3v Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
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nK?k< V',m $ This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
4 BE:&A {Gk} 3 u/ 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.
8^P2GG'+- ;*>QG6Fh 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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JhMrm% 3I 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.
0btmao- -tK; RQYax One word of caution, I think some graduate school background in Physics and Math is needed for engineers. I am an engineer (
3 2iWYN 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.
xvdnEaWe$ By"^ Z`EP4 Summary: Decent, economical book for optics
G(7\ <x: Rating: 4
' F 6au[ $dVgFot 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.
