Conference Proceedings
Photonic crystal cavities for sensing: Dielectric modes versus air modes
S Tomljenovic-Hanic, A Rahmani, MJ Steel, C Martijn de Sterke
Optics Infobase Conference Papers | IEEE | Published : 2009
Abstract
Effective sensing with photonic crystal cavities requires optimization of modal quality factor and field overlap. For several unrelated cavities, we find the quality factor dominates, so that dielectric modes are strongly favored over air modes. © 2008 Optical Society of America.