... Optical metamaterials represent specially designed structures, which possess optical properties not observable for ordinary bulk medium. ... Nanophotonics of surface states in photonic crystals . Research joined under the name ?Nanophotonics of surface states in photonic crystals?, carried out in the laboratory, are aimed to the study of properties of surface electromagnetic waves (SEWs), Tamm plasmon polaritons (TPPs), guided modes, which arise inside or at the surface of photonic crystals. ...