Kavli Affiliate: Axel Scherer | First 5 Authors: Se-Heon Kim, Andrew Homyk, Sameer Walavalkar, Axel Scherer, | Summary: We show that, taking a two-dimensional photonic-crystal slab system as an example, surprisingly high quality factors (Q) over 10^5 are achievable, even in the absence of a rigorous photonic-band-gap. We find that the density of in-plane Bloch […]