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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TZj[O1E RP(a,D| Publisher: Dover Publications
* *.:) Number Of Pages: 336
u7n[f@Eg,% Publication Date: 1989-06-01
(Hl8U ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
}$<^wt ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
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487YaioB$ ^DzL$BX 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.
qP&by Es" .u BO Summary: Best in its class
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3;y_qwA TR~|c|B his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
%V31B\]Nz7 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).
n }0z a#G 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.
6$;L]<$W> uC- A43utv 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…
F OeVRq:# c %ZeX% p Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
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IF5sqv Ap% d<\,Z 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.
i3D<`\;r d3Y(SPO 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!
Wgav>7!9 RzpC1nd The table of contents are not included in the product description, so I add that here:
m5)EQE}gPp Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
>_-!zjO8u 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
,.[.SU#V 1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
4 #aqz9k 1.3 Plane Harmonic Waves. Phase Velocity
TH<fbd 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
G4O,^ v;Q 1.5 Group Velocity
I $+ %~4 1.6 The Doppler Effect
T~s&)wD Chapter 2 The Vectorial Nature of Light
"Ys _ \ 2.1 General Remarks
=x=1uXQv5 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
"!xvpsy 2.3 Linear Polarization
4pLQ"&>}80 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
u/_Gq[Q,u 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
zwMQXI'k83 2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
;0;3BH A 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
==nYe { 2 2.8 The Brewster Angle
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C5>{Q:.`e' 2.10 Phase Changes in Total Internal Reflection
xR *5q1j 2.11 Reflection Matrix
U&,r4>V@h> Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
^uC"df H 3.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition
B{;11 u 3.2 Young’s Experiment
wD B)&b 3.3 The Michelson Interferometer
NR ;q`Xe- 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
Q.r B\8ea 3.5 Coherence Time and Coherence Length
Uy(vELB 3.6 Spectral Resolution of a Finite Wave Train. Coherence and Line Width
B"7$!C o 3.7 Spatial Coherence
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A,3@j@bdy 3.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
^?E^']H)5u Chapter 4 Multiple-Beam Interference
_2]e1_= 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
$eK8GMxZ# 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
se~ *<5 4.3 Resolution of Fabry-Perot Instruments
9+]ZH.(YE 4.4 Theory of Multilayer Films
_u#/u2< Chapter 5 Diffraction
*d^9,GGn- 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
\#uqD\DE 5.2 Fundamental Theory
R' vdk< 5.3 Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
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5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
`K$:r4/[ 5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
%2^['8t#NH 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
;~}- AI- 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
b%=1"&JI: Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
\7|s$ XQ\ 6.1 General Remarks
# rh 0r` 6.2 Macroscopic Fields and Maxwell’s Equations
zd?bHcW/h 6.3 The General Wave Equation
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6$W - ? 6.5 Propagation of Light in Conducting Media
2Som0T<2 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
o%vI kXw 6.7 Propagation of Light in Crystals
mJwv&E 6.8 Double Refraction at a Boundary
2A dX)iF@ 6.9 Optical Activity
@#bBs9@gv 6.10 Faraday Rotation in Solids
] +}:VaeA 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
~| X99?P 6.12 Nonlinear Optics
#gxRTx Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
# n U@hOfg 7.1 Thermal Radiation
SlH7-"Ag 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
u+%)JhIp 7.3 Modes of Electromagnetic Radiation in a Cavity
2N6Pa(6 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
x(C]O, 7.5 Quantization of Cavity Radiation
X !&"&n 7.6 Photon Statistics. Planck’s Formula
)OARO 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
/ e~ 7.8 Momentum of a Photon. Light Pressure
`77;MGg* 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
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Ig40#pA 7.11 Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
jD&}}:Dj Chapter 8 Optical Spectra
Ktg&G<%J0 8.1 General Remarks
D6 C -x 8.2 Elementary Theory of Atomic Spectra
9Q
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n r ' YWW 8.4 The Schrödinger Equation
y>)mSl@1y 8.5 Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom
*>}McvtTw 8.6 Radiative Transitions and Selection Rules
S&4w`hdD>~ 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
&%_y6}xI w 8.8 Multiplicity in the Spectra of Many-Electron Atoms. Spectroscopic Notation
S*~Na]nS0 8.9 Molecular Spectra
LM'*OtpDG 8.10 Atomic-Energy Levels in Solids
zJB+C=]D7H Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
:Olj 9.1 Introduction
% xH>0 9.2 Stimulated Emission and Thermal Radiation
)w }*PL 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
puf;"c6e' 9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
= y,yQO 9.5 Laser Oscillation
4fU5RB7% 9.6 Optical-Resonaor Theory
a=}">=]7 9.7 Gas Lasers
U 8qKD 9.8 Optically Pumped Solid-State Lasers
MkluK=$ 9.9 Dye Lasers
;-<<1Jz/2 9.10 Semiconductor Diode Lasers
Sgjr4axu 9.11 Q-Switching and Mode Locking
h0y\,iWXb 9.12 The Ring Laser
9M-NItFos Chapter 10 Ray Optics
NO0[`jy( 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
37ri b 10.2 Lenses
`9G$p |6 10.3 Ray Equations
OTy 4"% 10.4 Ray Matrices and Ray Vectors
h!JjN$ 10.5 Periodic Lens Waveguides and Opical Resonators
Y/:Q|HnXQ Appendix I Relativistic Optics
K|I j71 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
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%r}KvJgd 1.3 Relativistic Effects in Optics
S+e-b'++? 1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
$fU/9jTa References
sDh6 U k Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
' /@!"IXz ?tal/uC Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
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Jn^ Wzn[q _UbR8 This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
o^.s!C%j TF ([yZO' 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.
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Yb- 4*ty&s=5OJ 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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TTw~.x, ?M 1 QJ 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.
t g m{gR }O- %kl One word of caution, I think some graduate school background in Physics and Math is needed for engineers. I am an engineer (
iM-hWhU 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.
p%M(G#gOgP k H( 3 Summary: Decent, economical book for optics
5SPl#* W Rating: 4
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^s,? <?`e9o 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.
