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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;4 Publisher: Dover Publications
C<yjGt VD Number Of Pages: 336
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K6B5> Publication Date: 1989-06-01
zya2 O?s ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
Dg'BlrwbR ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
0$:jZ/._ Binding: Paperback
wNQ hg n1PV/ Z A complete basic undergraduate-level course in modern optics for students in physics, technology and engineering. The first half deals with classical physical optics; the second, the quantum nature of light. Many applications of the laser to optics are integrated throughout the text. Problems and answers. 170 illustrations.
W+`T: Mgh ~d"9? K^# Summary: Best in its class
L,_Z:\ ^ Rating: 5
eYD -8* \SyG#.$ his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
o%)38T*n3 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).
X6G 2$| 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.
4"d'iY "fOxS\er 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…
[Nv )37|W <Oihwr@5< Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
Cd'`rs}3 Rating: 4
Ee097A?1vj k4+ Q$3" If you’re studying optics in a college class using Hecht’s classic text, or if you are an engineer who needs an overview of the subject, this is a good practical and economical introduction to the subject. However, be aware that this book is short on two components - details of derivations of mathematical formulas and illustrations. That is not to say they do not exist, it is just to say that at several points during the book I could have been aided in my comprehension by either an illustration or derivation that simply wasn’t there.
_qvzZ6 y1 _z(L;I There are end of chapter exercises included, and there are solutions to selected odd problems in the back of the book. However, there are no details as to how those solutions were arrived at. If you are an engineer, the only way to really be sure that you understand a subject is to solve problems. Thus I suggest Schaum’s Outline of Optics by Hecht for that task. Often the solutions to problems in that outline are the mathematical details that are missing in this book!
Bh5z 4 f < pJ_ The table of contents are not included in the product description, so I add that here:
]CGH )4Pe Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
:]uz0 s`> 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
:)DvZx HE@ 1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
BI :O?!:9) 1.3 Plane Harmonic Waves. Phase Velocity
/y[zOT6 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
>bbvQb +j 1.5 Group Velocity
E@CK.-N| 1.6 The Doppler Effect
8Bwm+LYr- Chapter 2 The Vectorial Nature of Light
,KFF[z 2.1 General Remarks
/4{IxQk 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
9 ?zi 2.3 Linear Polarization
ykD-L^ } 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
>B$J 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
. kp3<. 2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
tf4cl zSTa 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
$8 WeWmY 2.8 The Brewster Angle
M@< r8M] G 2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
DsCbMs=Y 2.10 Phase Changes in Total Internal Reflection
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G0b##-.'^ Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
k~IRds@G 3.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition
3='Kii=LA 3.2 Young’s Experiment
DSL3+%KF# 3.3 The Michelson Interferometer
k\Z@B!VAq 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
+6Ye'IOG 3.5 Coherence Time and Coherence Length
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Q3rLCg,; 3.7 Spatial Coherence
yII+#?D 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
D8\9n HUD` 3.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
Y{g[LG`U Chapter 4 Multiple-Beam Interference
) *nZ6Cg' 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
Eu2(#z 6eW 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
("P]bU+'> 4.3 Resolution of Fabry-Perot Instruments
7=a=@D[ 4.4 Theory of Multilayer Films
K: b^@>XH Chapter 5 Diffraction
=?[:Nj636 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
i 0'g$ 5.2 Fundamental Theory
\: 9<d@? 5.3 Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
L3I vm : 5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
!dOp LUh l 5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
rAh|r}R 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
= F/ EzS 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
349BQ5ND Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
to(lE2`.da 6.1 General Remarks
Dn:1Mtj- 6.2 Macroscopic Fields and Maxwell’s Equations
TF~cDn 6.3 The General Wave Equation
" 1%\Fi l 6.4 Propagation of Light in Isotropic Dielectrics. Dispersion
E'^ny4gL 6.5 Propagation of Light in Conducting Media
OXS.CFZM 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
kJpr:4;@_ 6.7 Propagation of Light in Crystals
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hCob^o 6.10 Faraday Rotation in Solids
FZtT2Z4&i 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
-FQc_k?VF 6.12 Nonlinear Optics
gf70 O>E Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
*0x!C8*`Xe 7.1 Thermal Radiation
gUH|?@f 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
qJ[wVNHh! 7.3 Modes of Electromagnetic Radiation in a Cavity
qAi:F=> X 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
ufo\p=pGG 7.5 Quantization of Cavity Radiation
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J~)JsAXAI 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
=Y*zF>#lP 7.8 Momentum of a Photon. Light Pressure
TecWv@. 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
N5 mhs# 7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
5? *Iaw 7.11 Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
>%A~ : Chapter 8 Optical Spectra
W4"1H0s`l 8.1 General Remarks
$ZlzS`XF7 8.2 Elementary Theory of Atomic Spectra
s:ojlmPb 8.3 Quantum Mechanics
jJAr #| 8.4 The Schrödinger Equation
y=zs6HaS 8.5 Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom
FTu<$`!1L 8.6 Radiative Transitions and Selection Rules
Sobp;OZ5 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
U aBNoD 8.8 Multiplicity in the Spectra of Many-Electron Atoms. Spectroscopic Notation
>N"=10 8.9 Molecular Spectra
(5kL6d2 8.10 Atomic-Energy Levels in Solids
@ 1FWBH~ Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
3`Dyrj#! 9.1 Introduction
Z/LYTo$Bz 9.2 Stimulated Emission and Thermal Radiation
g ,yB^^% 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
,15$$3z /E 9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
_ME?o 9.5 Laser Oscillation
1w#vy1m J 9.6 Optical-Resonaor Theory
zC`ediyu 9.7 Gas Lasers
,{d=<j_ 9.8 Optically Pumped Solid-State Lasers
|nY+Nen7 9.9 Dye Lasers
5hfx2 O) 9.10 Semiconductor Diode Lasers
(zw.?ADPCT 9.11 Q-Switching and Mode Locking
U04) XfO;] 9.12 The Ring Laser
m5 l& Chapter 10 Ray Optics
q#`;G,rs 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
dTqL[?wH? 10.2 Lenses
O@>{%u 10.3 Ray Equations
c3*9{Il^ 10.4 Ray Matrices and Ray Vectors
-Fc 9mv(H 10.5 Periodic Lens Waveguides and Opical Resonators
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=z'533C 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
G$ s=P 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
VM+l9 z> 1.3 Relativistic Effects in Optics
RQ,X0 pS 1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
Kir|in)r0 References
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j#${L6 mV}e Mw Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
1~vv<`- Rating: 5
=cxG4R1x ;0}C2Cz' This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
?uXY 6J" ZWx4/G It’s a beautifully concise and remarkably clear introduction to the main principles of modern optics - the ones that you are going to need over and over again as you continue into the subject.
XlJ+:st 4|NcWpaV7 This book gives you a great overview and set of basic foundations for every-day modern optics. I return to it often for little insights and reminders, even after 37 years in the business.
qG0gc\C} 5K00z?kD2V Summary: For the price Great
Mm%b8#Fe! Rating: 5
cBU@853 V,eH E5C Great book to revise theory on Dual nature of light. Its like a nice handbook on optics. A full blown version would be very even nicer, with a math section to remind ‘old’ engineering like myself.
8},fu3Z Z$S0X $q} One word of caution, I think some graduate school background in Physics and Math is needed for engineers. I am an engineer (
;(IAhWE?7 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.
BXr._y, cr 6+Y@dJnPT Summary: Decent, economical book for optics
<9`/Y"\ p Rating: 4
jyC>~}? W |+&K0M 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.
