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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y'wW2U/ 1- c0p=/*s( Publisher: Dover Publications
) :E X h # Number Of Pages: 336
uQ+$Hzx X Publication Date: 1989-06-01
4\WkXwoqQO ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
rX}==`#\ ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
^S2} 0N f Binding: Paperback
5)i0g e1 }0f8% A complete basic undergraduate-level course in modern optics for students in physics, technology and engineering. The first half deals with classical physical optics; the second, the quantum nature of light. Many applications of the laser to optics are integrated throughout the text. Problems and answers. 170 illustrations.
FdHWF|D "jMnYEG Summary: Best in its class
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/`@> v$oo I;Y`rGj his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
r:Cid*~m 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).
640V&<+v 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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G5uH/-< 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…
Fa^]\ : DTVnQC Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
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S6Pb V} 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.
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bZ fJG^3 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!
9DE)5/c`v )Q?[_<1Y+ The table of contents are not included in the product description, so I add that here:
!PbFo%) Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
<2A' 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
4;{CR. D 1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
+q%goG8 1.3 Plane Harmonic Waves. Phase Velocity
sg\ jC# 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
6E4 L4Vb 1.5 Group Velocity
`d#_66TLr 1.6 The Doppler Effect
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8^e%Xo Chapter 2 The Vectorial Nature of Light
AOUO',v 2.1 General Remarks
P .( X]+ 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
~;Kl/Z 2.3 Linear Polarization
a a]v 7d 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
NebZGD2K 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
t/(j 8w 2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
Pw.+DA 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
z8MYgn 7 2.8 The Brewster Angle
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Vd~ k4 2.10 Phase Changes in Total Internal Reflection
<{uIB;P 2.11 Reflection Matrix
Jq)k?WS Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
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&ayoTE^0, 3.2 Young’s Experiment
z"`? <A&u 3.3 The Michelson Interferometer
+[+ Jd)Z 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
K.Z{4x=0 3.5 Coherence Time and Coherence Length
U5=J;[w}N 3.6 Spectral Resolution of a Finite Wave Train. Coherence and Line Width
&Y$rVBgQ 3.7 Spatial Coherence
1qF.0 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
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Kfl+8UR5 = Chapter 4 Multiple-Beam Interference
ys PW< 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
VV Y\W! 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
!2}Q9a 4.3 Resolution of Fabry-Perot Instruments
Fsh-a7Qp 4.4 Theory of Multilayer Films
oY:>pxSz<@ Chapter 5 Diffraction
d-a F- 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
{]]I4a 5.2 Fundamental Theory
+0DIN4Y(4 5.3 Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
<Jz>e}* ) 5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
0Jr< >7Q1 5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
\Qn8"I83AV 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
tB.9Ov* 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
`x{gF8GV Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
&$[ {L)D 6.1 General Remarks
gK'MUZ() 6.2 Macroscopic Fields and Maxwell’s Equations
xB#E&}Ho 6.3 The General Wave Equation
=%p{ " < 6.4 Propagation of Light in Isotropic Dielectrics. Dispersion
3ssio-X 6.5 Propagation of Light in Conducting Media
j? A +qk 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
}{"\"Bn_ 6.7 Propagation of Light in Crystals
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6.8 Double Refraction at a Boundary
IcZ 'KV 6.9 Optical Activity
~S9nLb:O{ 6.10 Faraday Rotation in Solids
>KJ]\`2>)c 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
/e\dsC{uJ 6.12 Nonlinear Optics
N INiX( Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
RWE%? ` 7.1 Thermal Radiation
" 7DPsPs 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
N >_7Ltw/ 7.3 Modes of Electromagnetic Radiation in a Cavity
i y 5 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
c=gUY~ Rl 7.5 Quantization of Cavity Radiation
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7=-k/k 7.6 Photon Statistics. Planck’s Formula
moGb BkO 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
'%,Re-8O 7.8 Momentum of a Photon. Light Pressure
+ Muyp]_ 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
shB(kb{{ 7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
x?kZD~|{) 7.11 Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
#LZ`kSlv4 Chapter 8 Optical Spectra
jn[a23;G) 8.1 General Remarks
$W2AiE[Wm 8.2 Elementary Theory of Atomic Spectra
{BF\G%v;+ 8.3 Quantum Mechanics
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c?d#Bj ? 8.5 Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom
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,rKN/{M! 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
>Pu*M D; 8.8 Multiplicity in the Spectra of Many-Electron Atoms. Spectroscopic Notation
C{D2m SS 8.9 Molecular Spectra
LLE~V~j 8.10 Atomic-Energy Levels in Solids
)I#kG{z|P; Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
d dPJx< 9.1 Introduction
g 0L 4 9.2 Stimulated Emission and Thermal Radiation
<j>@Fg#q 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
Dj|S 9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
khR3[ju {^ 9.5 Laser Oscillation
d7&PbITN 9.6 Optical-Resonaor Theory
i0P+,U 9.7 Gas Lasers
;Cwn1N9S 9.8 Optically Pumped Solid-State Lasers
C9z{ 8 ; 9.9 Dye Lasers
V6L_aee}CK 9.10 Semiconductor Diode Lasers
P+/L, u 9.11 Q-Switching and Mode Locking
5FMKJ7sC9 9.12 The Ring Laser
ps]6 ,@uyB Chapter 10 Ray Optics
xqr`T0!& 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
Fri5_rxLl 10.2 Lenses
;9~z_orNQZ 10.3 Ray Equations
}LRAe3N%8 10.4 Ray Matrices and Ray Vectors
' D4NPG`z 10.5 Periodic Lens Waveguides and Opical Resonators
4Vs ;Y&t] Appendix I Relativistic Optics
+SJ aE] $ 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
%F7aFvl* 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
0MOAd!N 1.3 Relativistic Effects in Optics
Hq~ 2,#Ue 1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
U+ 8[Ia(t References
8c~H![2u Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
o^ 4+eE M]W4S4&Y= Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
MLDuo|? Rating: 5
dcA0k A- ~)7- This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
~7m+cWC-+ c*h5lM'n6 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.
V$@2:@8mo u,C-U!A 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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5 xiYCOy Rating: 5
6B 8! 2 1 ID! rxE 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.
czp5MU_^ ZGrV? @o,6 One word of caution, I think some graduate school background in Physics and Math is needed for engineers. I am an engineer (
=}L[/ RL 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.
LKm 5U6 %H@fVWe2wT Summary: Decent, economical book for optics
:sn}D~ Rating: 4
-{< %Wt9 R 6!3Y/Q@ 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.
