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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g&Z"_7L~ HHZ`% Publisher: Dover Publications
b~ 1iPaIh Number Of Pages: 336
yGRR8F5>( Publication Date: 1989-06-01
"";=DH ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
%yeu" ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
\e_IFISC Binding: Paperback
@]*[c})/ 1bd$XnU 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.
2v4W6R 1^S'sWwe Summary: Best in its class
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)G K+ z23#G>I & his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
N Jk)z&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.
;r3}g"D@ 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).
)u<eO FI+ 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.
KVg[#~3 : g 5(HH 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…
~)_K"h.DY }*h47t} Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
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5PD SA* {aoM JJq 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.
2R \+} p:Oz<P 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!
'(tj[&aL W-1sU g[AN The table of contents are not included in the product description, so I add that here:
0JK2%% Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
hzq5![/sV 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
r|<6Aae& 1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
\Y+") 1.3 Plane Harmonic Waves. Phase Velocity
;uK";we 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
.8K6C]gw 1.5 Group Velocity
ewpig4 1.6 The Doppler Effect
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lirN YJ]tO 2.1 General Remarks
,%kmXh 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
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P8<hvMF 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
%Uf'+!4l` 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
i *'Z3Z) 2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
|U EC 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
a_MFQf&KV 2.8 The Brewster Angle
VtWT{y5Ec 2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
:G#KB' 2.10 Phase Changes in Total Internal Reflection
/9Z!p 2.11 Reflection Matrix
?~Pv3'%d Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
NCn` }QP 3.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition
68 p R: 3.2 Young’s Experiment
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O>%$q8x@i 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
9n " V\e_R 3.5 Coherence Time and Coherence Length
D#ZPq,f 3.6 Spectral Resolution of a Finite Wave Train. Coherence and Line Width
sBU_Ft 3.7 Spatial Coherence
+j.qZ8 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
t0.;nv @A0 3.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
e}e6r3faz Chapter 4 Multiple-Beam Interference
y6FKg ) 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
_4v"")Xe 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
uFo/s&6K 4.3 Resolution of Fabry-Perot Instruments
YQ7@D]# 4.4 Theory of Multilayer Films
V'I T1 ~ Chapter 5 Diffraction
e1UITjy 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
</=3g>9Z 5.2 Fundamental Theory
'60//"9>k/ 5.3 Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
xCq' [9oU 5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
d8o ewkiR 5.5 Fresnel Diffraction Patterns
^BiP LQ 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
qe%V#c 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
-?z\5 z Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
R5ZI C4p 6.1 General Remarks
;{gT=,KQ` 6.2 Macroscopic Fields and Maxwell’s Equations
x[x(y{&~ 6.3 The General Wave Equation
g YUTt 6.4 Propagation of Light in Isotropic Dielectrics. Dispersion
E30Z`$cz: 6.5 Propagation of Light in Conducting Media
ke]Yfwk 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
R$d7\nBG 6.7 Propagation of Light in Crystals
?-,6< K1 6.8 Double Refraction at a Boundary
0X>T+A[E 6.9 Optical Activity
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hl]S'yr 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
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Nbk K&bz Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
(:7a&2/M 7.1 Thermal Radiation
:j,}{)5 = 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
y\,f6=%k 7.3 Modes of Electromagnetic Radiation in a Cavity
O| e} 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
RG}}Oh="v 7.5 Quantization of Cavity Radiation
`HyF_m>\ 7.6 Photon Statistics. Planck’s Formula
,v7Q *3 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
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7.8 Momentum of a Photon. Light Pressure
:,~K]G 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
f3#X0.': 7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
v 2>Z ^ 7.11 Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
M*`hD d S Chapter 8 Optical Spectra
8UM0vNk 8.1 General Remarks
#xp(B5 8.2 Elementary Theory of Atomic Spectra
(w$'o*z;( 8.3 Quantum Mechanics
]0-< > 8.4 The Schrödinger Equation
F#|Z# Mu 8.5 Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom
3{RL \gh$" 8.6 Radiative Transitions and Selection Rules
EO:avH.*0 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
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& F6C 8.9 Molecular Spectra
X 8R1a? 8.10 Atomic-Energy Levels in Solids
;;Tq$#vd Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
vyU!+ml c 9.1 Introduction
0Oap 39 9.2 Stimulated Emission and Thermal Radiation
1Es qQz*$u 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
V.VJc x 9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
5@f5S0 Y 9.5 Laser Oscillation
l"\uf(0K 9.6 Optical-Resonaor Theory
$5A ^'q 9.7 Gas Lasers
d.r Y-k 9.8 Optically Pumped Solid-State Lasers
q qvF-mDN 9.9 Dye Lasers
S>t>6&A 9.10 Semiconductor Diode Lasers
"+h/-2rA 9.11 Q-Switching and Mode Locking
yU_9a[$V 9.12 The Ring Laser
xS+rHC Chapter 10 Ray Optics
D^?_"wjW 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
-oh7d $~ 10.2 Lenses
"b%FmM 10.3 Ray Equations
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n)R M+g Appendix I Relativistic Optics
tX?J@+ 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
0>@[o8 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
ti9}*8 1.3 Relativistic Effects in Optics
P%)b+H{$h 1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
7' eh)[T References
_yVPpA[a Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
!^v\^Fc f#OQ (WTJE Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
?\ Q0kr.T% Rating: 5
[ {cC 1 X&B: _ This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
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H~ww (D 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.
:-Wv>V\t '{VM> Q 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.
,Rz }=j 8R4qU! M Summary: For the price Great
#{,h@g}W Rating: 5
~ 5"J( mHs:t{q 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.
x+:zq<0| g^j7@dum One word of caution, I think some graduate school background in Physics and Math is needed for engineers. I am an engineer (
H.~bD[gA 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.
?D=8 {!R3 p;`N\.ld Summary: Decent, economical book for optics
_6rKC*Pe1 Rating: 4
)eR$:uO /aOlYqM(> 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.
