Optimized light-matter interaction and defect hole placement in photonic crystal cavity sensors.

@article{Kang2012OptimizedLI,
  title={Optimized light-matter interaction and defect hole placement in photonic crystal cavity sensors.},
  author={Christopher Kang and Sharon M. Weiss and Yurii A. Vlasov and Solomon Assefa},
  journal={Optics letters},
  year={2012},
  volume={37 14},
  pages={
          2850-2
        }
}
Photonic crystal slab cavities were investigated for increased light-matter interaction based on selective placement of sublattice hole sized defect holes inside L3 cavities. A multiple-hole defect (MHD) consisting of three defect holes placed in the regions of highest cavity mode field intensity were demonstrated through finite-difference time-domain simulations and experiments to exhibit the strongest light-matter interaction without introducing significant scattering losses. Compared to an… 
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