We report the observation of a Fano resonance between continuum Mie scattering and a
narrow Bragg band in synthetic opal photonic crystals. The resonance leads to a …

The most striking feature of photonic crystals, compared with homogeneous optical
materials, is the existence of photonic band gaps. The band gaps are responsible for …

We study theoretically the band-gap structures of several types of three-dimensional
photonic crystals with the fcc lattice symmetry: synthetic opals, inverted yablonovite and …

Coupling of polarized light to thin silica-air opal films—representatives of high contrast three-
dimensional photonic crystals—has been studied in detail. Photonic stop bands were …

We present a study of a Fano resonance between a narrow Bragg band and disorder-
induced continuum in photonic crystals where the continuum is either of the broad band …

In this work, water cooling, air cooling (AC) and furnace cooling (FC) were applied to
investigate the effect of cooling rate on microstructure evolution of primary γ′ in a newly …

We demonstrate that, in contrast with the well-studied photonic crystals consisting of two
homogeneous components, photonic crystals comprised of inhomogeneous or multiple …

We report on a comprehensive theoretical and experimental study of stop-band switching in
photonic crystals. The suggested principles of light control are based on new Bragg …

We measured the angle-and polarization-resolved reflection and photoluminescence
spectra of ZnO inverse opals. Significant enhancement of spontaneous emission is …

We present a comprehensive experimental and theoretical study of visible light diffraction
from opal-based photonic structures of different dimensions. We also developed new …