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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?` lD|~ {)jTq? ? Publisher: Dover Publications
'EHt A9M Number Of Pages: 336
hl]q6ZK!6 Publication Date: 1989-06-01
d@XXqCR< ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
_1,hO?TK ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
[eO^C Binding: Paperback
l@)`Q :o 8XG 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.
64i*_\UKe YSh@+AN Summary: Best in its class
$ *Kr4vh Rating: 5
4iI4 + -tZ~&1" his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
FS)"MDs 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).
J%u,qF}h 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.
,v%' 2[} L^jjf8_ 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…
k2@]nW"S PjD9D. Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
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)b Wopc ]"&](e6* 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.
&|<f|B MX 84WX I#BH 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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Pa6pq;4St Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
PY;tu#W!% 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
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,bQ;p3g| 1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
9 QaE)wt 1.3 Plane Harmonic Waves. Phase Velocity
rlaeqG 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
!~&& &85 1.5 Group Velocity
\{}dn,?Fv 1.6 The Doppler Effect
W#%s0EN<_ Chapter 2 The Vectorial Nature of Light
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xbBqR _ H_ 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
*i}X(s fe 2.3 Linear Polarization
8L, =E ap 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
S3:AitGJ 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
.[ }G{%M~[ 2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
PJcfiRa'jQ 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
Z2gWa~dBC 2.8 The Brewster Angle
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2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
qXg&E}]:= 2.10 Phase Changes in Total Internal Reflection
:{2~s 2.11 Reflection Matrix
d)e mTXB( Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
ujRXAN@mC 3.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition
!( rAI 3.2 Young’s Experiment
ov,|`FdU^T 3.3 The Michelson Interferometer
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]bJz-6u#: 3.5 Coherence Time and Coherence Length
Rh ^(91d 3.6 Spectral Resolution of a Finite Wave Train. Coherence and Line Width
X>Vc4n<} 3.7 Spatial Coherence
bDM },( 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
. P$m?p # 3.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
l[Z o,4* Chapter 4 Multiple-Beam Interference
J(l\VvK 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
&h0LWPl 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
SHX`/ 4.3 Resolution of Fabry-Perot Instruments
7a1o#O 4.4 Theory of Multilayer Films
"esuLQC Chapter 5 Diffraction
&t^* 0/~ 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
d ItfR'$ 5.2 Fundamental Theory
dS ojq6M 5.3 Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
%dzt'uz 5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
]>1Mq,! 5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
Z*m^K %qJ 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
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=&z +7Pe[ Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
J'}+0mln 6.1 General Remarks
J<0{3pZY 6.2 Macroscopic Fields and Maxwell’s Equations
|9jK-F6 6.3 The General Wave Equation
"E\vdhk 6.4 Propagation of Light in Isotropic Dielectrics. Dispersion
Uj7Y TB 6.5 Propagation of Light in Conducting Media
ij$NTY=u 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
O>' }q/ 6.7 Propagation of Light in Crystals
c["1t1G 6.8 Double Refraction at a Boundary
X5iD <Lh 6.9 Optical Activity
gw)4P tb! 6.10 Faraday Rotation in Solids
G'\[dwD,u 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
l zFiZx 6.12 Nonlinear Optics
#kv9$ Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
3gUY13C}:p 7.1 Thermal Radiation
d_25]B( 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
9WG=3!-@ 7.3 Modes of Electromagnetic Radiation in a Cavity
I6^y` 2X 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
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*:CTIV5N0 7.6 Photon Statistics. Planck’s Formula
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{ '{}@CuA2 7.8 Momentum of a Photon. Light Pressure
`j{3| C= 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
+S~ u ,= 7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
?Z{/0X)]| 7.11 Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
i3)3. WK^ Chapter 8 Optical Spectra
&}u _e`A 8.1 General Remarks
f/sz/KC]~ 8.2 Elementary Theory of Atomic Spectra
96\FJHt Z 8.3 Quantum Mechanics
j0L %jz 8.4 The Schrödinger Equation
< dE7+w 8.5 Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom
'gN[ LERT 8.6 Radiative Transitions and Selection Rules
Z2W&_(^.h 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
L"YQji! 8.8 Multiplicity in the Spectra of Many-Electron Atoms. Spectroscopic Notation
oT}$N_gFT 8.9 Molecular Spectra
l3u [ 8.10 Atomic-Energy Levels in Solids
|}77 'w : Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
<\~@l^lU 9.1 Introduction
^X#)'\T 9.2 Stimulated Emission and Thermal Radiation
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[ (Y@ 9.5 Laser Oscillation
-n@,r%`UK 9.6 Optical-Resonaor Theory
/\ fR6|tJ 9.7 Gas Lasers
R Q 8"vF# 9.8 Optically Pumped Solid-State Lasers
Mprn7=I{Tg 9.9 Dye Lasers
h/5V~ :) 9.10 Semiconductor Diode Lasers
Vb\^xdL> 9.11 Q-Switching and Mode Locking
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E.C=VfBW Chapter 10 Ray Optics
ke6,&s%{j 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
hXH+C-%{ 10.2 Lenses
>uJu!+# 10.3 Ray Equations
r{~b4~kAf5 10.4 Ray Matrices and Ray Vectors
^!m%:r7Dr 10.5 Periodic Lens Waveguides and Opical Resonators
6ZjUC1 Appendix I Relativistic Optics
DW,Z})9 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
)"Ujx`]4r 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
G~zfPBN0D 1.3 Relativistic Effects in Optics
_or_Vw! 1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
2*W|s7cc References
IM,d6lN6s Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
U+-;(Fh~ 9G1ZW=83 Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
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Qp@}v7Due TPj,4&| This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
5HB* \^cXmyQ <% 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.
`/G9*tIR8g nh+ h3"-d 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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x9]vhR/av %xX b5aY 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.
1#zD7 b~ WxJaE;`Ige 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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YvUV9qps~ 6,l5Q Summary: Decent, economical book for optics
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(F#2z\$; 2p *!up( 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.
