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。
9pk -#/ag C0ORB p 
uw@-.N^ #;;A~d:V Publisher: Dover Publications
0^F!-b^z Number Of Pages: 336
&F*eo`o}6 Publication Date: 1989-06-01
T]\'D&P~D ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
xF
3Z> ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
o}52Qi o Binding: Paperback
Odw9]`,T EK\xc'6M 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.
}5Km \OI :1 v.Jk Summary: Best in its class
ke2M&TV Rating: 5
w 5t|C> jm'^>p,9G his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
{ GGP8 1) Title says: introduction. So don’t imagine it covers every equation there is. Get Wolf’s book if you like equations that much.
0])[\O`j 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).
AMK(-= 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.
vVjk9_Ul ae Eio;G1 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…
^#4< ~zU I`x[1%y2 F Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
IUD@Kf]S Rating: 4
`1lGAKv s dN1BV2 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.
|!CAxE0d$B Q n;,OB k 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!
eEY z A VWk{?*Dp The table of contents are not included in the product description, so I add that here:
%kP=VUXj Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
[7,q@>:CS 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
&@w0c>Y 1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
yIWgC[ 1.3 Plane Harmonic Waves. Phase Velocity
3MDs?qx>s 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
lnK#q .] 1.5 Group Velocity
!bCaDTz 1.6 The Doppler Effect
C>QW V[F Chapter 2 The Vectorial Nature of Light
k =O 2.1 General Remarks
v z&88jt 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
4v9d&
m!< 2.3 Linear Polarization
Y<_;8%S 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
:4r*Jju<V 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
\Qf2:[-V0 2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
ju1B._ 48 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
X, }(MW 2.8 The Brewster Angle
yl0;Jx? 2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
yA';~V\V{> 2.10 Phase Changes in Total Internal Reflection
/<"ok;Pu7 2.11 Reflection Matrix
y~Mu~/s Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
I ^[[*Bh*C 3.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition
LG??Q+`l 3.2 Young’s Experiment
B` )bo}h 3.3 The Michelson Interferometer
gJ^taUE 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
{vQ:4O!: 3.5 Coherence Time and Coherence Length
}L=Qp=4 3.6 Spectral Resolution of a Finite Wave Train. Coherence and Line Width
7;pQ'FmZJ 3.7 Spatial Coherence
QZuKM 'D+ 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
$weC '-n@ 3.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
xtK\-[n Chapter 4 Multiple-Beam Interference
p =-~qBw 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
w: mm@8N 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
F^5\w-gLY 4.3 Resolution of Fabry-Perot Instruments
hoLA *v2< 4.4 Theory of Multilayer Films
'X`W+ =T$ Chapter 5 Diffraction
lNT bd"}$: 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
.Ad9(s 5.2 Fundamental Theory
xqQK-? k 5.3 Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
Vlge*4q 5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
\ u;`Lf 5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
AJ)&+H 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
<,X=M6$0n 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
! 7p&n3dz Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
nYe:$t3F= 6.1 General Remarks
:>F 3es ` 6.2 Macroscopic Fields and Maxwell’s Equations
k$>5v +r0 6.3 The General Wave Equation
ZZi|0dG4; 6.4 Propagation of Light in Isotropic Dielectrics. Dispersion
*]nk{jo2 6.5 Propagation of Light in Conducting Media
9 !.S9[[N 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
,H1K sN 6.7 Propagation of Light in Crystals
k= &n>P 6.8 Double Refraction at a Boundary
whm| "}x)u 6.9 Optical Activity
fB]NEx|o~ 6.10 Faraday Rotation in Solids
rK |(" 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
Ejnk\ 8: 6.12 Nonlinear Optics
|*Oi:)qt Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
X, {[R | 7.1 Thermal Radiation
y>) c?9X 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
{WQ6=wGpS 7.3 Modes of Electromagnetic Radiation in a Cavity
H JP~
lg 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
Ey=}bBx 7.5 Quantization of Cavity Radiation
|sEuhP\A3 7.6 Photon Statistics. Planck’s Formula
1U?5/Ja 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
g's !\kr 7.8 Momentum of a Photon. Light Pressure
6YV"H 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
O%haaL\ 7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
%0Qq~J@Lu 7.11 Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
#on ,;QN Chapter 8 Optical Spectra
A(n#k&W1fZ 8.1 General Remarks
9%bErMH L 8.2 Elementary Theory of Atomic Spectra
IW-|"5?9' 8.3 Quantum Mechanics
]2
$T 6 8.4 The Schrödinger Equation
G*jq5_6 8.5 Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom
i0zrXaKV 8.6 Radiative Transitions and Selection Rules
xW2 ?\em 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
R1eWPtWs 8.8 Multiplicity in the Spectra of Many-Electron Atoms. Spectroscopic Notation
*2rc Y
8.9 Molecular Spectra
X(\L1 N 8.10 Atomic-Energy Levels in Solids
WW2 hwB ( Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
)lz~Rt;1i 9.1 Introduction
H6Bw3I[ 9.2 Stimulated Emission and Thermal Radiation
u?H.Z 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
uPjp5;V 9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
7B\Q5fLQ 9.5 Laser Oscillation
Ob}XeN(L3 9.6 Optical-Resonaor Theory
Nwe-7/Q 9.7 Gas Lasers
ZKq#PB/. 9.8 Optically Pumped Solid-State Lasers
M 'F <1( 9.9 Dye Lasers
)[|_q, 9.10 Semiconductor Diode Lasers
B2a#:E,6 9.11 Q-Switching and Mode Locking
'@Yp@
_ 9.12 The Ring Laser
pLys%1hg Chapter 10 Ray Optics
WtaOf_ 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
-GM"g kz 10.2 Lenses
f=u +G 10.3 Ray Equations
O . -n&U9 10.4 Ray Matrices and Ray Vectors
hJD3G
|E 10.5 Periodic Lens Waveguides and Opical Resonators
EU04U Appendix I Relativistic Optics
d> F. C> 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
%g{)K)$,ui 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
jA[Ir 3 1.3 Relativistic Effects in Optics
M)nh~gU 1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
C "%B >e References
.l5-i@=W Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
Y_EEnx&>i ^E:-Uy
Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
xR|^{y9n Rating: 5
c!'\k,ma<9 k7;i^$@c This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
T ,rRE7 r4DHALu#) 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.
VJFFH\!` ?Zsh\^k.g 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.
DvB{N`COd c b&Y f1 Summary: For the price Great
6x=w-32+ y Rating: 5
S~E@A.7 8lGM>(:o 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"aY\cLr t 0fn*;f8{XJ One word of caution, I think some graduate school background in Physics and Math is needed for engineers. I am an engineer (
q-ko)] 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.
'Cz*p, RyG6_ G} Summary: Decent, economical book for optics
}f 14# y; Rating: 4
[#RFdn< )0ydSz`B 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.
