Sensitivity of photonic crystal waveguide-cavity systems with respect to cylinder radii

Sensitivity analysis is important for evaluating the performance of practical devices which are affected by fabrication errors. It is also very useful in optimal designs for various structures and devices. Based on the Dirichlet-to-Neumann map method, which is an efficient numerical method for modelling photonic crystal devices, we perform a sensitivity analysis for photonic crystal waveguide-cavity systems.