During the last months of 1888 the populous quarter of Whitechapel, London, was stained with the blood of five women, all booked prostitutes and chronic alcoholics, worthy representatives of the diseases/vices of the ...During the last months of 1888 the populous quarter of Whitechapel, London, was stained with the blood of five women, all booked prostitutes and chronic alcoholics, worthy representatives of the diseases/vices of the Victorian East End. The shrewd and sanguinary Monster who realized these violent murders called himself ＂Jack the Ripper＂, signing with his ＂trade name＂ the letters he sent to the Central News Agency and through the press he soon became a myth, the most famous ＂serial killer＂ of all time. As a matter of fact, his legend survived, and his evil figure still haunts the pages of books and---of course--the frames of many films; among the most famous From Hell （2001） by Albert and Allen Hughes, taken from the graphic novel of the same name by Moore and Campbell; Jack the Ripper （1976） by Jess Franco, with a disturbing Klaus Kinski, but also the TV movie directed by David Wickes in 1998 entitled Jack The Ripper; more obliquely, Jack appears also in The Lodger （1913） and Frenzy （1972） by Alfred Hitchcock. But can these movies be defined as true biopics of Jack？ Strangely enough, it seems, these biographies contribute to build the mythic ＂anonymity＂ of the Ripper, encouraging （and fascinating） fear and nightmares.展开更多
The temporal coupled-mode theory(TCMT)has made significant progress in recent years,and is widely applied in explaining a variety of optical phenomena.In this paper,the optical characteristics of the metasurface compo...The temporal coupled-mode theory(TCMT)has made significant progress in recent years,and is widely applied in explaining a variety of optical phenomena.In this paper,the optical characteristics of the metasurface composed of nano-bars and nano-rings are simulated.The simulation results are well explained by TCMT under the coupled basis vector.However,when the structural asymmetry is large,the fitting of results shows that the total radiation loss is not conservative,in contradiction to the requirement of traditional TCMT.We solved this inconsistency by introducing the propagation phase into the near-field coupling term of TCMT.The studies show that,unlike the local mode near the exceptional point which corresponds to the radiation loss of the bright mode,the global mode near the diabolic point is closely related to the propagation phase.Furthermore,the structure near the diabolic point shows characteristic cross-coupling with the change of period.This study proposes a new theoretical framework for comprehending the interaction of light and matter and offers some guiding implications for the application of TCMT to a variety of related domains.展开更多
文摘During the last months of 1888 the populous quarter of Whitechapel, London, was stained with the blood of five women, all booked prostitutes and chronic alcoholics, worthy representatives of the diseases/vices of the Victorian East End. The shrewd and sanguinary Monster who realized these violent murders called himself ＂Jack the Ripper＂, signing with his ＂trade name＂ the letters he sent to the Central News Agency and through the press he soon became a myth, the most famous ＂serial killer＂ of all time. As a matter of fact, his legend survived, and his evil figure still haunts the pages of books and---of course--the frames of many films; among the most famous From Hell （2001） by Albert and Allen Hughes, taken from the graphic novel of the same name by Moore and Campbell; Jack the Ripper （1976） by Jess Franco, with a disturbing Klaus Kinski, but also the TV movie directed by David Wickes in 1998 entitled Jack The Ripper; more obliquely, Jack appears also in The Lodger （1913） and Frenzy （1972） by Alfred Hitchcock. But can these movies be defined as true biopics of Jack？ Strangely enough, it seems, these biographies contribute to build the mythic ＂anonymity＂ of the Ripper, encouraging （and fascinating） fear and nightmares.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)(Nos.21873004 and 11304002)the Natural Science Foundation of Anhui Province(Nos.2108085MA23 and 1208085MA07)the Anhui Provincial Quality Project for Higher Education Institutions(No.2019mooc066).
文摘The temporal coupled-mode theory(TCMT)has made significant progress in recent years,and is widely applied in explaining a variety of optical phenomena.In this paper,the optical characteristics of the metasurface composed of nano-bars and nano-rings are simulated.The simulation results are well explained by TCMT under the coupled basis vector.However,when the structural asymmetry is large,the fitting of results shows that the total radiation loss is not conservative,in contradiction to the requirement of traditional TCMT.We solved this inconsistency by introducing the propagation phase into the near-field coupling term of TCMT.The studies show that,unlike the local mode near the exceptional point which corresponds to the radiation loss of the bright mode,the global mode near the diabolic point is closely related to the propagation phase.Furthermore,the structure near the diabolic point shows characteristic cross-coupling with the change of period.This study proposes a new theoretical framework for comprehending the interaction of light and matter and offers some guiding implications for the application of TCMT to a variety of related domains.
