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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|68/FJZ,5 0,.| -O Z Publisher: Dover Publications
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E1 Number Of Pages: 336
B8. }9 Publication Date: 1989-06-01
|m@>AbR5dk ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
kDM?`(r ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
aU[!*n 4Ux Binding: Paperback
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g T*8K.yw2 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.
e#3RT8u# v.u 5% Summary: Best in its class
hH%fWB2( Rating: 5
+qT+iHa| n |Sua4~yL( his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
8_S| 8RW( 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).
$4)L~g| 3) This is an intro book but also serves well as a refresher. This is intermediate level to advanced level for non-physicists, as it assumes good understanding of calculus.
BD86t[$ {W DUF $-'A 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…
u!F\`Gfm_ bz~aj}"` Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
lB_X mI1t Rating: 4
pQC|_T#u v '^}zO 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.
8IBr# +0 9nFWJ n 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!
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yaWY>s B Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
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Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
Z 5)v 1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
&}pF6eIar 1.3 Plane Harmonic Waves. Phase Velocity
Km,o+9?1gF 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
u7Ix7`V 1.5 Group Velocity
"Ehh9 m1& 1.6 The Doppler Effect
?d{O' &|: Chapter 2 The Vectorial Nature of Light
7y)Ar 8!D 2.1 General Remarks
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DQ c\[Gq& 2.3 Linear Polarization
twbxi{8e. 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
p|dn &<kd 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
}&2,!;"">3 2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
b0f6p>~q^ 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
_G'A]O/BZD 2.8 The Brewster Angle
YG8)`X qC 2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
eO*s,* 2.10 Phase Changes in Total Internal Reflection
/{R. 2.11 Reflection Matrix
%.l={B,i Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
Fa v++ z 3.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition
T{"Ur :p 3.2 Young’s Experiment
T:H~Y+qnt 3.3 The Michelson Interferometer
M V!d*\ 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
z,2*3Be6V 3.5 Coherence Time and Coherence Length
eMmNQRmH 3.6 Spectral Resolution of a Finite Wave Train. Coherence and Line Width
kN8B, 3.7 Spatial Coherence
1 ,Mm+_)B 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
2 k^rZ^^" 3.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
iF837ng5 Chapter 4 Multiple-Beam Interference
X u HR 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
Q .h.d)) 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
[6_.Y*} N 4.3 Resolution of Fabry-Perot Instruments
$?]` 2*i 4.4 Theory of Multilayer Films
KRcB_( Chapter 5 Diffraction
/`DKX } 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
d,Oagx 5.2 Fundamental Theory
.y3E @0a 5.3 Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
-z qpjxU: 5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
~1twG G_; 5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
8TP~=qU 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
]vn*eqd 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
S4{vS?>j Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
z/f._Z( 6.1 General Remarks
#)twk `!^ 6.2 Macroscopic Fields and Maxwell’s Equations
m6$&yKQ-=h 6.3 The General Wave Equation
RjPkH$u'Pj 6.4 Propagation of Light in Isotropic Dielectrics. Dispersion
<j,3Dn 6.5 Propagation of Light in Conducting Media
_od /)# 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
{#4a}:3 6.7 Propagation of Light in Crystals
Q JrXn6` 6.8 Double Refraction at a Boundary
gW --[ 6.9 Optical Activity
0j6b5<Gpc* 6.10 Faraday Rotation in Solids
wQjYH!u,YZ 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
xU0iz{ 9 6.12 Nonlinear Optics
\=im{(0h Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
{f)aFGp 7.1 Thermal Radiation
dh [kx 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
n8_X<jIp3 7.3 Modes of Electromagnetic Radiation in a Cavity
C/qKa[mg 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
&ZkJ,- 7.5 Quantization of Cavity Radiation
[MwL=9;!H 7.6 Photon Statistics. Planck’s Formula
yI#qkl- 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
0a8\{(w 7.8 Momentum of a Photon. Light Pressure
.KC V|x;QW 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
GIc q|Pe 7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
L8f+uI 7.11 Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
p5vQ.Ni*\- Chapter 8 Optical Spectra
#0uu19+} 8.1 General Remarks
X1a~l|$h 8.2 Elementary Theory of Atomic Spectra
&oB*gGRw=7 8.3 Quantum Mechanics
26nwUNak 8.4 The Schrödinger Equation
Y9<[n)>+ 8.5 Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom
&dmIv[LU 8.6 Radiative Transitions and Selection Rules
8~R.iqLoX 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
f:&JKB)N 8.8 Multiplicity in the Spectra of Many-Electron Atoms. Spectroscopic Notation
(@xC-* 8.9 Molecular Spectra
oST)E5X;7 8.10 Atomic-Energy Levels in Solids
)V[j~uOU)] Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
RMT9tXe*5 9.1 Introduction
[ij) k@. 9.2 Stimulated Emission and Thermal Radiation
,\P|%yv 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
,&=7ir14>R 9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
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'l~7u ({u 9.6 Optical-Resonaor Theory
C =q&S6/+ 9.7 Gas Lasers
~,&8)1 9.8 Optically Pumped Solid-State Lasers
uj.$GAtO) 9.9 Dye Lasers
y'odn ; 9.10 Semiconductor Diode Lasers
tugIOA 9.11 Q-Switching and Mode Locking
{ >[ ]iX 9.12 The Ring Laser
JWg.0d$hM Chapter 10 Ray Optics
#iv4L 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
t`|Rn9- 10.2 Lenses
3?"gfw W 10.3 Ray Equations
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@#t<!-8d 10.5 Periodic Lens Waveguides and Opical Resonators
^ [HUtq Appendix I Relativistic Optics
x,10o 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
z8}QXXa 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
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<_|@ ~^u 1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
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m]MR\E5]By ?#: ']q Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
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Z RS} _cm0 This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
!w%c= V]tV db_?da;!` 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.
xP UukmG:B t8 55 | 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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lrKT ?siB ,~Xe #e M 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.
NR_3nt^h x+6z9{O One word of caution, I think some graduate school background in Physics and Math is needed for engineers. I am an engineer (
]] 0 M 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.
|&Mo Qxw@ :'ZR!w Summary: Decent, economical book for optics
E8sM`2z5 Rating: 4
&o t^+uVH y4p"LD5%^ 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.
