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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d?7?tL2 %:aXEjm@ Publisher: Dover Publications
u HU@j(&c Number Of Pages: 336
t"$~o:U&) Publication Date: 1989-06-01
?=&; A ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
6+$2rS$1V ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
%> Ft A) Binding: Paperback
>NUbk9}J4 c'2/ C5 A complete basic undergraduate-level course in modern optics for students in physics, technology and engineering. The first half deals with classical physical optics; the second, the quantum nature of light. Many applications of the laser to optics are integrated throughout the text. Problems and answers. 170 illustrations.
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ZA="Dac Rating: 5
! AwMD M!,H0( @G his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
T#B#q1 / 1) Title says: introduction. So don’t imagine it covers every equation there is. Get Wolf’s book if you like equations that much.
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key subjects. To do that, you have to skip a lot of intro/background or equations, that’s why there are references and citations (and better bricks/bug killers).
&vrQ *jX 3) This is an intro book but also serves well as a refresher. This is intermediate level to advanced level for non-physicists, as it assumes good understanding of calculus.
#Ha:O,| 7I;kh`H$(f 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…
- +"#G?g &Ym):pc Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
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Qp *s4|'KS2o 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.
`/sNX<mp j !*,( 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!
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!@& 3q| Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
L"ho|v9: 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
v_XN).f; 1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
-K/+}4i3N 1.3 Plane Harmonic Waves. Phase Velocity
mn@1&#c4y 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
vzS b( 1.5 Group Velocity
.\caRb[ 1.6 The Doppler Effect
# `=Zc7gf Chapter 2 The Vectorial Nature of Light
_ ^FC 9 2.1 General Remarks
;g0s1nz 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
S# ]] h/ 2.3 Linear Polarization
^$ Y9.IH" 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
xJ3C^b%H 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
SXw r$)4_ 2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
dWn6-es 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
ZO/e!yj u 2.8 The Brewster Angle
{N~mDUoJ| 2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
)= f}vHg$ 2.10 Phase Changes in Total Internal Reflection
kx&JY9(&# 2.11 Reflection Matrix
/Mtm O$ . Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
eDpi0htm 3.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition
KSs1EmB 3.2 Young’s Experiment
VgbNZ{qk@ 3.3 The Michelson Interferometer
llZ U: bs 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
D =ej%]@iw 3.5 Coherence Time and Coherence Length
z)T-<zWO; 3.6 Spectral Resolution of a Finite Wave Train. Coherence and Line Width
^/#+0/Bn 3.7 Spatial Coherence
PMP{|yEx" 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
;^/ruf[t 3.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
Bj 7* 2} Chapter 4 Multiple-Beam Interference
P8m0]T.&x 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
+,spC`M6h 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
s* GZOz 4.3 Resolution of Fabry-Perot Instruments
wm@j(h4 4.4 Theory of Multilayer Films
J#` 7! Chapter 5 Diffraction
?d%)R*3IX 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
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5.2 Fundamental Theory
Fu.aV876\f 5.3 Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
<PSz`)SN 5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
b%lB&}uw} 5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
\oPe" k= 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
cx:_ 5GF 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
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Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
{jD? o bs 6.1 General Remarks
|V5BL<4 6.2 Macroscopic Fields and Maxwell’s Equations
-o+t&m 6.3 The General Wave Equation
s{dm,|?Jl, 6.4 Propagation of Light in Isotropic Dielectrics. Dispersion
%R$)bGT 6.5 Propagation of Light in Conducting Media
l-w4E"n3 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
<lB2Nv -, 6.7 Propagation of Light in Crystals
"\*)KH` C 6.8 Double Refraction at a Boundary
}4>u_)nt 6.9 Optical Activity
)?[2Y %P 6.10 Faraday Rotation in Solids
DG;u_6;JR 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
U,2OofLM 6.12 Nonlinear Optics
w5z] =dN Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
/6rjGc 7.1 Thermal Radiation
Q%O9DCi 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
( `4& h %g 7.3 Modes of Electromagnetic Radiation in a Cavity
Z k w-a 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
1le9YL1_g 7.5 Quantization of Cavity Radiation
2M+RA}dX 7.6 Photon Statistics. Planck’s Formula
]MYbx)v) 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
_j+,'\B 7.8 Momentum of a Photon. Light Pressure
P{dR
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%# uw8V 7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
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~"S5KroN Chapter 8 Optical Spectra
#xmiUN,| 8.1 General Remarks
?e-rwa W 8.2 Elementary Theory of Atomic Spectra
ANPG3^w 8.3 Quantum Mechanics
]/ !*^;cY( 8.4 The Schrödinger Equation
xLIyh7$t 8.5 Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom
pW ~;B*hF 8.6 Radiative Transitions and Selection Rules
IRM jL.q 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
ybJa: 8.8 Multiplicity in the Spectra of Many-Electron Atoms. Spectroscopic Notation
~^.,Ftkb@7 8.9 Molecular Spectra
R {} _Qb 8.10 Atomic-Energy Levels in Solids
RPa]VL 1W Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
x/1FQ>n:9 9.1 Introduction
+]t9kr 9.2 Stimulated Emission and Thermal Radiation
T2-x 1Sw_ 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
mV]~}7*Y; 9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
IO #)r[JZ 9.5 Laser Oscillation
2^s&#@n3t 9.6 Optical-Resonaor Theory
C|}yE ;*a 9.7 Gas Lasers
JK)|a@BtOT 9.8 Optically Pumped Solid-State Lasers
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R&s/s`pLW 9.10 Semiconductor Diode Lasers
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ZHen: 9.12 The Ring Laser
N+SA$wG Chapter 10 Ray Optics
>`3 0 ib 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
:x q^ T 10.2 Lenses
/_fZ2$/ 10.3 Ray Equations
UDpI @ 10.4 Ray Matrices and Ray Vectors
IAd ^$9 10.5 Periodic Lens Waveguides and Opical Resonators
yMNOjs'c { Appendix I Relativistic Optics
q&ed4{H< 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
JK md'ZGw 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
"~C \Z} ; 1.3 Relativistic Effects in Optics
rGH7S!\AM 1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
6:r1^q6A9L References
8Pom^QopK Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
,[m4+6G5 oi3Ix7 Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
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"z.!h(Eq p*P0 <01Z This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
K6<1& r'}#usB( It’s a beautifully concise and remarkably clear introduction to the main principles of modern optics - the ones that you are going to need over and over again as you continue into the subject.
b(ryk./ogx h\-jqaq This book gives you a great overview and set of basic foundations for every-day modern optics. I return to it often for little insights and reminders, even after 37 years in the business.
f2|On6/ iEFS>kL8e Summary: For the price Great
DF#WQ8?$] Rating: 5
0@f7`D *7Sg8\wDn 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.
BcGQpv &x ]*S _fme One word of caution, I think some graduate school background in Physics and Math is needed for engineers. I am an engineer (
/|e"0;{ 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.
\No22Je6d J! eVw\6 Summary: Decent, economical book for optics
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I(WND/ & A%M&{S'+|X 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.
