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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3F|p8zPS >ZOlSLu Publisher: Dover Publications
HN56 61;8 Number Of Pages: 336
Qz|T0\=V Publication Date: 1989-06-01
\"ahs7ABT ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
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UC ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
I zTJ7E*i Binding: Paperback
7!AyL w F0_w9"3E~ 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.
9k;,WU(K< 6ncwa<q5 Summary: Best in its class
M99ku' Rating: 5
%.=}v7&<z ~ 4~r his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
D?_K5a&v, 1) Title says: introduction. So don’t imagine it covers every equation there is. Get Wolf’s book if you like equations that much.
Ps@']]4>W 2) Short but concise on
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).
}lp37, 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.
Un K7&Uo {FFdMdxy- 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…
UPGUJ>2Z ]Y I9 Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
L/jaUt[, Rating: 4
;B 8Q,.t>x Z4/D 38_ 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.
gV.? Myy \|S%zX 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!
q{&c?l*2 ~o _JZ: The table of contents are not included in the product description, so I add that here:
phH@{mI Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
4ekwmw (ox 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
"e"#k}z9 1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
rNV3-#kU 1.3 Plane Harmonic Waves. Phase Velocity
< ?B3^z$ 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
l[i4\ CT 1.5 Group Velocity
0~U%c sPHt 1.6 The Doppler Effect
m:)&:Y0 (a Chapter 2 The Vectorial Nature of Light
_R ]s1 2.1 General Remarks
$3"hOEN@5` 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
:8@)W<>% 2.3 Linear Polarization
x"q]~u<rB 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
#@D Jf 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
SWzqCF 2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
;&=jSgr8 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
~!Sd|e:4 2.8 The Brewster Angle
CqEbQ>? 2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
3]vVuQK . 2.10 Phase Changes in Total Internal Reflection
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mBwz.KEm< Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
m?Y-1!E0 3.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition
e;XRH<LhAU 3.2 Young’s Experiment
3=n6N TL 3.3 The Michelson Interferometer
0+iRgnd9? 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
`W1uU=c 3.5 Coherence Time and Coherence Length
Ac U@H0 3.6 Spectral Resolution of a Finite Wave Train. Coherence and Line Width
ZS+m}.,whQ 3.7 Spatial Coherence
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3.8 Intensity Interferometry
*l`yxz@U 3.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
%"r9;^bj&< Chapter 4 Multiple-Beam Interference
r 2#G|/=@ 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
3r+c&^ 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
8gNTW7W/ 4.3 Resolution of Fabry-Perot Instruments
QP\:wi 4.4 Theory of Multilayer Films
~v(c9I) Chapter 5 Diffraction
E\D,= |Mul 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
}+m4(lpl 5.2 Fundamental Theory
H_f8/H 5.3 Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
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m ^XO77" 5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
2o(O`;z 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
"=DQ { (L 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
cz IEkm Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
h^rG5Q 6.1 General Remarks
@>(JC]HtR 6.2 Macroscopic Fields and Maxwell’s Equations
<|k :% 6.3 The General Wave Equation
l/(~Kf9eQG 6.4 Propagation of Light in Isotropic Dielectrics. Dispersion
TXM /+sd 6.5 Propagation of Light in Conducting Media
C _he= SV 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
=b*GV6b 6.7 Propagation of Light in Crystals
r rfJs 6.8 Double Refraction at a Boundary
Mw,]Pt6 ~i 6.9 Optical Activity
)T9Cv8 6.10 Faraday Rotation in Solids
V/xXW= 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
]* zG*.C 6.12 Nonlinear Optics
F_:W u,dUZ Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
90uXJyW;d 7.1 Thermal Radiation
w! <e#Z]3b 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
.X3n9] 7.3 Modes of Electromagnetic Radiation in a Cavity
4~1 b 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
aw R !=\ 7.5 Quantization of Cavity Radiation
7 Ku&Q<mi 7.6 Photon Statistics. Planck’s Formula
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7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
!+$QN4{9 7.8 Momentum of a Photon. Light Pressure
j.6!T'$| 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
HgW!Q(* 7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
9j^rFG!n 7.11 Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
#m{(aa9; Chapter 8 Optical Spectra
^`#7(S)a/ 8.1 General Remarks
&iu]M=Y b 8.2 Elementary Theory of Atomic Spectra
)0 E_Y@ 8.3 Quantum Mechanics
*J^FV^E`` 8.4 The Schrödinger Equation
}. D18bE( 8.5 Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom
(t3gNin 8.6 Radiative Transitions and Selection Rules
hwUb(pZ 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
JcYY* p 8.8 Multiplicity in the Spectra of Many-Electron Atoms. Spectroscopic Notation
wM[Z 0*K 8.9 Molecular Spectra
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&b JBsd@Os Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
A?04,l]y 9.1 Introduction
4P?`<K' 9.2 Stimulated Emission and Thermal Radiation
fcp_<2KH 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
f9UDH8X 9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
-}4CY\d 6' 9.5 Laser Oscillation
H ABUf^~- 9.6 Optical-Resonaor Theory
P%&|?e~D^ 9.7 Gas Lasers
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?99r>0 1> 9.10 Semiconductor Diode Lasers
OH`zeI,[* 9.11 Q-Switching and Mode Locking
H/`@6, j 9.12 The Ring Laser
dY. X/ f Chapter 10 Ray Optics
2V;{ @k 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
P=}dR&gk' 10.2 Lenses
Ys_L GfK 10.3 Ray Equations
G"3KYBN> 10.4 Ray Matrices and Ray Vectors
vK/`or3U 10.5 Periodic Lens Waveguides and Opical Resonators
D]fgBW - Appendix I Relativistic Optics
wvisu\V 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
"D>/#cY1/ 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
e u)""l 1.3 Relativistic Effects in Optics
dpc hZ{ 1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
)$1j"mV References
/m>SEo\{C Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
?`Mk$Y%my lmUCrs37 Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
\2~\c#-k Rating: 5
c1i[1x% ;2`t0#J$] This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
^-Arfm%dn ,>qtnwvlHP 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.
*qL'WrB1 1,zc8 >M 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.
Ui " $A/ yYe>a^r4R Summary: For the price Great
BZTj>yd Rating: 5
%@ >^JTkY8 Z$c&Y>@) 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.
7s%1?$B Q ~ N q 5[ One word of caution, I think some graduate school background in Physics and Math is needed for engineers. I am an engineer (
?HOnDw.v1 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.
[vuikJP>1k rFt +Y}) Summary: Decent, economical book for optics
D|$0~1y Rating: 4
!Q_Kil.9 FeZW S>N 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.
