Design of photonic crystal microcavities for cavity QED
arXiv:quant-ph/0208101 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.65.016608
Abstract
We discuss the optimization of optical microcavity designs based on 2D photonic crystals for the purpose of strong coupling between the cavity field and a single neutral atom trapped within a hole. We present numerical predictions for the quality factors and mode volumes of localized defect modes as a function of geometric parameters, and discuss some experimental challenges related to the coupling of a defect cavity to gas-phase atoms.
12 pages, 16 figures