Strong light confinement in rod-connected diamond photonic crystals

Opt Lett. 2018 Nov 1;43(21):5202-5205. doi: 10.1364/OL.43.005202.

Abstract

We show that it is possible to confine light in a volume of order 10-3 cubic wavelengths using only dielectric material. Low-index (air) cavities are simulated in high-index rod-connected diamond photonic crystals. These cavities show long storage times (Q-factors >106) even at the lowest volumes. Fabrication of such structures could open a new field of photon-level interactions.