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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\G[ $:nS Publisher: Dover Publications
= &]L00u. Number Of Pages: 336
@- xjfC\d Publication Date: 1989-06-01
%4H%?4 ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
!Ee:o"jG{ ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
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y.KD^ *g%yRU{N 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.
>j/w@Fj NJ <F >3 Summary: Best in its class
n[z+<VGwC Rating: 5
'NmRR]Q9 6'/ #+,d' his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
khe}*y 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).
gJXaPJA{ 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.
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EU[ 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…
8=l%5r^cq q 1,~ Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
3u=g6W2 F Rating: 4
u_enqC3 w>gYx(8b 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.
N)T}P\l ]DcFySyv 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!
[WmM6UEVS ;+%rw 2Z,B The table of contents are not included in the product description, so I add that here:
#mF" 1 QW Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
l **X^+=$ 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
z_HdISy0 1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
HfVZ~P P 1.3 Plane Harmonic Waves. Phase Velocity
CTb%(<r 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
D~m*!w* 1.5 Group Velocity
A"]YM'. 1.6 The Doppler Effect
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Y4 -t7UlS; 2.1 General Remarks
Y]>t[Lo% 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
_)8s'MjA:& 2.3 Linear Polarization
;u JMG 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
P0@,fd< 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
1?}T=)3+$ 2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
V! Uc( 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
~$'awY 2.8 The Brewster Angle
];m_4 2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
L0,'mS 2.10 Phase Changes in Total Internal Reflection
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!0+JbZ<%r| Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
[JiH\+XLPs 3.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition
qGo.WZ$ 3.2 Young’s Experiment
4Z*/Ws Cv 3.3 The Michelson Interferometer
M%HU4pTW#o 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
23PG q%R 3.5 Coherence Time and Coherence Length
dPlV>IM$z 3.6 Spectral Resolution of a Finite Wave Train. Coherence and Line Width
@ JMiO^ 3.7 Spatial Coherence
.#gzP2 [q 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
Ui ~>SN>s 3.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
79gT+~z Chapter 4 Multiple-Beam Interference
Hl"N} 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
(QEG4&9 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
0mE 0 j 4.3 Resolution of Fabry-Perot Instruments
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J1k>07}| Chapter 5 Diffraction
_6Sp QW 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
(`^ 1Y3&2 5.2 Fundamental Theory
-@'FW*b 5.3 Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
( .:e,l{U% 5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
H_a[)DT 5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
1EK *g;H 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
r!v\"6:OM 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
z/-=%g >HA Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
?<!| 6.1 General Remarks
y29m /i : 6.2 Macroscopic Fields and Maxwell’s Equations
Q &8-\ 6.3 The General Wave Equation
e~OpofJNb 6.4 Propagation of Light in Isotropic Dielectrics. Dispersion
Jy)/%p~ 6.5 Propagation of Light in Conducting Media
sJZ iI}Xc 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
f*Hr^b}`8 6.7 Propagation of Light in Crystals
3";q[&F9y 6.8 Double Refraction at a Boundary
Rcu z(yS8 6.9 Optical Activity
rq{$,/6 . 6.10 Faraday Rotation in Solids
[X kx_B 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
6ujW Nf 6.12 Nonlinear Optics
vM={V$D& Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
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2 ? C)& 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
]W up /o 7.3 Modes of Electromagnetic Radiation in a Cavity
c<~H(k'+c 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
F59 TZI 7.5 Quantization of Cavity Radiation
KNl$3nX 7.6 Photon Statistics. Planck’s Formula
_`X:jj> 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
+ {]j]OP 7.8 Momentum of a Photon. Light Pressure
^iA9%zp 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
UKGPtKE< 7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
ctQ/wrkU 7.11 Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
F| 8 & Chapter 8 Optical Spectra
Wwo0%< 2y 8.1 General Remarks
u8^lB7! e/ 8.2 Elementary Theory of Atomic Spectra
[E_9 V%^ 8.3 Quantum Mechanics
bA 2pbjg= 8.4 The Schrödinger Equation
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%T[]zJ( 8.6 Radiative Transitions and Selection Rules
ceA9) { 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
6)J#OKZ 8.8 Multiplicity in the Spectra of Many-Electron Atoms. Spectroscopic Notation
u*R_\ *j@ 8.9 Molecular Spectra
\8tsDG(1 ' 8.10 Atomic-Energy Levels in Solids
+ZYn? #IQ Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
]e3Ax(i) 9.1 Introduction
"@kaHIf[ 9.2 Stimulated Emission and Thermal Radiation
KvS G; 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
|Tw~@kT@ 9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
K3C <{ #r 9.5 Laser Oscillation
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:Ud F 9.7 Gas Lasers
ICCc./l| 9.8 Optically Pumped Solid-State Lasers
~&O%N 9.9 Dye Lasers
G}*hM$F 9.10 Semiconductor Diode Lasers
~[: 2I 9.11 Q-Switching and Mode Locking
iso4]>LF 9.12 The Ring Laser
Xj*Wu_ Chapter 10 Ray Optics
%y@AA>x! 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
iLT}oKF2N; 10.2 Lenses
,Q B<7a+I 10.3 Ray Equations
<3iMRe 10.4 Ray Matrices and Ray Vectors
E^PB)D(. 10.5 Periodic Lens Waveguides and Opical Resonators
?%86/N> Appendix I Relativistic Optics
^.tg 7%dJ 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
0x7'^Z>-oe 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
dx]>(e@(t{ 1.3 Relativistic Effects in Optics
^8tEach 1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
R]dg_Da References
ex|F|0k4} Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
Cw%{G'O fM}#ON>Z Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
?"FbsMk.d Rating: 5
]Dzlp7 Y} tkhCw/ This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
; jP Xs VL^EHb7 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.
Ymgw-NJ;( DlT{` 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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h![#;>( Rating: 5
.5 43N<w ^{{ q V 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.
l,: F Qd6F H2Pl One word of caution, I think some graduate school background in Physics and Math is needed for engineers. I am an engineer (
_ m>b2I? 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.
g>sSS8R O zQA`/&=Y Summary: Decent, economical book for optics
Je @v8{][| Rating: 4
07)yG:q*x }Lv;! 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.
