Transmission and conversion of electromagnetic radiation by photonic crystal metal–dielectric systems based on opals

An experimental study of the optical properties of two types of metal–dielectric composites based on opal matrices has been carried out: (1) layered structures, obtained by successive deposition of metal and dielectric films on a monolayer of opal globules, where anomalous transmission and absorption of light was found due to the excitation of surface plasmon polaritons of various types; (2) “massive” opal samples, into which the metal was introduced by the method of electrothermal diffusion, where an asymmetric shape of Bragg resonance curves was observed, due to the Fano resonance.