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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X} g!Lp Publisher: Dover Publications
1<Zv Hv Number Of Pages: 336
Vb0hlJb Publication Date: 1989-06-01
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.M l}cE$L ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
He&d VP Binding: Paperback
; h] zN HJoPk 'p% A complete basic undergraduate-level course in modern optics for students in physics, technology and engineering. The first half deals with classical physical optics; the second, the quantum nature of light. Many applications of the laser to optics are integrated throughout the text. Problems and answers. 170 illustrations.
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4 ,T S1 H [o\ O^d his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
]\*g/QV 1) Title says: introduction. So don’t imagine it covers every equation there is. Get Wolf’s book if you like equations that much.
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key subjects. To do that, you have to skip a lot of intro/background or equations, that’s why there are references and citations (and better bricks/bug killers).
[V}I34UN 3) This is an intro book but also serves well as a refresher. This is intermediate level to advanced level for non-physicists, as it assumes good understanding of calculus.
Hza{"I*^ =U3 !D;XP To be fair, the book is not without flaws. One obvious is the name implied recent advances (although different people use modern optics differently), while the book was last revised in 1975. Nonetheless, the key component of modern optics are mostly there, unless you are into cutting edge advances. It might be more appropriate to name it as “intro to physical optics”, then again the author added a section of ray optics at the end of the book…
}U%2)M d-39G*;1 Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
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=f=MtH?0y nv@$'uQRp 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.
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N Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
]J:?@}\^ 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
v lOMB 1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
o#H"tYP 1.3 Plane Harmonic Waves. Phase Velocity
l9? ] t; 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
)\'U$ 1.5 Group Velocity
p\1[cz ) B 1.6 The Doppler Effect
*W%HTt"N Chapter 2 The Vectorial Nature of Light
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U!^\DocAY 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
2o?!m2W 2.3 Linear Polarization
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:Y ~fPke 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
WF-B=BRZ 2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
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ZGe+w]( 2.8 The Brewster Angle
Cd dw\|'3 2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
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[:T OU^ 2.11 Reflection Matrix
buG0#: Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
Vb|DNl@ 3.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition
xSug- 3.2 Young’s Experiment
!+=jD3HTJ 3.3 The Michelson Interferometer
P ;PS+S9 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
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f-tjMa /_ 3.6 Spectral Resolution of a Finite Wave Train. Coherence and Line Width
fA2H8"r 3.7 Spatial Coherence
{ &,a)h7& 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
_:?)2 NV 3.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
& tkkn2t Chapter 4 Multiple-Beam Interference
r,!7TuBl 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
=>n:\_*M 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
CKmoC0. 4.3 Resolution of Fabry-Perot Instruments
8L9xP'[ ^ 4.4 Theory of Multilayer Films
DNq=|?q n] Chapter 5 Diffraction
/{\tk vv-Z 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
bJmVq%>; 5.2 Fundamental Theory
w91{''sK 5.3 Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
|9{l8`9}_ 5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
Xu3o,k 5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
vZq7U] RW 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
CJ%bBL'. 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
=YE"6 iU Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
cRDjpc] 6.1 General Remarks
p&_Kb\} U 6.2 Macroscopic Fields and Maxwell’s Equations
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)PVX)2P_C 6.4 Propagation of Light in Isotropic Dielectrics. Dispersion
0<Vw0%! 6.5 Propagation of Light in Conducting Media
9<W0'6%{/ 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
{~.h;'m 6.7 Propagation of Light in Crystals
[^A 93F 6.8 Double Refraction at a Boundary
:%{MMhb x 6.9 Optical Activity
pM HY2t 6.10 Faraday Rotation in Solids
K%Vl:2#F 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
I)U|~N 6.12 Nonlinear Optics
IwiR2K Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
L*6Tz'Qp 7.1 Thermal Radiation
P"cc$lB~ I 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
X25cU{ 7.3 Modes of Electromagnetic Radiation in a Cavity
U(dT t 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
;B d0 =C 7.5 Quantization of Cavity Radiation
f5IO<(:E^ 7.6 Photon Statistics. Planck’s Formula
A84I*d 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
,/BBG\mJ 7.8 Momentum of a Photon. Light Pressure
5Y"JR WC 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
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q*SX.A>YR Chapter 8 Optical Spectra
rg]eSP3 W 8.1 General Remarks
~Yv "= 8.2 Elementary Theory of Atomic Spectra
}Gqx2 )H 8.3 Quantum Mechanics
(x2I*<7 P 8.4 The Schrödinger Equation
QHUoAa`6v 8.5 Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom
\h~;n)FI 8.6 Radiative Transitions and Selection Rules
V f`n> 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
-5l74f!i 8.8 Multiplicity in the Spectra of Many-Electron Atoms. Spectroscopic Notation
?_3K]i1IS 8.9 Molecular Spectra
X<9jBj/t 8.10 Atomic-Energy Levels in Solids
~Y<x-)R Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
U< |kA(5 9.1 Introduction
m2AA:u_*j 9.2 Stimulated Emission and Thermal Radiation
yk5-@qo 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
iqig~fjK ~ 9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
sa36 =:5x- 9.5 Laser Oscillation
<v&>&;>3 9.6 Optical-Resonaor Theory
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RcitW;{|Kg 9.8 Optically Pumped Solid-State Lasers
{ aqce g 9.9 Dye Lasers
!n~p?joJ* 9.10 Semiconductor Diode Lasers
kep.+t[ 9.11 Q-Switching and Mode Locking
V7.xKmB 9.12 The Ring Laser
/ Li?;H Chapter 10 Ray Optics
^| 5bK_Z& 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
y+\nj3v6 10.2 Lenses
'9>z4G*Td 10.3 Ray Equations
m ;)[gF 10.4 Ray Matrices and Ray Vectors
3de<H =H' 10.5 Periodic Lens Waveguides and Opical Resonators
v?F~fRH Appendix I Relativistic Optics
K]yCt~A$ 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
Q7zg i 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
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W] {mEB 1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
MYFRrcu; References
j4$XAq~ W Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
sqFMO+ /\"=egB9 Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
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yxh8sAZ );$_|]# This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
f8'D{OP"G 6;i]v|M- 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.
c 7.%Bn, eL[BH8l 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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Ufd{.o[{- 2uu"0 Rm% 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.
`j{ 5$X hdJW#,xq One word of caution, I think some graduate school background in Physics and Math is needed for engineers. I am an engineer (
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&$ZJfHD@ Summary: Decent, economical book for optics
p "EQ 6_f Rating: 4
}a6tG i7v> 9p7 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.
