title: Ultrahigh-Q nanocavity with 1D photonic gap.
abstract: Recently, various wavelength-sized cavities with theoretical Q values of approximately 10(8) have been reported, however, they all employ 2D or 3D photonic band gaps to realize strong light confinement. Here we numerically demonstrate that ultrahigh-Q (2.0x10(8)) and wavelength-sized (V(eff) approximately 1.4(lambda/n)3) cavities can be achieved by employing only 1D periodicity.
authors.affiliation: NTT Basic Research Laboratories, NTT Corporation, 3-1 Morinosato-Wakamiya, Atsugi 2430198, Japan. notomi@nttbrl.jp
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Notomi
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kuramochi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Taniyama
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D008027:Light; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D055095:Optics and Photonics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D017785:Photons; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D014159:Transducers