title: High-Q/V air-mode photonic crystal cavities at microwave frequencies.
abstract: We present results for a photonic microwave resonator designed and fabricated at 17.4 GHz with a record high Quality factor (Q=26,400) at room temperature over a mode volume smaller than one cubic wavelength. The cavity is uniquely designed to have its electric field concentrated in air, which allows for efficient coupling to free space and facilitates interactions with gaseous atomic systems and fluids.
authors.affiliation: School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, 33 Oxford Street, MA 02138, USA. yinan@seas.harvard.edu
authors.forename: Yinan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Irfan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bulu
authors.forename: Wai-Ming
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Tam
authors.forename: Ben
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Levitt
authors.forename: Jagdish
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: Tancredi
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authors.lastname: Botto
authors.forename: Marko
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authors.lastname: Loncar