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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KxK,en4)+ Publisher: Dover Publications
pi"M*$ Number Of Pages: 336
)9"^ D Publication Date: 1989-06-01
]TT >3"Dw7 ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
y@7fR9hp< ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
|:5O|m ' Binding: Paperback
^+D/59I ~BuzI9~7P 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.
nRc\!4 73rme, Summary: Best in its class
Fge%6hu Rating: 5
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_ +DL his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
je^VJ&ac 1) Title says: introduction. So don’t imagine it covers every equation there is. Get Wolf’s book if you like equations that much.
?pZU'5le` 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).
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/al56n l%2 VA 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…
aC[G_ACwc 3XlQ 4 Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
Qw2`@P8W Rating: 4
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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.
Y"bm4&' g@^ y$wt 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!
V\zcv @ IrL7%? The table of contents are not included in the product description, so I add that here:
+@?Q "B5u} Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
8%CznAO"?W 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
% >Gb]dv? 1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
1ARtFR2C{b 1.3 Plane Harmonic Waves. Phase Velocity
1rZ E2 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
@>O7/d?O 1.5 Group Velocity
):PN0.H8 1.6 The Doppler Effect
LRHod1}mS Chapter 2 The Vectorial Nature of Light
8<; . 2.1 General Remarks
]Ik~TW& 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
&D M3/^70 2.3 Linear Polarization
)1Bz0: 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
$ a~ 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
hx0 t!k(3 2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
fQib?g/G 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
Xw9]WJc 2.8 The Brewster Angle
8J'5%$3u 2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
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1R8tR#l 2.11 Reflection Matrix
$ V 3If Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
A[m?^vk q 3.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition
0J'^<G TL 3.2 Young’s Experiment
|.Vgk8oTl 3.3 The Michelson Interferometer
OE(y$+L3_I 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
@@\qso 3.5 Coherence Time and Coherence Length
}Q: CZ 3.6 Spectral Resolution of a Finite Wave Train. Coherence and Line Width
,]0BmlD 3.7 Spatial Coherence
1oO(;--u_ 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
k?7"r4Vc)S 3.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
E|9`J00 Chapter 4 Multiple-Beam Interference
#WG}"[ ,c 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
_qPKdGoM 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
O:GP uVb\ 4.3 Resolution of Fabry-Perot Instruments
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eg*a Vb Chapter 5 Diffraction
O<p=&=TD7 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
h$`m0-' 5.2 Fundamental Theory
bMc[0 5.3 Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
#L!`n )J" 5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
? cWw t~N9 5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
*^@b0f~vj 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
Hx+r9w 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
u^SInanw Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
rOLZiE T 6.1 General Remarks
U:~]> B $ 6.2 Macroscopic Fields and Maxwell’s Equations
]/h $6mrL 6.3 The General Wave Equation
yH:p*|% : 6.4 Propagation of Light in Isotropic Dielectrics. Dispersion
0B 1nk!F 6.5 Propagation of Light in Conducting Media
`%[m%Y9h 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
#7 H0 I8 6.7 Propagation of Light in Crystals
-, *m\Fe} 6.8 Double Refraction at a Boundary
FP &Ykx~ 6.9 Optical Activity
h(@.bt# 6.10 Faraday Rotation in Solids
kJB:=iq/x$ 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
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\h[*o eh Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
38-kl,Vw 7.1 Thermal Radiation
&&$*MHJ 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
nT:<_'! 7.3 Modes of Electromagnetic Radiation in a Cavity
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dCn9]cj/ 7.5 Quantization of Cavity Radiation
& +`g~6U 7.6 Photon Statistics. Planck’s Formula
Rm n|!C%%K 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
h y#nK: B 7.8 Momentum of a Photon. Light Pressure
]Z UE ! 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
u)EtEl7Wq 7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
1Bs t| 7.11 Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
!_+FuF"@ Chapter 8 Optical Spectra
r-S%gG}~E 8.1 General Remarks
V&j]*) 8.2 Elementary Theory of Atomic Spectra
KgY QxEbIW 8.3 Quantum Mechanics
PfYeV/M| 8.4 The Schrödinger Equation
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_~1O #*|4 8.6 Radiative Transitions and Selection Rules
HqqMX`Rof 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
|Z>}#R!,P 8.8 Multiplicity in the Spectra of Many-Electron Atoms. Spectroscopic Notation
)Dv;,t 8.9 Molecular Spectra
1M)88& 8.10 Atomic-Energy Levels in Solids
jEx8G3EL Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
Z! /_H($ 9.1 Introduction
Q>X1 :Z n3 9.2 Stimulated Emission and Thermal Radiation
o4a@{nt^, 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
=v|$dDz 9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
DI-&P3iGx 9.5 Laser Oscillation
?^:5` 9.6 Optical-Resonaor Theory
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E rA* a3 9.8 Optically Pumped Solid-State Lasers
g|^U?|;p 9.9 Dye Lasers
EN ^L.q9# 9.10 Semiconductor Diode Lasers
o6x8j z 9.11 Q-Switching and Mode Locking
FN26 f* / 9.12 The Ring Laser
Zl# ';~9W Chapter 10 Ray Optics
Ao\ OU} 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
~_CZ 1 10.2 Lenses
j/wQ2"@a 10.3 Ray Equations
ou)0tX3j 10.4 Ray Matrices and Ray Vectors
LkF*$ 10.5 Periodic Lens Waveguides and Opical Resonators
[70 _uq Appendix I Relativistic Optics
{J)gS 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
B;iJ$gt] 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
iqX%pR~Yo 1.3 Relativistic Effects in Optics
{P ?p*2J' 1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
t G"EbWi References
.db:mSrL Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
&F0 >V o ^=-W8aVi> Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
~}D"8[ABj Rating: 5
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&%&;[/A This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
'./ qB J B.Z5+MgM 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.
@v 6{U? >A L^y( 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.
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"5sUE!)f Rating: 5
SrWmV@"y 1X&scVw 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.
p7Yb8 #XfU &oVZ2.O#( 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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GXTjK! caTKi8 Summary: Decent, economical book for optics
`9f7H Rating: 4
@, z4{B d\ 7Ot M 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.
