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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"^ F#oo%L J0*hJ-/u Publisher: Dover Publications
L3JFQc/oh~ Number Of Pages: 336
% o bR2% Publication Date: 1989-06-01
15+>W4v ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
E0 !}~Z) ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
H;s Binding: Paperback
F B9PIsFS z6ISJb 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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>A5R Rating: 5
f]`#BE)V $m,gQV~4 his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
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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).
WSi`)@.X O 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.
SNV~;@(h 3sIW4Cs7)U 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…
LSQWveZz v#0F1a?]D Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
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Zt4g G KG u\wdb^8ds 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.
<f.* =/]W2 ~qt) r_j 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!
0D/u`- BZejqDr * The table of contents are not included in the product description, so I add that here:
aDmyr_f$ Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
ZUP \)[~ 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
>$S P2(Y~ 1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
,@kD9n5# 1.3 Plane Harmonic Waves. Phase Velocity
W2/FGJD 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
(MhC83 |? 1.5 Group Velocity
!l| v O( 1.6 The Doppler Effect
RO[Ko-m|/N Chapter 2 The Vectorial Nature of Light
hTcy;zLLS 2.1 General Remarks
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t.. 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
_G%]d$2f` 2.3 Linear Polarization
%E#OUo[y/ 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
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LOQo i8j 2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
@ODwO;_R5 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
s3qWTdM 2.8 The Brewster Angle
WA}<Zme3[ 2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
DP\s-JpI[ 2.10 Phase Changes in Total Internal Reflection
VeiJ1=hc 2.11 Reflection Matrix
q9cmtZr m Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
?PVJeFH 3.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition
y6N OHPp@ 3.2 Young’s Experiment
BC*vG=a 3.3 The Michelson Interferometer
(uW/t1 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
j(^ot001%v 3.5 Coherence Time and Coherence Length
2 gz}]_ 3.6 Spectral Resolution of a Finite Wave Train. Coherence and Line Width
BCsz8U! 3.7 Spatial Coherence
,<?iL~> % 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
ASmMj;>UM 3.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
, d T.q Chapter 4 Multiple-Beam Interference
= ms( dr^n 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
hoY.2 B _ 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
+v4P9V|s 4.3 Resolution of Fabry-Perot Instruments
d v=y,q@W 4.4 Theory of Multilayer Films
\{r-e Chapter 5 Diffraction
h/~:}Bof 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
5tPBTS<<"L 5.2 Fundamental Theory
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j.FA!4L 5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
Y<|!)JLB2 5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
=B4,H=7Spf 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
1=BDqSZ@9 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
! |SPOk Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
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RtVy^~=G 6.2 Macroscopic Fields and Maxwell’s Equations
~3byAL 6.3 The General Wave Equation
O@JgVd gf 6.4 Propagation of Light in Isotropic Dielectrics. Dispersion
,XT#V\qne 6.5 Propagation of Light in Conducting Media
+. /c=o/v 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
dxqVZksg(9 6.7 Propagation of Light in Crystals
KHwzQ<Z3 6.8 Double Refraction at a Boundary
i0F.c\ 6.9 Optical Activity
g8^\| 6.10 Faraday Rotation in Solids
eduaG,+k7p 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
LhM{LUi 6.12 Nonlinear Optics
)|;*[S4 Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
OLXkiesK{ 7.1 Thermal Radiation
+pYrA qmO- 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
W: Rs 0O 7.3 Modes of Electromagnetic Radiation in a Cavity
a*LT < N 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
u] C/RDTH 7.5 Quantization of Cavity Radiation
s2Gi4 fY? 7.6 Photon Statistics. Planck’s Formula
3:Bwf)* 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
-H1mKZDPP 7.8 Momentum of a Photon. Light Pressure
89@\AjI 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
~3}Gu^@ 7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
\s<7!NAE4 7.11 Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
r fqw/o Chapter 8 Optical Spectra
IOA"O9; 8.1 General Remarks
,h21 h?6 8.2 Elementary Theory of Atomic Spectra
_^4\z*x 8.3 Quantum Mechanics
=H* }{'# 8.4 The Schrödinger Equation
Enee \!@v 8.5 Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom
eUQ., mP 8.6 Radiative Transitions and Selection Rules
`@GqD 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
S,T?(lSl 8.8 Multiplicity in the Spectra of Many-Electron Atoms. Spectroscopic Notation
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*S _e:^ 8.10 Atomic-Energy Levels in Solids
%M8Egr 2|0 Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
DO<eBq\O 9.1 Introduction
;/ i"W 9.2 Stimulated Emission and Thermal Radiation
AH`n 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
QX (x6y>Q 9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
KDwz!:ye 9.5 Laser Oscillation
* d6[k Y 9.6 Optical-Resonaor Theory
l@` D;m 9.7 Gas Lasers
'!`%!Xg 9.8 Optically Pumped Solid-State Lasers
ps0wN%tA 9.9 Dye Lasers
+3.Ik,Z}zq 9.10 Semiconductor Diode Lasers
2mL1BG=Yk 9.11 Q-Switching and Mode Locking
>}QRMn|@H 9.12 The Ring Laser
tq=1C=h Chapter 10 Ray Optics
D d|}LV 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
tf64<j6 10.2 Lenses
a2W}Wb+ 10.3 Ray Equations
9fD4xkRS 10.4 Ray Matrices and Ray Vectors
4X7y}F.J 10.5 Periodic Lens Waveguides and Opical Resonators
M9G s^ Appendix I Relativistic Optics
K%LDOVE8e 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
xw: v|( 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
<B6@q4Q 1.3 Relativistic Effects in Optics
N/)mw/?i 1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
$,08y References
r` u}n Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
pM~Xh ]/ E#"Qa I8` Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
khT&[!J{> Rating: 5
P# 2&?.d\ A9PXu\%y This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
\3K 6NA!L a ?' 3 It’s a beautifully concise and remarkably clear introduction to the main principles of modern optics - the ones that you are going to need over and over again as you continue into the subject.
2 {s ND 2rHw5Wn]~ This book gives you a great overview and set of basic foundations for every-day modern optics. I return to it often for little insights and reminders, even after 37 years in the business.
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|)6(_7e 9 Rating: 5
O%v(~&OSl I Vy,A 7f Great book to revise theory on Dual nature of light. Its like a nice handbook on optics. A full blown version would be very even nicer, with a math section to remind ‘old’ engineering like myself.
q3Umqvl)oe ~Wu Elns One word of caution, I think some graduate school background in Physics and Math is needed for engineers. I am an engineer (
Qu]0BVIe I have a Phd, therefore it was easy for to me follow as I was reading), so I look at things slightly differently than Physicists.
s# w+^Mw$ Ku LZg Summary: Decent, economical book for optics
b{)('C$ Rating: 4
EZ #UdK_ ))c;DJc 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.
