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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pEVgJ /> eKVALUw Publisher: Dover Publications
hiR R+`L% Number Of Pages: 336
6f?BltFaN Publication Date: 1989-06-01
QW~5+c9JJ ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
$iqi :vY ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
pAil]f6 Binding: Paperback
*)bd1B# :%#r.p"6x A complete basic undergraduate-level course in modern optics for students in physics, technology and engineering. The first half deals with classical physical optics; the second, the quantum nature of light. Many applications of the laser to optics are integrated throughout the text. Problems and answers. 170 illustrations.
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vZE|Z[M+< Rating: 5
T+WZ E E-sSRt his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
~J1;tZS 1) Title says: introduction. So don’t imagine it covers every equation there is. Get Wolf’s book if you like equations that much.
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key subjects. To do that, you have to skip a lot of intro/background or equations, that’s why there are references and citations (and better bricks/bug killers).
/&$"}Z6z 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.
H+VO.s.a 2K]IlsMO& 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…
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3)@il Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
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2"leUur~rO 19F ;oFp 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.
ut4r~~Ar T+;H#& 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!
j?\$G.Y j9URl$T: The table of contents are not included in the product description, so I add that here:
LAv:+o(m/ Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
9jO`gWxV8* 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
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v Zb|!#I 1.3 Plane Harmonic Waves. Phase Velocity
C5es2!^-]O 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
C}mYt/ 1.5 Group Velocity
X!o[RJY 1.6 The Doppler Effect
uw Kh Chapter 2 The Vectorial Nature of Light
euV $2Fg 2.1 General Remarks
i}PK $sa#c 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
@up &q 2.3 Linear Polarization
]?0{(\ 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
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9ZDVy7m\i- 2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
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Hp btj 2.8 The Brewster Angle
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c ]>DI&$;J 2.10 Phase Changes in Total Internal Reflection
X"h%tsuw 2.11 Reflection Matrix
k""> 2#V Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
XC |* A$x, 3.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition
Dv<wge` 3.2 Young’s Experiment
w4\BD&7V 3.3 The Michelson Interferometer
X=v~^8M7% 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
t< sp%zXZ 3.5 Coherence Time and Coherence Length
tm(v~L%$>] 3.6 Spectral Resolution of a Finite Wave Train. Coherence and Line Width
?gLR<d_ 3.7 Spatial Coherence
UT 3bd,, 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
C ,o : 3.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
/~40rXH2C Chapter 4 Multiple-Beam Interference
pw@`}cM= 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
m6b$Xyq[ 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
r5o@+"! 4.3 Resolution of Fabry-Perot Instruments
-=>sTMWpr 4.4 Theory of Multilayer Films
fO K|: Chapter 5 Diffraction
60"5?=D 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
glv ;C/l 5.2 Fundamental Theory
9Ei5z6Vk/+ 5.3 Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
s(t eQ\ 5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
l+%Fl=Q2em 5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
^6 Yd} 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
8tU>DJ}0 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
d] U`?A, Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
]k[x9,IU\y 6.1 General Remarks
Hi^35 6.2 Macroscopic Fields and Maxwell’s Equations
K[kds` 6.3 The General Wave Equation
6DB0ni 6.4 Propagation of Light in Isotropic Dielectrics. Dispersion
o& ~dGG4J 6.5 Propagation of Light in Conducting Media
Y?<)Dg .[ 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
_ w/_(k 6.7 Propagation of Light in Crystals
wHf&R3fg 6.8 Double Refraction at a Boundary
)1WMlG 6.9 Optical Activity
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7%e1cI 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
;AKwx|I$g 6.12 Nonlinear Optics
axX{6 Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
]D O&x+Rb 7.1 Thermal Radiation
69>/@< 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
C,fY.Ce I 7.3 Modes of Electromagnetic Radiation in a Cavity
zX98c 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
GWhE8EDT 7.5 Quantization of Cavity Radiation
"# !D|[h0 7.6 Photon Statistics. Planck’s Formula
x>v-m*4Z4@ 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
1B 5:s,Oyj 7.8 Momentum of a Photon. Light Pressure
W RF.[R" 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
O $^xkv5. 7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
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OVZP x%a Chapter 8 Optical Spectra
vB.l0!c\e_ 8.1 General Remarks
=J](.78 8.2 Elementary Theory of Atomic Spectra
Hfh!l2P 8.3 Quantum Mechanics
xYPxg! 8.4 The Schrödinger Equation
:5J_5,?;` 8.5 Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom
b]T@gJ4H= 8.6 Radiative Transitions and Selection Rules
P;73Hr[E# 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
zEj#arSE4 8.8 Multiplicity in the Spectra of Many-Electron Atoms. Spectroscopic Notation
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M*w' 1fT 8.10 Atomic-Energy Levels in Solids
h$`#YNd' Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
];1R&:t 9.1 Introduction
L_Q S0_1 9.2 Stimulated Emission and Thermal Radiation
vy [C'a 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
7/aOsW"6 9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
&n:{x}U c 9.5 Laser Oscillation
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b5<okICD 9.7 Gas Lasers
3#c3IZ-; 9.8 Optically Pumped Solid-State Lasers
<.bRf 9.9 Dye Lasers
l(!/Q|Q| 9.10 Semiconductor Diode Lasers
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^`XCT Chapter 10 Ray Optics
u R$i48} 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
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U<^F 4*G 10.3 Ray Equations
"j^MB)YD 10.4 Ray Matrices and Ray Vectors
yz8jU*H 10.5 Periodic Lens Waveguides and Opical Resonators
eM2|c3/ Appendix I Relativistic Optics
BhkoSkr 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
O$D?A2eI 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
Ls}7VKl' 1.3 Relativistic Effects in Optics
, jU5|2 1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
02=ls V!U References
dg_G s>?2 Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
O"Q7Rx `\CVV*hP Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
^x m$EY*Y, Rating: 5
_las;S'oa 4<gb36)|4 This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
]rN#B-aAr = a}b+(R It’s a beautifully concise and remarkably clear introduction to the main principles of modern optics - the ones that you are going to need over and over again as you continue into the subject.
Kr-G {b_Pp iM]o"qOQm This book gives you a great overview and set of basic foundations for every-day modern optics. I return to it often for little insights and reminders, even after 37 years in the business.
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\r {W ]uQqn]+I! Great book to revise theory on Dual nature of light. Its like a nice handbook on optics. A full blown version would be very even nicer, with a math section to remind ‘old’ engineering like myself.
.i Hn5S GA C\*4q8( One word of caution, I think some graduate school background in Physics and Math is needed for engineers. I am an engineer (
t0)<$At6J 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.
IzLQhDJ1 U;q];e:,=} Summary: Decent, economical book for optics
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F?-R$<Cn2~ SUM4Di7 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.
