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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2V u?Y Publisher: Dover Publications
H{Lt,# Number Of Pages: 336
2 tCw{Om* Publication Date: 1989-06-01
rc~)%M<[2 ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
Wm5[+z|2?9 ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
MpvG F7H Binding: Paperback
w^YXnLLJG Wg,@S*x ( 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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'N $5 Summary: Best in its class
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XJZuv,T: his is an easy 5 star. For those who gave it less, please think again:
8>D*U0sNl 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).
T4gfQ6# 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.
B4+c3M\ $V D`X<b4e8/ 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…
!M9mX%UQ pY&dw4V Summary: More of an engineering than an academic viewpoint on optics
R!WDQGR(2 Rating: 4
d{@'&?tj UX.rzYM&T 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.
&jQqlQ j 8x7T K2r 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!
f~TkU\Rh :,R>e}lM The table of contents are not included in the product description, so I add that here:
.h4Z\R` Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
E?|NYu#I6 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
b&1hj[` ) 1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
#UI`+2w 1.3 Plane Harmonic Waves. Phase Velocity
IB 4L(n1 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
)FIFf ;r 1.5 Group Velocity
O#C0~U]dDW 1.6 The Doppler Effect
,@ f |t& Chapter 2 The Vectorial Nature of Light
j] 5e$e{ 2.1 General Remarks
$vYy19z 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
0b8=94a{> 2.3 Linear Polarization
v$(Z}Hg 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
es.Y 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
9Av{>W? 2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
p|a`Q5z! 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
CWYOzqf 2.8 The Brewster Angle
Zp6VH 2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
o_kZ 2.10 Phase Changes in Total Internal Reflection
v4uQ 0~k~X 2.11 Reflection Matrix
P *PJ Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
.'2I9P\! 3.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition
;'Z"CbS+ 3.2 Young’s Experiment
V$Oj@vI 3.3 The Michelson Interferometer
4 2-T&7k 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
rwh 4 /h^S 3.5 Coherence Time and Coherence Length
OPqhdqo 3.6 Spectral Resolution of a Finite Wave Train. Coherence and Line Width
",,. xLI7 3.7 Spatial Coherence
; 4/ n~ 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
9(vp`Z8B4 3.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
+ek6}f# Chapter 4 Multiple-Beam Interference
5xNOIOpDB 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
3!QXzT$E 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
p?P.BU\CR 4.3 Resolution of Fabry-Perot Instruments
w+5OI9 4.4 Theory of Multilayer Films
AxTFV ot Chapter 5 Diffraction
l ^}5PHLd 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
r~fnK%| 5.2 Fundamental Theory
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w Bm4~ ~_ 5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
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\Ov~ t 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
4mX]JH`UTe 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
wGIRRM !b Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
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6.1 General Remarks
(r}StR+ 6.2 Macroscopic Fields and Maxwell’s Equations
Iq6EoDoq 6.3 The General Wave Equation
$ >].;y?$ 6.4 Propagation of Light in Isotropic Dielectrics. Dispersion
EKsOj&ZiJ 6.5 Propagation of Light in Conducting Media
By}ZHK94I 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
55y{9.n* 6.7 Propagation of Light in Crystals
q$}J/w( , 6.8 Double Refraction at a Boundary
Ip8:~Fl] 6.9 Optical Activity
2@HmZ!|Q 6.10 Faraday Rotation in Solids
r4K%dx-t 6.11 Other Magneto-optic and Electro-optic Effects
P$^I\aGO 6.12 Nonlinear Optics
[kgCB7.V Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
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7.1 Thermal Radiation
;4v`FC> 7.2 Kirchoff’s Law. Blackbody Radiation
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`G*fx=N 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
Tpkt'|8 7.5 Quantization of Cavity Radiation
.uN(44^ +x 7.6 Photon Statistics. Planck’s Formula
XQ}7.u! 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
3k8. 5W 7.8 Momentum of a Photon. Light Pressure
'C:i5?zh(q 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
v6=X]Ji{YA 7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
6 vJ S"+ < 7.11 Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
) RWukr+ Chapter 8 Optical Spectra
MBQ|*}+; 8.1 General Remarks
-ntQqHs 8.2 Elementary Theory of Atomic Spectra
]A l)> 8.3 Quantum Mechanics
'^_^o)0gp 8.4 The Schrödinger Equation
?\X9 Ei 8.5 Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom
PBiA/dG[; 8.6 Radiative Transitions and Selection Rules
W}(T5D" 3x 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
.=hVto[QC 8.8 Multiplicity in the Spectra of Many-Electron Atoms. Spectroscopic Notation
Lo}/k}3Sx 8.9 Molecular Spectra
QNXS.! \P 8.10 Atomic-Energy Levels in Solids
/&c>*4) Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
X >]<rEh 9.1 Introduction
.&>3nu 9.2 Stimulated Emission and Thermal Radiation
X2Q35.AB 9.3 Amplification in a Medium
h OdU% 9.4 Methods of Producing a Population Inversion
UCTc$3 9.5 Laser Oscillation
<fMQ#No 9.6 Optical-Resonaor Theory
uOd1:\%* 9.7 Gas Lasers
Zl]@ ;*u 9.8 Optically Pumped Solid-State Lasers
x{rjngp2 9.9 Dye Lasers
8# 1 o 9.10 Semiconductor Diode Lasers
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##1/{9ywy 9.12 The Ring Laser
nmuU*o L Chapter 10 Ray Optics
`P*w ZKlW 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
~1S,[5u|s 10.2 Lenses
" `a,/h' 10.3 Ray Equations
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f&$$*a Appendix I Relativistic Optics
k6\&[BQs 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
7|!Zx-} 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
w2r* $Q 1.3 Relativistic Effects in Optics
3 rLc\rK 1.4 The Experiments of Sagnac and of Michelson and Gale to Detect Rotation
<0jM07\< References
OO,%zwgt Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
rK'O 85)eU yv)-QIC3 Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
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Y8 k#p6QA hS This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
m YhDi ?]TtUoY=)F It’s a beautifully concise and remarkably clear introduction to the main principles of modern optics - the ones that you are going to need over and over again as you continue into the subject.
!D/W6Ic@ `+ UBl\j This book gives you a great overview and set of basic foundations for every-day modern optics. I return to it often for little insights and reminders, even after 37 years in the business.
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/c7jL4oD Rating: 5
VQ+G . e X0 [C0 # Great book to revise theory on Dual nature of light. Its like a nice handbook on optics. A full blown version would be very even nicer, with a math section to remind ‘old’ engineering like myself.
T@n};,SQ 6/Z_r0^O One word of caution, I think some graduate school background in Physics and Math is needed for engineers. I am an engineer (
"| PX5 I have a Phd, therefore it was easy for to me follow as I was reading), so I look at things slightly differently than Physicists.
T~?&hZ> H8Z |gq1r Summary: Decent, economical book for optics
7--E$ !9O, Rating: 4
g12.4+ @?t+O'& 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.
