The beam splitter is one of the most crucial components in optical and electromagnetic systems,and it is also expected to be applied in terahertz(THz)technology.However,most existing beam splitters operate in only a s...The beam splitter is one of the most crucial components in optical and electromagnetic systems,and it is also expected to be applied in terahertz(THz)technology.However,most existing beam splitters operate in only a single working mode,restricting their applications.This paper reports a method for the inverse design of a doublet meta-device consisting of two stacked metasurfaces functioning as a reconfigurable THz beam splitter.It is made of photo-curable high-temperature resin using 3D printing technology.By simply adjusting the relative rotation angles between the two metasurfaces to 0°,90°,180°,and 270°,the meta-device can produce four distinct focal patterns,thus achieving four different working modes.This scheme avoids introducing complicated active components,offering a simple,low-cost design of a signal divider in future 6G THz communication systems.展开更多
On January 1,2024,a devastating M 7.6 earthquake struck the Noto Peninsula,Ishikawa Prefecture,Japan,resulting in significant casualties and property damage.Utilizing information from the first six days after the eart...On January 1,2024,a devastating M 7.6 earthquake struck the Noto Peninsula,Ishikawa Prefecture,Japan,resulting in significant casualties and property damage.Utilizing information from the first six days after the earthquake,this article analyzes the seismic source characteristics,disaster situation,and emergency response of this earthquake.The results show:1)The earthquake rupture was of the thrust type,with aftershock distribution showing a north-east-oriented belt-like feature of 150 km.2)Global Navigation Satellite System(GNSS)and Interferometric synthetic aperture radar(InSAR),observations detected significant westward to north-westward co-seismic displacement near the epicenter,with the maximum horizontal displacement reaching 1.2 m and the vertical uplift displacement reaching 4 m.A two-segment fault inversion model fits the observational data well.3)Near the epicenter,large Peak Ground Velocity(PGV)and Peak Ground Acceleration(PGA)were observed,with the maxima reaching 145 cm/s and 2681 gal,respectively,and the intensity reached the highest level 7 on the Japanese(Japan Meteorological Agency,JMA)intensity standard,which is higher than level 10 of the United States Geological Survey(USGS)Modified Mercalli Intensity(MMI)standard.4)The observation of the very rare multiple strong pulse-like ground motion(PLGM)waveform poses a topic worthy of research in the field of earthquake engineering.5)As of January 7,the earthquake had left 128 deaths and 560 injuries in Ishikawa Prefecture,with 1305 buildings completely or partially destroyed,and had triggered a chain of disasters including tsunamis,fires,slope failures,and road damage.Finally,this paper summarizes the emergency rescue,information dissemination,and other disaster response and management measures taken in response to this earthquake.This work provides a reference case for carrying out effective responses,and offers lessons for handling similar events in the future.展开更多
Electromagnetic waves carrying orbital angular momentum(OAM),namely OAM beams,are important in various fields including optics,communications,and quantum information.However,most current schemes can only generate sing...Electromagnetic waves carrying orbital angular momentum(OAM),namely OAM beams,are important in various fields including optics,communications,and quantum information.However,most current schemes can only generate single or several simple OAM modes.Multi-mode OAM beams are rarely seen.This paper proposes a scheme to design metasurfaces that can generate multiple polarization-multiplexed OAM modes with equal intervals and intensities(i.e.,OAM combs)working in the terahertz(THz)range.As a proof of concept,we first design a metasurface to generate a pair of polarization-multiplexed OAM combs with arbitrary mode numbers.Furthermore,another metasurface is proposed to realize a pair of polarization-multiplexed OAM combs with arbitrary locations and intervals in the OAM spectrum.Experimental results agree well with full-wave simulations,verifying a great performance of OAM combs generation.Our method may provide a new solution to designing high-capacity THz devices used in multi-mode communication systems.展开更多
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China(62231001)Hong Kong Research Grants Council Collaborative Research Fund(C1009-22G)。
文摘The beam splitter is one of the most crucial components in optical and electromagnetic systems,and it is also expected to be applied in terahertz(THz)technology.However,most existing beam splitters operate in only a single working mode,restricting their applications.This paper reports a method for the inverse design of a doublet meta-device consisting of two stacked metasurfaces functioning as a reconfigurable THz beam splitter.It is made of photo-curable high-temperature resin using 3D printing technology.By simply adjusting the relative rotation angles between the two metasurfaces to 0°,90°,180°,and 270°,the meta-device can produce four distinct focal patterns,thus achieving four different working modes.This scheme avoids introducing complicated active components,offering a simple,low-cost design of a signal divider in future 6G THz communication systems.
基金supported by National High-level Innovative Talents Scientific Research Project in Hebei Province,China(No.405492)JSPS KAKENHI(No.JP19KK0121)National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.42207224).
文摘On January 1,2024,a devastating M 7.6 earthquake struck the Noto Peninsula,Ishikawa Prefecture,Japan,resulting in significant casualties and property damage.Utilizing information from the first six days after the earthquake,this article analyzes the seismic source characteristics,disaster situation,and emergency response of this earthquake.The results show:1)The earthquake rupture was of the thrust type,with aftershock distribution showing a north-east-oriented belt-like feature of 150 km.2)Global Navigation Satellite System(GNSS)and Interferometric synthetic aperture radar(InSAR),observations detected significant westward to north-westward co-seismic displacement near the epicenter,with the maximum horizontal displacement reaching 1.2 m and the vertical uplift displacement reaching 4 m.A two-segment fault inversion model fits the observational data well.3)Near the epicenter,large Peak Ground Velocity(PGV)and Peak Ground Acceleration(PGA)were observed,with the maxima reaching 145 cm/s and 2681 gal,respectively,and the intensity reached the highest level 7 on the Japanese(Japan Meteorological Agency,JMA)intensity standard,which is higher than level 10 of the United States Geological Survey(USGS)Modified Mercalli Intensity(MMI)standard.4)The observation of the very rare multiple strong pulse-like ground motion(PLGM)waveform poses a topic worthy of research in the field of earthquake engineering.5)As of January 7,the earthquake had left 128 deaths and 560 injuries in Ishikawa Prefecture,with 1305 buildings completely or partially destroyed,and had triggered a chain of disasters including tsunamis,fires,slope failures,and road damage.Finally,this paper summarizes the emergency rescue,information dissemination,and other disaster response and management measures taken in response to this earthquake.This work provides a reference case for carrying out effective responses,and offers lessons for handling similar events in the future.
基金support from the National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2019YFA0210203)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.62271011,No.61971013).
文摘Electromagnetic waves carrying orbital angular momentum(OAM),namely OAM beams,are important in various fields including optics,communications,and quantum information.However,most current schemes can only generate single or several simple OAM modes.Multi-mode OAM beams are rarely seen.This paper proposes a scheme to design metasurfaces that can generate multiple polarization-multiplexed OAM modes with equal intervals and intensities(i.e.,OAM combs)working in the terahertz(THz)range.As a proof of concept,we first design a metasurface to generate a pair of polarization-multiplexed OAM combs with arbitrary mode numbers.Furthermore,another metasurface is proposed to realize a pair of polarization-multiplexed OAM combs with arbitrary locations and intervals in the OAM spectrum.Experimental results agree well with full-wave simulations,verifying a great performance of OAM combs generation.Our method may provide a new solution to designing high-capacity THz devices used in multi-mode communication systems.
