We show that it is possible to confine light in a volume of order 10 cubic wavelengths using only dielectric material. Low-index (air) cavities are simulated in high-index rod-connected diamond photonic crystals. These cavities show long storage times (Q-factors >10) even at the lowest volumes. Fabrication of such structures could open a new field of photon-level interactions.
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