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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HjGT{o VEpIAC4 Publisher: Dover Publications
h6)hZ'z V Number Of Pages: 336
O5_[T43 Publication Date: 1989-06-01
_]j=[|q 9 ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0486659577
[mw# a9 ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780486659572
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W;~^3Hz6 U,RIr8 G 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.
6 6:|) 8}xU]N#EV Summary: Best in its class
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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).
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d am.D.o" Gg5vf]VFo 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…
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lDMYDy{< Rating: 4
Y)BKRS~ t,k9:p 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.
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(ter+rTv 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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LwY_6[Ef Chapter 1 The Propagation of Light
o }Tv^>L 1.1 Elementary
Optical Phenomena and the Nature of Light
.?AtW:<*I 1.2 Electrical Consants and the Speed of Light
=xG9a_^v 1.3 Plane Harmonic Waves. Phase Velocity
`+"QhQ4 w 1.4 Alternative Ways of Representing Harmonic Waves
IEC:zmkn 1.5 Group Velocity
(c(?s`; 1.6 The Doppler Effect
xU@Z<d,k Chapter 2 The Vectorial Nature of Light
JN|<R%hy 2.1 General Remarks
27u$VHwb 2.2 Energy Flow. The Poynting Vector
lD/+LyTa 2.3 Linear Polarization
2"BlV *\lS 2.4 Circular and Elliptic Polarization
<9@VY 2.5 Matrix Representation of Polarization. The Jones Calculus
y)s/\ l& 2.6 Reflection and Refraction at a Plane Boundary
Wz=ZhE9g 2.7 Amplitudes of Reflected and Refracted Waves. Fresnel’s Equations
" _H& p 2.8 The Brewster Angle
E62*J$wN@ 2.9 The Evanescent Wave in Total Reflection
m #8}!u& 2.10 Phase Changes in Total Internal Reflection
!Z4,U Tu|Q 2.11 Reflection Matrix
oL VtP Chapter 3 Coherence and Interference
!Y\hF|[z 3.1 The Principle of Linear Superposition
M~"]h:m&'v 3.2 Young’s Experiment
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D+ jk0*bJ 3.4 Theory of Partial Coherence. Visibility of Fringes
~PoGuj2wA 3.5 Coherence Time and Coherence Length
3`, m=1[) 3.6 Spectral Resolution of a Finite Wave Train. Coherence and Line Width
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v'_ tna6`O 3.8 Intensity Interferometry
U (J?Q 3.9 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
ZO}V} 3 Chapter 4 Multiple-Beam Interference
55,vmDd 4.1 Interference with Multiple Beams
72v 9 S T 4.2 The Fabry-Perot Interferometer
x; b'y4kH 4.3 Resolution of Fabry-Perot Instruments
?d_<S0j-) 4.4 Theory of Multilayer Films
4pc =M R Chapter 5 Diffraction
>fb*X'Zi% 5.1 General Description of Diffraction
2<.}]yi 5.2 Fundamental Theory
4<LRa=XT$ 5.3 Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction
8,[ 'q~z 5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns
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g|n P r)< 5.6 Applications of the Fourier Transform to Diffraction
ja 9y 5.7 Reconstruction of the Wave Front by Diffraction. Holography
rH-_L& Chapter 6 Optics of Solids
/CX<k gz@ 6.1 General Remarks
]?<uf40Mm 6.2 Macroscopic Fields and Maxwell’s Equations
sq<y2j1oF 6.3 The General Wave Equation
HX<5i>]0\u 6.4 Propagation of Light in Isotropic Dielectrics. Dispersion
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DtZkrj)D/ 6.6 Reflection and Refraction at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium
R0m}I5Frs 6.7 Propagation of Light in Crystals
-MOf[f^ 6.8 Double Refraction at a Boundary
aEL6-['( 6.9 Optical Activity
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VBd.5YW 6.12 Nonlinear Optics
1miT E4;? Chapter 7 Thermal Radiation and Light Quanta
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X1" `0r3 7.3 Modes of Electromagnetic Radiation in a Cavity
8E$KR:/:4 7.4 Classical Theory of Blackbody Radiation. The Rayleigh-Jeans Fo
O #0:6QX 7.5 Quantization of Cavity Radiation
{ >4exyu6 7.6 Photon Statistics. Planck’s Formula
`qr [0wM 7.7 The Photoelectric Effect and the Detection of Individual Photons
YE0s5bB6 7.8 Momentum of a Photon. Light Pressure
?(R6}ab>K7 7.9 Angular Momentum of a Photon
_A%z^&k(i 7.10 Wavelength of a Material Particle. de Broglie’s Hypothesis
vB#3jI 7.11 Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
K_}vmB\2l Chapter 8 Optical Spectra
f PDn kr 8.1 General Remarks
i [FBll - 8.2 Elementary Theory of Atomic Spectra
* SC~_ 8.3 Quantum Mechanics
67J=#%\ 8.4 The Schrödinger Equation
B)Gm"bLCOZ 8.5 Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom
w#-rl@JQ4 8.6 Radiative Transitions and Selection Rules
lRentNg0b 8.7 Fine Structure of Specturm Lines. Electron Spin
tq1h1 8.8 Multiplicity in the Spectra of Many-Electron Atoms. Spectroscopic Notation
!O $EVl 8.9 Molecular Spectra
+]I7) 8.10 Atomic-Energy Levels in Solids
Ig S.U Chapter 9 Amplification of Light. Lasers
fxyPh 9.1 Introduction
Z*` CK^^~ 9.2 Stimulated Emission and Thermal Radiation
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&)`A4bf% 9.6 Optical-Resonaor Theory
p+yU! Qj 9.7 Gas Lasers
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W;,Jte<'Nm 9.10 Semiconductor Diode Lasers
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>JnEhVRQJ9 Chapter 10 Ray Optics
rTK/WZs8 10.1 Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface
V4xZC\)Gk 10.2 Lenses
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[j-]n#E=9y 10.4 Ray Matrices and Ray Vectors
8Zwq:lV Q 10.5 Periodic Lens Waveguides and Opical Resonators
DBVe69/S Appendix I Relativistic Optics
$|sRj!F 1.1 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
ZW*"Kok 1.2 Einstein’s Postulates of Special Relativity
9\| 3Gm_ 1.3 Relativistic Effects in Optics
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I~#'76L[ References
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& 1Te: &d Summary: A terrific little book to start with - and continue to use
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$yhQ)@#1 &OWiA;e?f This book is a little gem - and it costs next to nothing.
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} Wh 8fC(BE 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.
]< TgBo| `O0v2?/f0 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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;^t <LhN: S'2B 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.
K)F;^)KDHf 1R1J/Z*V/ One word of caution, I think some graduate school background in Physics and Math is needed for engineers. I am an engineer (
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i ]xyD '0 e9"<.: & Summary: Decent, economical book for optics
/]iv9e{uh( Rating: 4
Hg]Q.SeJ( R\1#)3e0 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.
