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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$%lHj+( _SU,f> Publisher: Dover Publications
h #$ _<U Number Of Pages: 336
X20<r?^,, Publication Date: 1989-06-01
L5hQdT/b$ ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
]W89.><%14 ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
V3aY]#Su Binding: Paperback
BA`kxL/x J@=!w[ 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.
bEOOFs Fj[ dO& Summary: Best in its class
S(q4OQ B{ Rating: 5
Y/QK+UMW* NZ C<m$') his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
1q;I7_{ 2 1) Title says: introduction. So don’t imagine it covers every equation there is. Get Wolf’s book if you like equations that much.
1\"BvFE*E~ 2) Short but concise on
key subjects. To do that, you have to skip a lot of intro/background or equations, that’s why there are references and citations (and better bricks/bug killers).
MVu[gB 3) This is an intro book but also serves well as a refresher. This is intermediate level to advanced level for non-physicists, as it assumes good understanding of calculus.
gDUoc *+h { &6l\| To be fair, the book is not without flaws. One obvious is the name implied recent advances (although different people use modern optics differently), while the book was last revised in 1975. Nonetheless, the key component of modern optics are mostly there, unless you are into cutting edge advances. It might be more appropriate to name it as “intro to physical optics”, then again the author added a section of ray optics at the end of the book…
#d7)$ub Dg ?Ho2i h Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
_R>s5|_ Rating: 4
)wyu+_: {Tjtj@- 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.
)o}=z\M-bN /9t*CEu\ 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!
Qe' PAN =B EX[l0]fj The table of contents are not included in the product description, so I add that here:
'6Rs0__ Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
72B zvY. 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
h0ZW,2?l 1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
`UzCq06rJ1 1.3 Plane Harmonic Waves. Phase Velocity
=}6Z{}(TT 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
RMs1{64: 1.5 Group Velocity
kC,DW%Ls 1.6 The Doppler Effect
DVeF (Y3& Chapter 2 The Vectorial Nature of Light
btkMY<o 7 2.1 General Remarks
}J4BxBuV8 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
}&'yt97+ 2.3 Linear Polarization
7D9h;gsP 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
tL|L"t_5x 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
[{Klv&>_/ 2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
]2u7?l 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
0Zp <=\! ; 2.8 The Brewster Angle
f(zuRM^5 2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
=r@ie>* U 2.10 Phase Changes in Total Internal Reflection
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).@)t:uNa Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
+LU ). 3.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition
07E" .T%Ts 3.2 Young’s Experiment
\t 7zMp 3.3 The Michelson Interferometer
QRn:=J%W W 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
OHXeqjhy 3.5 Coherence Time and Coherence Length
'! 2 3.6 Spectral Resolution of a Finite Wave Train. Coherence and Line Width
q0xE&[C [M 3.7 Spatial Coherence
Iclan\q#y 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
YH:W] 3.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
p-ii($~ } Chapter 4 Multiple-Beam Interference
EJ[ iOYx 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
g^|_ X1{ 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
4<!}4 4.3 Resolution of Fabry-Perot Instruments
<=LsloI 4.4 Theory of Multilayer Films
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TBLk+AR 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
w NlV_ 5.2 Fundamental Theory
19.!$; 5.3 Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
MYW 4@# 5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
5w -G]b 5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
#)c;i<Q3S 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
-_H2FlB 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
1Y"y!\t7G Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
]q\= 6.1 General Remarks
#' {PY r 6.2 Macroscopic Fields and Maxwell’s Equations
(\[ !,T"[ 6.3 The General Wave Equation
x[h<3V" 6.4 Propagation of Light in Isotropic Dielectrics. Dispersion
E*#60z7 F 6.5 Propagation of Light in Conducting Media
_J$p < 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
8`R}L 6.7 Propagation of Light in Crystals
^a0 -5 6.8 Double Refraction at a Boundary
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]k%KTvX*G 6.10 Faraday Rotation in Solids
/$N#_Xblr 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
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?VHwYD.B Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
1x 5CsmS 7.1 Thermal Radiation
Ik2szXh[J 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
h4xf%vA(; 7.3 Modes of Electromagnetic Radiation in a Cavity
mJ#B<I' 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
C{Xk/Er5< 7.5 Quantization of Cavity Radiation
!wufoK 7.6 Photon Statistics. Planck’s Formula
"r(p K@h 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
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{?M*ZRO' 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
Hw-oh?= 7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
k*+ZLrT 7.11 Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
o+WrIAR Chapter 8 Optical Spectra
KPvYq?F>4 8.1 General Remarks
i / U{dzZ 8.2 Elementary Theory of Atomic Spectra
BN> $LL 8.3 Quantum Mechanics
C=f(NpyD6 8.4 The Schrödinger Equation
MnsWB[ 8.5 Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom
61;5Yo 8.6 Radiative Transitions and Selection Rules
W}i$f -K 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
a-A4xL.gm 8.8 Multiplicity in the Spectra of Many-Electron Atoms. Spectroscopic Notation
U@ QU8 8.9 Molecular Spectra
544I#! 8.10 Atomic-Energy Levels in Solids
LfS U Y Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
[~%;E[ky$ 9.1 Introduction
uS10P7N} 9.2 Stimulated Emission and Thermal Radiation
\:^n-D*fX 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
5 /VB'N#7s 9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
&wC.?w$ 9.5 Laser Oscillation
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5m;wMW < 9.7 Gas Lasers
?26[%% 9.8 Optically Pumped Solid-State Lasers
4'e8VI0 9.9 Dye Lasers
L&k$ 4,Z9 9.10 Semiconductor Diode Lasers
Ji?UG@ 9.11 Q-Switching and Mode Locking
bWzc=03 9.12 The Ring Laser
t|XC4:/>T Chapter 10 Ray Optics
1;9E*= 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
5r Sth.& 10.2 Lenses
#j5^ /*XW 10.3 Ray Equations
QU;C*}0Zl 10.4 Ray Matrices and Ray Vectors
{ J%$.D(/ 10.5 Periodic Lens Waveguides and Opical Resonators
D#AxgF_He Appendix I Relativistic Optics
^]K)V 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
87* [o 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
h$h`XBVZe; 1.3 Relativistic Effects in Optics
AR2+W^aM3 1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
"N"k8,LH References
25KZe s) Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
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a{6|[a R Rating: 5
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!ry+ r!" +N!{(R:"v} 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.
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5~5ypQj 9_dsiM7CT Summary: For the price Great
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tq93 2M4 51usiOq 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.
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5 jk4k c ~+ur*3 X Summary: Decent, economical book for optics
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t0(hc7` *mt v[ 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.
