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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imhq*f#A[ # f~a\}$I Publisher: Dover Publications
)?bb]hZg?O Number Of Pages: 336
;VFr5.*x Publication Date: 1989-06-01
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yK7>^ p}V ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
*f#4S_ws` Binding: Paperback
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b UF A complete basic undergraduate-level course in modern optics for students in physics, technology and engineering. The first half deals with classical physical optics; the second, the quantum nature of light. Many applications of the laser to optics are integrated throughout the text. Problems and answers. 170 illustrations.
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tr9 XZ& v3ul Summary: Best in its class
B D0-v` Rating: 5
`pMI[pLZe "> QY'r his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
r" [T9 1) Title says: introduction. So don’t imagine it covers every equation there is. Get Wolf’s book if you like equations that much.
XfrnM^oty 2) Short but concise on
key subjects. To do that, you have to skip a lot of intro/background or equations, that’s why there are references and citations (and better bricks/bug killers).
`s_TY%&_}g 3) This is an intro book but also serves well as a refresher. This is intermediate level to advanced level for non-physicists, as it assumes good understanding of calculus.
` ; =Se_ 9h(hx 7] To be fair, the book is not without flaws. One obvious is the name implied recent advances (although different people use modern optics differently), while the book was last revised in 1975. Nonetheless, the key component of modern optics are mostly there, unless you are into cutting edge advances. It might be more appropriate to name it as “intro to physical optics”, then again the author added a section of ray optics at the end of the book…
|)-: w? ;2|H6IN" Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
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FOA%( 5$ 4 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.
m8 PB2h KTEis!w 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!
K)@}Ok"#\4 7:<Ed"rdE The table of contents are not included in the product description, so I add that here:
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c26 Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
Wd5t,8*8 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
8 vw]u_e 1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
~QcKW<bz 1.3 Plane Harmonic Waves. Phase Velocity
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$bosGG 1.5 Group Velocity
~ \G3 l,4 1.6 The Doppler Effect
P.B'Gh#^ Chapter 2 The Vectorial Nature of Light
/,UkT*+>! 2.1 General Remarks
3T/j5m}+! 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
2AW{qwk7 2.3 Linear Polarization
kwR@oVR^ 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
] O>7x 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
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RWo B7{ G 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
j2M(W/_ 2.8 The Brewster Angle
$SVGpEw 2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
<;e#"(7 2.10 Phase Changes in Total Internal Reflection
hFfaaB 2.11 Reflection Matrix
9Ol_z\5 Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
iGMONJRO 3.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition
p d3&AsU 3.2 Young’s Experiment
& }}WP:U 3.3 The Michelson Interferometer
Y` ?X Fy: 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
kG$ 8E 3.5 Coherence Time and Coherence Length
c.Z4f 7 3.6 Spectral Resolution of a Finite Wave Train. Coherence and Line Width
mm-UQ\h 3.7 Spatial Coherence
3&fF Iab9 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
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4"x;XVNM[ Chapter 4 Multiple-Beam Interference
WUS9zK 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
_l= 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
qjzW9yV+ 4.3 Resolution of Fabry-Perot Instruments
arKmc@"X 4.4 Theory of Multilayer Films
gdE `UZ\ Chapter 5 Diffraction
So.P @CCd 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
=Fy8rTdk6r 5.2 Fundamental Theory
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!o': \hex6 5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
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5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
vcO`j<` 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
@[lc0_ b 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
]NV ]@*`tO Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
+JS/Z5dl+} 6.1 General Remarks
M2Fj)w2 6.2 Macroscopic Fields and Maxwell’s Equations
lV6[d8P 6.3 The General Wave Equation
fR%1FXpK& 6.4 Propagation of Light in Isotropic Dielectrics. Dispersion
%`1CE\f 6.5 Propagation of Light in Conducting Media
RLOQ>vYY 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
0(/D| 6.7 Propagation of Light in Crystals
yPh2P5}H> 6.8 Double Refraction at a Boundary
IKzRM|/ 6.9 Optical Activity
.`>l.gmi& 6.10 Faraday Rotation in Solids
L"!ZY 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
/:{_| P\ 6.12 Nonlinear Optics
* 8.@aX3 Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
5vX 8mPR_ 7.1 Thermal Radiation
)Q CM2 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
Vy^yV|`v 7.3 Modes of Electromagnetic Radiation in a Cavity
L\wpS1L( 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
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]Zz G!7 7.6 Photon Statistics. Planck’s Formula
ViwpyC'v 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
^h6$> n5 7.8 Momentum of a Photon. Light Pressure
Iei7!KLW 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
zB6u -4^wT 7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
wYO"znd 7.11 Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
tG2OVRx8u Chapter 8 Optical Spectra
k3>ur> aW 8.1 General Remarks
v<3o[m q 8.2 Elementary Theory of Atomic Spectra
+ iH30v 8.3 Quantum Mechanics
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v V6Lp 8.5 Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom
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f UF;SqT 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
fH e0W 8.8 Multiplicity in the Spectra of Many-Electron Atoms. Spectroscopic Notation
u@Cf*VPK 8.9 Molecular Spectra
nz(q)"A 8.10 Atomic-Energy Levels in Solids
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Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
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:x""E5H 9.2 Stimulated Emission and Thermal Radiation
@9uYmkcV 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
OVUs]uK 9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
,]uX:h-EM 9.5 Laser Oscillation
J(EaE2 9.6 Optical-Resonaor Theory
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:qAc= IC% 9.8 Optically Pumped Solid-State Lasers
833 %H`jQc 9.9 Dye Lasers
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JXL9Gge 9.11 Q-Switching and Mode Locking
S0N2rU 9.12 The Ring Laser
lP@) Chapter 10 Ray Optics
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10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
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9P7xoXJ@y 10.3 Ray Equations
3"'# |6O9 10.4 Ray Matrices and Ray Vectors
1c)\ 10.5 Periodic Lens Waveguides and Opical Resonators
$AA~]'O>6: Appendix I Relativistic Optics
(}{_]X|e 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
Hz]4A S 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
`! nJS| 1.3 Relativistic Effects in Optics
s-C!uq 1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
jcEs10y References
's>#8;X Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
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^{wi~? Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
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Ig1l ol:; TsaW5ho<p This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
(ve+,H6w\ y Y>-MoF/t It’s a beautifully concise and remarkably clear introduction to the main principles of modern optics - the ones that you are going to need over and over again as you continue into the subject.
cW)Oi^q%o2 <$jKy 3@ 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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mb0n}I_AC Rating: 5
&l. x:eD wv , GBZ-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.
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ycgfZ 3K 1@A7 h$1P Summary: Decent, economical book for optics
Md8(`@`o Rating: 4
e7@li<3>d jrm0@K+<IA 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.
