title: Design of photonic crystal microcavities for cavity QED.
abstract: We discuss the optimization of optical microcavity designs based on two-dimensional photonic crystals for the purpose of strong coupling between the cavity field and a single neutral atom trapped within a hole. We present numerical predictions for the quality factors and mode volumes of localized defect modes as a function of geometric parameters, and discuss some experimental challenges related to the coupling of a defect cavity to gas-phase atoms.
authors.affiliation: California Institute of Technology, Mail Code 136-93, Pasadena, California 91125, USA.
authors.forename: Jelena
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vucković
authors.forename: Marko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Loncar
authors.forename: Hideo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mabuchi
authors.forename: Axel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Scherer