High-Q impurity photon states bounded by a photonic-band-pseudogap in an optically-thick photonic-crystal slab
Abstract
We show that, taking a two-dimensional photonic-crystal slab system as an example, surprisingly high quality factors (Q) over 105 are achievable, even in the absence of a rigorous photonic-band-gap. We find that the density of in-plane Bloch modes can be controlled by creating additional photon feedback from a finite-size photonic-crystal boundary that serves as a low-Q resonator. This mechanism enables significant reduction in the coupling strength between the bound state and the extended Bloch modes by more than a factor of 40.
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