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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N^jQ\|A< Tq,Kel Publisher: Dover Publications
Vf: /Kokq Number Of Pages: 336
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9(V12gn+lk ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
+`>Tuz~ ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
j}ywdP`a Binding: Paperback
2x<,R/} ?A +-k4l 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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@ (<C { c@>Tzk%?" his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
m-Z<zE Q 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).
C dg/wRje 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.
wc`UcGO xkV(E!O 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…
x ]{}y_ Y@B0.5U 2 Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
p8,Rr{ Rating: 4
GCm(3%{V%( B|XrjI? 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.
cBZ$$$v\# KcKdhqdN- 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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X?whyD)vE@ Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
0P i+ (X 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
AUjZYp 1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
a8nqzuI 1.3 Plane Harmonic Waves. Phase Velocity
j.or:nF 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
c@f?0|66M 1.5 Group Velocity
j}u b 1.6 The Doppler Effect
X\&CQiPS Chapter 2 The Vectorial Nature of Light
~(aMKB 2.1 General Remarks
-@bOFClE 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
eLF xGZ Z 2.3 Linear Polarization
,6VY S\a3 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
./5 LV)_` 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
8 _$[SV$q 2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
t^ Z-0jH 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
|xYr0C[Pq 2.8 The Brewster Angle
HE!"3S2S&+ 2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
9!} ?}`'_ 2.10 Phase Changes in Total Internal Reflection
6sjd:~J: 2.11 Reflection Matrix
zD^*->`p Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
gug9cmA/Q7 3.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition
"t0l)P*C} 3.2 Young’s Experiment
Z=R 6?jU*n 3.3 The Michelson Interferometer
<cm( QNdcC 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
65 ]>6D43 3.5 Coherence Time and Coherence Length
~ aBf. 3.6 Spectral Resolution of a Finite Wave Train. Coherence and Line Width
@=<B8VPJd 3.7 Spatial Coherence
Yw(O}U 5e 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
ibP IT!5c 3.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
x qSoE[<v Chapter 4 Multiple-Beam Interference
~cv322N 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
mY= Q#nG 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
M:M"7>: 4.3 Resolution of Fabry-Perot Instruments
_w}l, 4.4 Theory of Multilayer Films
MD9 8N{+[| Chapter 5 Diffraction
mP*Ct6628n 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
#nq$^H 5.2 Fundamental Theory
$ U=j<^R}a 5.3 Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
"f~*4g 5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
;SgPF:T>Q 5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
*q&^tn b 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
[_HY6g r 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
H|)F-aL[ Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
I3qT SX- 6.1 General Remarks
ctOBV 6.2 Macroscopic Fields and Maxwell’s Equations
s3-TBhAv 6.3 The General Wave Equation
&M>o 6.4 Propagation of Light in Isotropic Dielectrics. Dispersion
6n A/LW\x 6.5 Propagation of Light in Conducting Media
3d`u! i?/ 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
^]5^p9Jt"e 6.7 Propagation of Light in Crystals
%ZsdCQc{` 6.8 Double Refraction at a Boundary
{h* )|J 6.9 Optical Activity
;e)`C v 6.10 Faraday Rotation in Solids
b|-}?@&7&q 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
KwHlpW* 6.12 Nonlinear Optics
v#|yr< Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
_I?oR.ON33 7.1 Thermal Radiation
u|"y&>!R- 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
}Y"vUl_I2 7.3 Modes of Electromagnetic Radiation in a Cavity
6bDizS} 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
x,NV{uG$n 7.5 Quantization of Cavity Radiation
HDO_r(i 7.6 Photon Statistics. Planck’s Formula
|b4f3n 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
w8D6j%C 7.8 Momentum of a Photon. Light Pressure
S2jn pf} 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
+'/C(5y)0X 7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
0`/CoP<U 7.11 Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
p`2Q6 Chapter 8 Optical Spectra
B [IWgvB(e 8.1 General Remarks
F%f )oq`B 8.2 Elementary Theory of Atomic Spectra
m[CyvcF*u 8.3 Quantum Mechanics
<0!<T+ JQ 8.4 The Schrödinger Equation
cd|/ 4L 6 8.5 Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom
pAws{3(Q 8.6 Radiative Transitions and Selection Rules
G 0A\"2U 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
Wn{MY=5Y 8.8 Multiplicity in the Spectra of Many-Electron Atoms. Spectroscopic Notation
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q/ ^?rd 8.10 Atomic-Energy Levels in Solids
IczMf% Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
M._;3_)%/ 9.1 Introduction
)Ma/] eZ^I 9.2 Stimulated Emission and Thermal Radiation
~/qBOeU3 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
|xF!3GGms 9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
~.>8 w w 9.5 Laser Oscillation
#KNl<V+c}1 9.6 Optical-Resonaor Theory
)5NWUuH 5 9.7 Gas Lasers
G 8zbb 9.8 Optically Pumped Solid-State Lasers
D \Y,2!I 9.9 Dye Lasers
Ih N^*P:Fo 9.10 Semiconductor Diode Lasers
:uJHFF xg 9.11 Q-Switching and Mode Locking
8aJJ??o{ 9.12 The Ring Laser
t3AmXx Chapter 10 Ray Optics
{+]tx46$ 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
g^}C/~b[ 10.2 Lenses
|e<$ 10.3 Ray Equations
b0/YX@ 10.4 Ray Matrices and Ray Vectors
LJ6l 3)tpD 10.5 Periodic Lens Waveguides and Opical Resonators
{ 1_ <\ ~J Appendix I Relativistic Optics
xYZ,. 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
s(?%A 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
^f57qc3nF 1.3 Relativistic Effects in Optics
.Cf! 5[0E 1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
]9PG"<^k References
5KfrkZ Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
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Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
`kE7PXqa Rating: 5
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`L This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
_%er,Ed QJ(5o7Tfn 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.
vvG"rU 61b*uoq0w? 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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WN ZYs N:CQ$7T{ j 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.
vaJl}^T l p(D@F T One word of caution, I think some graduate school background in Physics and Math is needed for engineers. I am an engineer (
BY&{fWUo 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.
,"KfZ f;? zVa&4 T- Summary: Decent, economical book for optics
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ZJenwo YQ.ci4.f 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.
