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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?fS w|Aqqe Publisher: Dover Publications
f3PMVf:< Number Of Pages: 336
8^yJqAXK Publication Date: 1989-06-01
YD[H ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
1dG06 <! ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
zlf} . Binding: Paperback
t[C1z OtUr GQP 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.
}ot"Sx\. y?z\L Summary: Best in its class
_p}xZD\?, Rating: 5
hR)2xz x:z0EYL his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
/iM$Tb5 1) Title says: introduction. So don’t imagine it covers every equation there is. Get Wolf’s book if you like equations that much.
<8o(CA\ 2) Short but concise on
key subjects. To do that, you have to skip a lot of intro/background or equations, that’s why there are references and citations (and better bricks/bug killers).
UTk r.T+2X 3) This is an intro book but also serves well as a refresher. This is intermediate level to advanced level for non-physicists, as it assumes good understanding of calculus.
4A.Q21s tIZ~^*' To be fair, the book is not without flaws. One obvious is the name implied recent advances (although different people use modern optics differently), while the book was last revised in 1975. Nonetheless, the key component of modern optics are mostly there, unless you are into cutting edge advances. It might be more appropriate to name it as “intro to physical optics”, then again the author added a section of ray optics at the end of the book…
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G$JFuz)| Rating: 4
e>H :/24 TMj4w,g4 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.
k DsIp= q&si% 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!
X>l*v\F9 " 'tRfB The table of contents are not included in the product description, so I add that here:
mh` |=M]8E Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
{]/8skov5] 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
9y] J /1# 1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
cv o[s, p 1.3 Plane Harmonic Waves. Phase Velocity
=nxKttmU0 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
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{B V4h%P]: 1.6 The Doppler Effect
{=JF=8@A Chapter 2 The Vectorial Nature of Light
Ill[]O 2.1 General Remarks
fC<m^%*zgA 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
v.g"{us 2.3 Linear Polarization
X"*^l_9-v 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
X;GfPw.m 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
i@$*Csj\9* 2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
F:T GsV# 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
#@//7Bf% 2.8 The Brewster Angle
t&RruwN_; 2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
$ |<m9CW 2.10 Phase Changes in Total Internal Reflection
!{%G0(Dv 2.11 Reflection Matrix
]T<^{jG Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
Qi=* 1QAkr 3.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition
S*t%RZ~a 3.2 Young’s Experiment
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hC<14 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
q-AN[_@ 3.5 Coherence Time and Coherence Length
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<Oz66bTze 3.7 Spatial Coherence
L\ j: 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
3LK%1+)4 3.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
96Z d M= Chapter 4 Multiple-Beam Interference
h4`9Cfrq , 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
Zhi})d3l 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
v3^|"}\q5 4.3 Resolution of Fabry-Perot Instruments
NPJ.+ph 4.4 Theory of Multilayer Films
kBsXfVs9 Chapter 5 Diffraction
1y [B[\ 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
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'" xiS$b( 5.3 Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
=3'(A14C= 5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
Fdt}..H% 5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
wK*PD&nN 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
`deY i 2z 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
sdr.u Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
w~@[ r4W 6.1 General Remarks
`gguip-C 6.2 Macroscopic Fields and Maxwell’s Equations
XA D3Z? 6.3 The General Wave Equation
WZ~> BM 6.4 Propagation of Light in Isotropic Dielectrics. Dispersion
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P Jo 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
kC$I2[ t! 6.7 Propagation of Light in Crystals
Ft-6m% 6.8 Double Refraction at a Boundary
C0m\SNR 6.9 Optical Activity
BQNp$]5s 6.10 Faraday Rotation in Solids
77aX-e*=E 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
*\ECf .7jz 6.12 Nonlinear Optics
MCy~@)-IN Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
<Dm Tj$ 7.1 Thermal Radiation
+/cgw, 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
gGfq6{9g 7.3 Modes of Electromagnetic Radiation in a Cavity
&]NZvqdj.] 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
GU6 qIz| 7.5 Quantization of Cavity Radiation
m &E l) 7.6 Photon Statistics. Planck’s Formula
o) I/P< 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
|]uc HV 7.8 Momentum of a Photon. Light Pressure
Yj8& 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
3,$iG e 7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
=cp;Q,t'9L 7.11 Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
?qT( 3C9p Chapter 8 Optical Spectra
-c={ +z " 8.1 General Remarks
A*0*sZ0 8.2 Elementary Theory of Atomic Spectra
W"qL-KW 8.3 Quantum Mechanics
8/q*o>[? 8.4 The Schrödinger Equation
U[fSQ` &D 8.5 Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom
3$_2weZxYn 8.6 Radiative Transitions and Selection Rules
fVUKvZ}P* 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
W_JhNe 8.8 Multiplicity in the Spectra of Many-Electron Atoms. Spectroscopic Notation
fPz=KoN 8.9 Molecular Spectra
|- OHve4A 8.10 Atomic-Energy Levels in Solids
!: |nI77| Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
AbY;H 9.1 Introduction
!-( J-45 9.2 Stimulated Emission and Thermal Radiation
^5x4 q 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
JQT4N[ rEE 9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
l1RlYl5 9.5 Laser Oscillation
0/Q5d,'Y[2 9.6 Optical-Resonaor Theory
wE2x:Ge: 9.7 Gas Lasers
-$R5 9.8 Optically Pumped Solid-State Lasers
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J/7 u7_ Chapter 10 Ray Optics
#pa\ 2d| 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
cYD1~J X. 10.2 Lenses
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Q)d T(Td9~ 10.4 Ray Matrices and Ray Vectors
<PQRd 10.5 Periodic Lens Waveguides and Opical Resonators
T &*eOr Appendix I Relativistic Optics
M6x;BjrV 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
u'Pn(A@1R 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
+/_!P;I 1.3 Relativistic Effects in Optics
i n?T ]} 1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
W_D%|Ub2X References
z1qUz7 Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
3G(skphE I ,9~*^$ Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
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#VR`?n?, 9BurjG1k? 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.
d-i&k(M o HRbAE^ 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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x"!#_0TT} Rating: 5
%9.bu|`KK 5Wl,J _<F 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')x]edU nu(eLUU One word of caution, I think some graduate school background in Physics and Math is needed for engineers. I am an engineer (
wEv*1y4 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.
DW 4MA<UQ i&5!9m`Cw Summary: Decent, economical book for optics
~Gwas0e Na Rating: 4
WT1q15 U(= <Wg G=Kf)N 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.
