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Transmission spectra of synthetic opal photonic crystals have been measured in the wavelength range of their band gap. The results indicate that the minimum-transmission wavelength depends on the lattice constant of opal and, hence, on the position of the photonic band gap. For synthetic opal samples on the order of 1 mm in thickness, the experimentally determined transmittance in the wavelength range of the photonic band gap does not exceed a fraction of a percent.
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Original Russian Text © K.S. Bortnikov, V.S. Gorelik, A.A. Esakov, L.I. Zlobina, 2009, published in Neorganicheskie Materialy, 2009, Vol. 45, No. 4, pp. 449–451.
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Bortnikov, K.S., Gorelik, V.S., Esakov, A.A. et al. Effect of lattice period on the transmission spectrum of synthetic opal. Inorg Mater 45, 399–401 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0020168509040128
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S0020168509040128