Figure 1

Experimental photonic structures and their Brillouin zones.
(a) Stereolithographically produced icosahedral quasicrystal with 1-cm-long rods.
(b) Diamond structure with 1-cm-long rods.
(c) Triacontahedron, one of several possible effective Brillouin zones with icosahedral symmetry.
(d) Brillouin zone for the fcc/diamond structure (image and text:Nature 436 993)

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