title: Electromagnetic cavity with arbitrary Q and small modal volume without a complete photonic bandgap.
abstract: We show how an electromagnetic cavity with arbitrarily high Q and small (bounded) modal volume can be formed in two or three dimensions with a proper choice of dielectric constants. Unlike in previous work, neither a complete photonic bandgap nor a trade-off in mode localization for Q is required. Rather, scattering and radiation are prohibited by a perfect mode match of the TE-polarized modes in each subsection of a Bragg resonator. Q values in excess of 10(5) are demonstrated through finite-difference time-domain simulations of two- and three-dimensional structures with modal areas or volumes of the order of the wavelength squared or cubed.
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Watts
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: H A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Haus
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Joannopoulos